Title: African-American Inventors
Author: Jim Haskins
Illustrator: Eric Valasquez
Theme: biographies/autobiographies
Summary: This story looks at the lives of some important African-American inventors, including Benjamin Banneker, Sarah E. Goode, George Washington Carver, and Patricia Bath. Through words and pictures, the lives and contributions of this invaluable group of people come to life.
Characters: Benjamin Banneker, Sarah E. Goode, George Washington Carver, and Patricia Bath
Comments: This biography highlights some of the most important inventions that have been created by African-American people. Though the summaries of their lives are brief, they provide enough detail to make them engaging and possibly even inspire a young reader to pursue his/her own contributions to society and the world.
Grade level: Second-Third
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment