The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780803735118Subject(s): Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature | Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Picture books for children. | Picture books. DDC classification: 621.4/53096897 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"--
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | QJ B/ KAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111076422128 |
Primary school.
"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"--
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