What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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

"Get ready to have your mind blown with this fun book." -- The Washington Post Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,...
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Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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

$18.10

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

$18.10
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Get ready to have your mind blown with this fun book." -- The Washington Post

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's all-time leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Offering profiles with fast facts and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a tribute to black inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Back matter includes an authors' note and sources.

Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/10/2013
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780763664428
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 148988 / What Color Is My World? the Lost History of African-American Inventors

About the Author
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most famous and accomplished basketball players in U.S. history. Since retiring from the sport, he has committed himself to bringing history and social studies to young people and has written seven books, including the New York Times bestseller On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance, co-authored by Raymond Obstfeld. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lives in California.

Raymond Obstfeld is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction and is a professor of creative writing. He lives in California.

Ben Boos (1971-2011) is the author-illustrator of Swords: An Artist's Devotion and Fantasy: An Artist's Realm.

A. G. Ford is the illustrator of Goal! by Mina Javaherbin and the New York Times bestseller Barack by Jonah Winter, among other titles. A. G. Ford lives in Texas.

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