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Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video
game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for
fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of
Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.
Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer
named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs,
sprockets, and gadget-y things. When he grew up, Jerry became an
engineer—a professional tinkerer—and in the 1970s, he turned
his technical know-how to video games. Back then, if players wanted
a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console, making
gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem,
and despite roadblocks along the way and having to repeat a level
or two, it was never game over for his mission. Eventually, he
leveled up and built a brand-new kind of video game console: one
that allowed players to switch out cartridges! He also founded
Video Soft, Inc., the first African American–owned video game
company in the country. Jerry’s tinkering and inventions changed
the video gaming world forever. Today, gamers have access to
hundreds of video games at the push of a button, all thanks to him.
Game on!
Meet Roto and Roy, helicopter heroes! When a dangerous forest fire
burns out of control, helicopter Roto and pilot Roy are ready to
fly to the rescue! They're braver than brave, tougher than tough,
and nothing will stop this firefighting crew from completing their
mission. From Sherri Duskey Rinker, bestselling author of the
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, and award-winning
illustrator Don Tate, this action-packed series starter will have
kids cheering for two awesome new heroes-and imagining how they
might save the day themselves!
What happens when the family closes the front door and leaves the
house for an outing? "The head of cabbage, sitting in the fridge,
hears the front door close, hears the click of the key He looks out
sees his people leave. He stands in the middle of the floor throws
his head back and yells, "PAR-TAY!" Children and adults will
experience this house party through the buoyant, rhythmic words of
Eloise Greenfield and the playful, exuberant illustrations of Don
Tate. Read and join the PAR-TAY!
This rip-roaring rescue adventure series by bestselling author
Sherri Duskey Rinker and award-winning artist Don Tate celebrates
the teamwork of man and machine! When a flash flood threatens a
nearby town, helicopter Roto and pilot Roy soar to the rescue!
Quick-a truck needs to be hoisted to safety! Hurry-that family's
car is being swept away! Now grab as many sandbags and supplies as
you can carry! This mission's going to be rough, but Roy and Roto
are tougher than tough. From Sherri Duskey Rinker, bestselling
author of the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, and
acclaimed illustrator Don Tate, this action-packed story showcases
two awesome heroes and the power of teamwork.
The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters -- the team
that changed basketball forever. In this book you will find
one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet
head shot! You will find skilled athletes, expert players, and
electrifying performers--all rolled into one! You will find
nonstop, give-it-all-you've-got, out-to-win-it, sky's-the-limit
BASKETBALL! You will find THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, who played the
most groundbreaking, breathtaking ball the world had ever seen, and
played a pivotal role in the desegregation of the National
Basketball League (later, the NBA). With rhythmic writing and
dynamic illustrations, Swish! is a celebration of the greatness,
goodness, and grit of this remarkable team.
John Roy Lynch spent most of his childhood as a slave in
Mississippi, but all of that changed with the Emancipation
Proclamation. Suddenly people like John Roy could have paying jobs
and attend school. While many people in the South were unhappy with
the social change, John Roy thrived in the new era. He was
appointed to serve as justice of the peace and was eventually
elected into the United States Congress. This biography, with its
informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an
in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one
of the fi rst African-American congressmen.
May 1969 the Vietnam War Atrocities, Curruption, Murder. The
Falsification of History. Anzacs Betrayed is a companion piece to
the best-selling memoir, The War Within. Don Tate now provides an
in-depth analysis of one of the most sordid matters in Australian
military history, the deletion of the 2nd D&E Platoon from all
the histories of the Vietnam War and his 38 year battle to have it
reinstated. It is a story of many parts- but at it's heart, it is a
story of betrayal. Not only the betrayal of the thirty-nine
Infantry Privates who formed the ad hoc, 2nd D&E Platoon in
Vietnam during 1969, but a story the gatekeepers of our military
heritage don't want told- the 'red hats' of the military
establishment, and the historians of the Australian War Memorial.
And there is good reason why- because it turns on its head the
romanticised image of Anzac and the noble traditions of the
Australian Defence Force. Don Tate volunteered to go to the Vietnam
War as a naive, but patriotic nineteen year old boy in 1969 and
served as an infantry reinforcement with three units - the 4th
Battalion, the 2nd D&E Platoon, and the 9th Battalion. He was
badly wounded in action on the 19th July 1969 and was hospitalised
for more than two years. Many years later, he learned that not only
hadn't he been recorded with the 9th Battalion, but that all trace
of the 2nd D&E Platoon had been erased from the histories of
the Vietnam War. Worse, that the curruptions of his service records
(and those of every man who fought in the platoon) was the result
of a cover-up of atrocities that reached the highest levels of the
military and the government.
"'...a memoir that is at once dramatic, disturbing, sexually
charged, and often very funny, but ultimately a moving portrait of
a man who has found the inner strength to overcome....' - Paul Ham,
international journalist and author"
This is a complex, virtuoso analysis of an Australian life
written by an unabashed and unrepentant author-an acidic dissection
of the role that genes and environment have in developing a
person's character, as well as a sauntering chronicle of social
analysis.
In turn, we follow the life of the author as he comes to terms
with being a disaffected youth, a patriotic but naive infantryman
in the Vietnam War, and an alienated, disabled veteran struggling
with male status anxiety-apparently inexhaustible in its capacity
to cause suffering. Along the way, Tate examines the dark crevices
of the male psyche as he battles inner demons and the unconditional
love of his beautiful Christian wife, Carole.
Above all, this memoir is a celebration of the human condition
and of a man with a can-do, cavalier attitude to life and his
desire to rise above mediocrity.
An outstanding contribution to Australia's rich heritage of
memoir.
The strength and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. permeates
this picture book about the funeral of Dr. King in Atlanta,
Georgia, in 1968. Quiet, yet affecting, THE CART THAT CARRIED
MARTIN is a unique tribute to the life of a man known world-wide
for his outstanding efforts as a leader of the African-American
Civil Rights Movement.
Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King,
beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry him through
the streets of Atlanta. After painting it green, two mules named
Belle and Ada are hitched to the cart where Dr. King's coffin is
placed. Tens of thousands of mourners gather as the cart makes its
way to Ebenezer Baptist Church, and then past the Georgia state
capitol to Morehouse College. All the while, crowds of people pay
their respects by singing songs of hope.
Bunting's thoughtful, well-chosen words, coupled with Don Tate's
soft colors provide the reader with a sense of hope and reverence,
rather than the grief and despair one might expect.
Back matter includes a brief introduction to Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.'s work, assassination, and funeral, accompanied by a
full-color historical photograph of the real cart, drawn by Belle
and Ada.
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