What Color Is My World?
Picture Book · Ages 8–12 · 2012

What Color Is My World?

Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld · Illustrated by Ben Boos and AG Ford

Twins fixing up an old house learn about forgotten inventors from a handyman.

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20 pages· 880L· AR ~5.7

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Bookroo's summary

Twins Herbie and Ella are less than thrilled with their family's new fixer-upper, until a mysterious handyman named Mr. Mital starts telling them about African-American inventors whose ideas changed everyday life. Alongside the twins' story, illustrated profiles introduce sixteen innovators, from the well known to the nearly forgotten, and the inventions they gave the world.

At a glance
Format
Kindle Edition
Pages
20
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
880L
AR book level
~5.7
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
F&P level
~U
Publication
First published
January 3, 2012
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780763664411

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