Storybook · From the Block Storybooks, Book 3
From the Block: Return to the Lab
Our People, Our Story
Ages 4 to 8
The African American inventors who came next, and the ones still inventing today.
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On a long summer drive down South, Grandpa Joe tells Zuri and Malik about the African American inventors who came next: the mathematician whose work made GPS possible, the engineer behind swappable video game cartridges, the doctor who invented a laser for cataract surgery, and inventors still at work today. At Grandpa's old farm, the kids find a notebook of his unfinished ideas and decide to build one.
The sequel to From the Block to the Lab, and a Black History Month pick for kids who love science.
What's inside
- A complete story for ages 4 to 8, told across 15 full-color two-page pictures
- Dr. Gladys West and GPS, Jerry Lawson and video game cartridges, Bessie Blount Griffin and Otis Boykin
- Marie Van Brittan Brown's home security system and Dr. Patricia Bath's laser for cataracts
- Inventors still at work today, from Lonnie Johnson to Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
- Fact pages with sources at the back for parents and teachers
A peek inside
For grown-ups Tell me when it's out
More in this series
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Holidays
An African American family story about Christmas, Kwanzaa and Watch Night.
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Lab
African American inventors, doctors and scientists, discovered one room at a time.
Coming soonFrom the Block to the Finish Line
Black sports pioneers, and a brother who learns to get back up.
Coming soonFrom the Block: Back to the Finish Line
Black sports legends, and a girl looking for the sport that's hers.