Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

• Age Range: 4-8 years

• Grade Level: Pre-k - 3

SUMMARY

Before Garrett Morgan became a successful inventor and saved countless lives with his creations, he was a little boy with a head full of ideas on how to make life better for everyone.

At a tumultuous time filled with racism and discrimination, Garrett became a prominent business man and skilled inventor who produced the traffic signal, a gas mask, and others objects still used today.

This second book from the award-winning children's film series founded by Karyn Parsons, Sweet Blackberry, comes a little-known story about a man whose talent would be a gift to the world.

REVIEWS

“A nice biography of a trailblazer who broke a glass ceiling in aviation for women, and for people of color.”―School Library Journal

“[R. Gregory] Christie’s stylized illustrations bring life to Coleman’s trailblazing achievements.”―Publishers Weekly