The Resource The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
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The item The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
- Summary
- "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged) :
- Isbn
- 9780803735118
- Label
- The boy who harnessed the wind
- Title
- The boy who harnessed the wind
- Statement of responsibility
- William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
- Subject
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- Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- KERA -- Generosity & Sacrifice in Books for Young Readers -- 2020.12
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1987-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kamkwamba, William
- Dewey number
- 621.4/53096897
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- 5-8
- K-3
- Intended audience source
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- Brodart
- Brodart
- Interest level
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- LG
- 3-5
- LC call number
- TJ140.K36
- LC item number
- A3 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Reading level
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- 5.3
- 6.3
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Mealer, Bryan
- Zunon, Elizabeth
- Study program name
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- Accelerated Reader
- Reading Counts
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kamkwamba, William
- Mechanical engineers
- Windmills
- Electric power production
- Irrigation
- KERA
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
- Dimensions
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- col. ill.
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged) :
- Isbn
- 9780803735118
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2011021536
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)731911797
- (OCoLC)ocn731911797
- 2132955
- 2132955
- Label
- The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
- Dimensions
-
- col. ill.
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 1 v. (unpaged) :
- Isbn
- 9780803735118
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2011021536
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)731911797
- (OCoLC)ocn731911797
- 2132955
- 2132955
Subject
- Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- KERA -- Generosity & Sacrifice in Books for Young Readers -- 2020.12
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
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