Full name: What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors

Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Science, Biographies, History Culture: African-American Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780763664428 9780763645649 0763664421 0763645648

Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more - inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter. Similar books: The Real McCoy by Wendy Towle So You Want to Be an Inventor? by Judith St. George 28 Days by Charles R. Smith Jr. Marvelous Mattie by Emily Arnold McCully Whoosh! by Chris Barton Electric Ben by Robert Byrd Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade Otis and Will Discover the Deep by Barb Rosenstock Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark A Weed Is a Flower by Aliki The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis The Tree of Life by Peter Sis Fearless Flyer by Heather Lang Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea by Robert Burleigh Ben Franklin's Big Splash by Barb Rosenstock Secret Engineer by Rachel Dougherty