# Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination

**Author:** Carole Boston Weatherford
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–9
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 36
**Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781662680427`
**ISBN-10:** `1662680422`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/whirligigs
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Picture-book biography of Vollis Simpson, the North Carolina mechanic who built towering wind-powered whirligigs now preserved in a park in Wilson, NC.

## Where this book is assigned

### North Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)

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