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What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors Paperback - 2013

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Raymond Obstfeld; Ben Boos (Illustrator)


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"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.

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  • Title What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors
  • Author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Raymond Obstfeld; Ben Boos (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA), .
  • Date 2013-12-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780763664428 / 0763664421
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 in (22.35 x 14.99 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 880
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, Inventors
  • Dewey Decimal Code 609.227

Media reviews

It's an entertaining and often surprising exploration of lesser-known innovators, past and present.
—Publishers Weekly

In his first foray into writing for children, basketball superstar Abdul-Jabbar teams with Obstfeld to
introduce 16 mostly lesser-known African American inventors through a fictional story told by young
twins, who learn that many items in a typical house and used by a majority of Americans were invented or developed by African Americans.
—Booklist

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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