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Whirligigs : the wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination Cover Image Book

Whirligigs : the wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.

Wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination (portion title)
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (author.). Fotheringham, Edwin, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781662680410
  • ISBN: 1662680414
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 29).
Target Audience Note:
Ages 7-10. Astra Books.
Grades 2-5. Astra Books.

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Subject:
Simpson, Vollis, 1919-2013 > Juvenile literature.
Windmills > Juvenile literature.
Whirligigs > Juvenile literature.
Art metal-work > Juvenile literature.
Artists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Sculptors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Folk artists > North Carolina > Biography > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Artists > United States > Juvenile literature.
Sculptors > United States > Juvenile literature.
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Biographies.
Picture books.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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