| What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker Contributor(s): Ferris, Jeri (Author), Johnson, Amy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0876145217 ISBN-13: 9780876145210 Publisher: Lerner Classroom OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1988 Annotation: Carolrhoda's best-selling Creative Minds Biographies series appeals to a wide range of readers. Written in story format, these biographies also include inviting black-and-white illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 88007267 |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Series: Creative Minds Biography (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.89" W x 8.5" (0.28 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 4379 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, D.C., were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying. Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job. Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when black Americans had few, if any, rights. Yet he was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor. What Are You Figuring Now? is the story of a man who was never afraid to try something new, no matter how difficult. |