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The Boy Who Invented TV
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
By Krull, Kathleen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-561-1
- Publisher
- Knopf
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 2-5 Endpapers featuring a photo collage of generations of televisions from the earliest oval-screened version to modern flat screens set the book's context. Then, readers are asked to imagine life when there was no TV, radio was only for the military, news was hard to come by, and people studied the Sears, Roebuck catalog to make their purchases. Juxtaposing the staid images of farm life with fanciful ones depicting Farnsworth's broadening vision, Couch draws, paints, and digitally enhances the story. To show the bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
To help young readers—raised with the Internet, iPods, and instant messaging—understand and appreciate Philo Farnsworth's groundbreaking invention, Krull first asks her audience to imagine life in 1906 (the year of Farnsworth's birth): "No refrigerators, no cars, few phones, hardly any indoor bathrooms...Movies—no. Radio—no...And there was no television. That's right. NO TV." Krull continues in this engaging, easygoing tone as she describes Farnswo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Krull asks her audience to imagine life in 1906 (the year of Farnsworth's birth): "No refrigerators...few phones...And there was no television." Sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
A rich and absorbing biography of a man who had a huge impact on modern life. An inspiring story of persistence despite humble beginnings. An especially effective scene sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
