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Emily Winfield Martin: IMG Kids' Q&A: Emily Winfield Martin

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Describe your new book. Oddfellow's Orphanage is a series of stories/vignettes that tell the tale of the newest arrival to a curious orphanage, a... Continue »
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Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor

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Handsome oil paintings enliven this picture book biography about the little-known inventor who inspired the phrase "the real McCoy". Young readers meet Elijah McCoy and discover how he invented the lawn sprinkler, the rubber heel on a shoe, and more. "A striking introduction to one of the first and most successful African-American inventors".--Booklist, starred review.
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ISBN:
9780590481021
Author:
Clay, Wil
Author:
Clay, Wil
Publisher:
Scholastic Paperbacks
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
Subject:
Inventors
Subject:
Blacks
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Biography / Autobiography
Subject:
McCoy, Elijah
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Biography
Publication Date:
19950131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
10.79x8.00x.12 in. .26 lbs.
Age Level:
04-08
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