Benjamin Banneker : brilliant surveyor, mathematician, and astronomer [Great minds of science (ABDO Publishing)]by Wittekind, Erika 

BTSB Prebound(Abdo, 2016)

BTSB #: 959025 Available

Dewey: 520/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 880

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Subjects: Banneker, Benjamin,|d1731-1806 Astronomers African American scientists

Summary: A biography of Benjamin Banneker, including his early life, personal life, contributions to science, surveying, the Farmers' Almanac, his campaign against slavery, and more.

Ticktock Banneker's clock by Keller, Shana 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 512096 Available

Dewey: 681.1/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 720

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Subjects: Banneker, Benjamin,|d1731-1806 African American scientists Clocks and watches - Design and construction

Summary: Benjamin Banneker is known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy. He was born free at a time in America, 1731, when most African Americans were slaves. At the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife.