Lonnie Johnson – The Boy Who Made Water Fly (ebook)

Meet a Real Hero: Lonnie Johnson

1000 Black Heroes: Stories for Kids Like Me is a vibrant series celebrating Black excellence through powerful, poetic storytelling.

In this book, you’ll meet Lonnie Johnson. He broke things to build new ones. Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer turned toy-maker, gave us the Super Soaker and proved invention can be fun.

Lonnie mixes creativity with science and ends up changing summers forever. A story that teaches how play, curiosity, and mistakes can make magic.

🎨 What You’ll Get:

– A downloadable PDF (read on any device)

– A full-color, 18-page storybook

– Bonus reflection questions from “Dylan’s Corner”

💡 Perfect for creative kids, classroom inspiration, and conversations about identity and expression.