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Age Range
7 - 10
Genre
narrative nonfiction
Copyright Year
2016-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Grade Level
2nd - 5th
ISBN
9781580892971
Lexile
820
Themes
black inventors
biography
inventions
perseverance
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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions

Written by Chris Barton and Illustrated by Don Tate
As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built a robot in high school! As an adult, Lonnie continued with his creative inventions until one day he discovered, quite by accident, the Super Soaker: the ultimate water gun.

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Age Range
7 - 10
Genre
narrative nonfiction
Copyright Year
2016-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Grade Level
2nd - 5th
ISBN
9781580892971
Lexile
820
Themes
black inventors
biography
inventions
perseverance
STEM
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