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Summary:

While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Midal work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of their heritage as African Americans.

Table of Contents:

• Dr. Henry T. Sampson
• Granville T. Woods
• Lewis Howard Latimer
• Dr. Mark Dean
• Dr. Valerie L. Thomas
• James E. West
• Frederick McKinley Jones
• Joseph Lee
• Lloyd A. Hall
• George Crum
• Daniel Hale Williams
• Dr. Charles Drew
• Dr. Percy Lavon Julian
• Alfred L. Cralle
• Lonnie Johnson
• Garrett Morgan.

Author/Creator:

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- , author

Contributors:

Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- , author

Boos, Ben, 1971- , illustrator

Ford, AG , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

What color is my world?: the lost history of African-American inventors [by Abdul-Jabbar, K.]

Subjects:

Inventors — Juvenile fiction

African American inventors — Juvenile fiction

African American inventors — Biography — Juvenile fiction

African Americans — Juvenile fiction

Moving, Household — Juvenile fiction

Brothers and sisters — Juvenile fiction

Twins — Juvenile fiction

Inventors

African American inventors

African Americans

Moving, Household

Brothers and sisters

Twins

United States

Genres:

Biographies

Fiction

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-87) and index.

Audience:

Children
Ages: 8-12.

Physical Description:

90 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

JFic A136wh

ISBNs:

9780763664428 (pbk.)
0763664421 (pbk.)
9780763645649 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2011018610 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

832314840