Film/Video Catalog

Title

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind [6 Books] (40602)

Physical

293 pieces

Copyrighted

2015

Distributor

Puffin Books (1155)

Country

Canada

Audience

Junior High, Senior High (JS)

Collection

Booking Library

Synopsis

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.

Author

Kamkwamba, William

Added autho

Bryan Mealer

Dimensions

20 cm.

ISBN#

9780147510426

Pub. Loc.

New York, New York

Contents

6 Books ; 1 literature circles guide ; 1 focused education review.

Parts

6 Books ; 1 literature circles guide ; 1 focused education review all in a 31 x 40 cm. plastic bag.

Stmt Resp

Written by William Kamkwamba

Added entry

Illustrated by Anna Hymas

Guide

Guide Included

Subjects

Mechanical engineering—Biography; Irrigation—Malawi; Inventors—Malawi—Biography; Windmills—Malawi; Kamkwamba, William,—1987-(A); Picture Perfect STEM(CK); Engineers—Malawi—Biography; Malawi—Rural conditions; Mealer, Bryan,—author(A); Electric power—Malawi; Physical and health education; Literature Circles(CK); Social Studies; Science; English language arts; Applied design, skills and technologies; Diversity(CK)

Call#

LIT BIO 7-12

Holdings

Kit

1 copy

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