Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal by Parsons, Karyn

Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

★ "Entertaining and informative. A fine contribution to African American creative nonfiction for young readers." --Kirkus Reviews,...
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Author: Karyn Parsons
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Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal by Parsons, Karyn

Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

$29.11

Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

$29.11
Author: Karyn Parsons
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
"Entertaining and informative. A fine contribution to African American creative nonfiction for young readers." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From Karyn Parson's critically acclaimed Sweet Blackberry video series comes the little known story of Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor who would become a hero.

Before Garrett Morgan became a successful inventor and saved countless lives with his creations, he was a little boy with a head full of ideas on how to make life better for everyone.

At a tumultuous time filled with racism and discrimination, Garrett became a prominent business man and skilled inventor who produced the traffic signal, a gas mask, and other devices still used today.

This second book from the award-winning children's film series founded by Karyn Parsons, Sweet Blackberry, comes a little-known story about a man whose talent would be a gift to the world.

Don't miss the inspiring story of the pilot Bessie Coleman in Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight!

Author: Karyn Parsons
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/07/2021
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780316457262
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 523408 / Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/17/2021 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2021

About the Author

Karyn Parsons is best known for her role as Will Smith's cousin Hilary Banks on NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After leaving acting behind, Karyn has gone on to found and produce Sweet Blackberry, an award-winning series of children's animated films, to share stories about unsung Black heroes in history, featuring narration from stars such as Alfre Woodard, Queen Latifah, and Chris Rock. The videos have been screened on HBO and Netflix, and enjoyed by schools and libraries across the country. She is the author of Clouds over California, Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight, How High the Moon, and Saving the Day. Karyn lives with her family in Providence, Rhode Island.

R. Gregory Christie is a Caldecott Honor Winner, a six-time recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award Honor, a two-time winner of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year (2000 and 2002), a winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for illustration, and a recipient of the NAACP's Image Award. He is the illustrator on Karyn Parson's Sweet Blackberry films, and its picture book Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight. When he's not illustrating books, he operates GAS-ART GIFTS, a children's bookstore with autographed copies in Decatur, Georgia.

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