The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail.
920
year: 2016
copies: 162
call number/section: 920
lexile: 910
subjects: kamkwamba, william, autobiography, mechanical engineers, windmills, electric power production [X], irrigation, inventors [X], electricity, picture books for children
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
609
year: 2010
copies: 53
call number/section: 609
lexile: 960
subjects: kamkwamba, william, inventors [X], windmills, water supply, rural, rural electrification, electric power production [X], malawi, water supply, electrification
El Ni?o Que Dom? El Viento
Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: kamkwamba, william, mechanical engineers, windmills, electric power production [X], irrigation, spanish language materials, mechanical engineering, electric power, spanish language, inventors [X], engineers