Brilliant Black Inventors Vol 2 (PDF)

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Twelve more Black inventors, twelve more true stories. Each short story is written for kids to read on their own, paired with a full-page picture of the inventor at work to color.

The story sits on the left page. The picture sits on the right, framed so nothing gets lost at the edges, and never backed by another drawing, so markers won’t bleed through. Every story ends with a Think About It question, and a You’re a History Maker, Too! page invites kids to draw an invention of their own.

Meet the inventors

• Sarah E. Goode, who folded a bed into a desk
• Granville T. Woods, who let moving trains send messages
• Sarah Boone, who reshaped the ironing board for sleeves
• Alexander Miles, who made elevator doors close on their own
• Henry Blair, whose seed planter eased farm work
• Alice H. Parker, who imagined heating a home room by room
• Norbert Rillieux, who reused heat to make sugar safer
• Andrew J. Beard, whose coupler kept railroad workers from between the cars
• Joseph Winters, who built a fire-escape ladder on wheels
• Otis Boykin, who improved the tiny resistors inside electronics
• Mark Dean, who helped computers connect to the devices around them
• Marian Croak, who helped carry voice calls over the internet

Also inside: a glossary of words to explore, a sources page for every inventor, and a note for grown-ups on how to use the book together.

Details: 61-page PDF (cover plus 60 interior pages). US Letter, 8.5 x 11 in. Print in black and white. For personal and classroom use; not for resale. Your download link appears after checkout and in your order email.

Volume 2 of Brilliant Black Inventors in The History Makers Club, from Black Knowledge Today. Start with Vol 1 or begin here; each book stands on its own.