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Barton, Chris

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

40 pp. | Charlesbridge | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-297-1 $16.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-60734-854-2
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Don Tate. Barton follows African American inventor Johnson, from his childhood tinkering through winning first place at a 1968 science fair, attending Tuskegee Institute, engineering for NASA, and developing a super-blast water gun. Barton describes Johnson's ups and downs before he finally sold his Super Soaker to a toy company, but the straightforward text has a generally upbeat, you-can-do-it attitude. Clear digital illustrations with time-period-appropriate details help situate readers.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2016

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