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Whirligigs

The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination

The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

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Nov 12, 2024 | ISBN 9781662680410 | 7-10 years

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Nov 12, 2024 | ISBN 9781662680427 | 7-10 years

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    About Whirligigs

    Take a journey through the creative process that led folk artist Vollis Simpson to create his wonderful and whimsical wind-powered whirligigs and more in this STEAM/STEM picture book.

    Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mind—always eager to know how things worked and how to fix them. Growing up on a farm in North Carolina, he loved to tinker with machines. And when he served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, Vollis kept right on tinkering. His ingenuity allowed him to build things no one would have thought to create from scraps—a washing machine out of airplane parts and a motorcycle out of a bike. 

    After the war, his passion for metal creations picked up speed—turning into a whirlwind of windmills as far as the eye could see. Luckily, Vollis’s fanciful and colorful windmills have been preserved at a park in Wilson, NC, where visitors can behold his magnificent and towering creations forever whizzing in the air.

    About Whirligigs

    Take a journey through the creative process that led folk artist Vollis Simpson to create his wonderful and whimsical wind-powered whirligigs and more in this STEAM/STEM picture book.

    Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mind—always eager to know how things worked and how to fix them. Growing up on a farm in North Carolina, he loved to tinker with machines. And when he served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, Vollis kept right on tinkering. His ingenuity allowed him to build things no one would have thought to create from scraps—a washing machine out of airplane parts and a motorcycle out of a bike. 

    After the war, his passion for metal creations picked up speed—turning into a whirlwind of windmills as far as the eye could see. Luckily, Vollis’s fanciful and colorful windmills have been preserved at a park in Wilson, NC, where visitors can behold his magnificent and towering creations forever whizzing in the air.

    About Carole Boston Weatherford

    New York Times bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford’s 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was also awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner… More about Carole Boston Weatherford

    About Edwin Fotheringham

    Edwin Fotheringham is the award-winning illustrator of many picture book biographies, including Full of Beans, Blue Grass Boy, and Dazzlin’ Dolly. His work has received the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, been named an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, and more…. More about Edwin Fotheringham

    About Carole Boston Weatherford

    New York Times bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford’s 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was also awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner… More about Carole Boston Weatherford

    About Edwin Fotheringham

    Edwin Fotheringham is the award-winning illustrator of many picture book biographies, including Full of Beans, Blue Grass Boy, and Dazzlin’ Dolly. His work has received the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, been named an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, and more…. More about Edwin Fotheringham

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Calkins Creek
    Nov 12, 2024 | 32 Pages | 9 x 11 | 7-10 years | ISBN 9781662680410

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Calkins Creek
    Nov 12, 2024 | 32 Pages | 9 x 11 | 7-10 years | ISBN 9781662680427

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    Praise

    “Weatherford conveys the joyful obsession and dedication that fueled Simpson’s creative endeavors. Fotheringham’s cheerful, cartoonish illustrations capture the energy of Simpson’s work… This illuminating biography of a mechanic-turned-folk-artist brings his whirligigs to clanking, stirring life.” – Kirkus Reviews

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