About this Book

COOL INVENTIONS!

MANY PEOPLE DREAM OF BEING A MILLIONAIRE, BUT MADAM C. J. WALKER REALLY BECAME ONE! LEARN ABOUT HER LIFE AND THE INVENTION OF HER HAIR-CARE PRODUCTS. MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE BUBBLE BATH, TOO!

"READ THE FASCINATING STORY ABOUT A WOMAN OF COLOR WHO CREATED A HAIR-CARE EMPIRE AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA."

Duncan R. Jamieson, PhD, Series Consultant
Professor of History, Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio

"YOUNGER READERS WILL WANT TO READ MORE AFTER LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF OUR NATION'S GREAT INVENTORS. EASY-TO-READ AND INFORMATIVE, THIS SERIES MIGHT INSPIRE SOME FUTURE INVENTORS."

Allan A. De Fina, PhD, Series Literacy Consultant
Dean, College of Education
Professor of Literacy Education
New Jersey City University
Past President of the New Jersey Reading Association

About the Author

Author Mary Kay Carson is a full-time science writer who has written more than forty books for young people and their teachers. In 2011, she received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Children's Literature Award. She has her BS degree in biology.