The boy who harnessed the wind /
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas. - Young readers edition. - Puffin Books, 2015 - 293 pages, 8 pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Presents a story of how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.
860 Lexile.
0147510422 9780147510426
Penguin Group USA, Order Processing Dept 120 Woodbine st, Bergenfield, NJ, USA, 07621 SAN 201-3975
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Kamkwamba, William, 1987- --Juvenile literature.
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers.
Windmills--Malawi.
Electric power production--Malawi.
Irrigation--Malawi.
TJ140.K36 / A3 2015b
621.4/53096897 B
The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas. - Young readers edition. - Puffin Books, 2015 - 293 pages, 8 pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Presents a story of how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.
860 Lexile.
0147510422 9780147510426
Penguin Group USA, Order Processing Dept 120 Woodbine st, Bergenfield, NJ, USA, 07621 SAN 201-3975
bl2015057105
Kamkwamba, William, 1987- --Juvenile literature.
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers.
Windmills--Malawi.
Electric power production--Malawi.
Irrigation--Malawi.
TJ140.K36 / A3 2015b
621.4/53096897 B