Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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By Orr, Tamra2018., Juvenile, Purple Toad Publishing Call No: B NYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: A Beacon biographySummary Note: Highlights the life and unlikely career of Bill Nye who went from mechanical engineer to stand-up comic to "Bill Nye the Science Guy." Includes a chronology, resources for further information, a glossary, and color photographs.
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[2012]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: PICTURE NF KAM Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, PUFFIN BOOKS Call No: HI-INT B KAM Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Call No: ENVIRONMENT NF KAM Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
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c2012., Penguin Group (USA) Call No: 621.4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.
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[2012], Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B KAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people.
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c2012., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: 621.4 53096897 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of William Kamkwamba, who in 2001, at the age of fourteen, taught himself to build a windmill and bring electricity , and a future, to his Malawi village during a period of drought and famine.
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc Call No: B Edition: Young readers editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When William, a Malawian teen, began building a windmill from junk - and claimed the machine would generate electricity - everyone in his village thought he was crazy.
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c2012., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy KAMKWAMBA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
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2015., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B KAMKWAMBA Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a severe drought descended on his Malawi village, 14-year-old William Kamkwamba felt helpless. His family was already so poor that the couldn't afford to send him to school, and barely had enough food to eat, living on insects and a mouthful of rationed food per day. It was not long, however, before William came up with an idea -- he decided to build a windmill to draw water for irrigation. .
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[2016], Primary, Tundra Books Call No: 92 MORGAN Kul Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Garrett Morgan invented a safety hood - a precursor to the gas mask - for firemen. But until a gas explosion trapped miners underground in 1916, the hoods sold poorly. Why? Because Morgan was black.
