02776cam a2200505 i 4500 2234980741 TxAuBib 20250514120000.0 240621s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023914263 9781662680410 hardcover 1662680414 hardcover TxAuBib rda Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-, author. Whirligigs : The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination / by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. Wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson's imagination. First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] ©2024. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 29). 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. 20250514. Simpson, Vollis, 1919-2013 Juvenile literature. Simpson, Vollis, 1919-2013. Windmills Juvenile literature. Windmills. Whirligigs Juvenile literature. Art metal-work Juvenile literature. Artists United States Biography Juvenile literature. Artists United States Juvenile literature. Sculptors United States Biography Juvenile literature. Sculptors United States Juvenile literature. Folk artists North Carolina Biography Juvenile literature. Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) Biography Juvenile literature. Picture books. Fotheringham, Edwin, illustrator. TXKPL