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The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull

The Boy Who Invented TV

The Story of Philo Farnsworth

The Story of Philo Farnsworth

By Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch

By Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch

By Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch

By Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Greg Couch

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    About The Boy Who Invented TV

    An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

    Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth covers his early interest in machines and electricity, leading up to how he put it all together in one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. The author’s afterword discusses the lawsuit Farnsworth waged and won against RCA when his high school science teacher testified that Philo’s invention of television was years before RCA’s.

    About The Boy Who Invented TV

    An inspiring true story of a boy genius.

    Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth covers his early interest in machines and electricity, leading up to how he put it all together in one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. The author’s afterword discusses the lawsuit Farnsworth waged and won against RCA when his high school science teacher testified that Philo’s invention of television was years before RCA’s.

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    About Kathleen Krull

    Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative approach to biographies for young readers. Her books include The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum; The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel… More about Kathleen Krull

    About Kathleen Krull

    Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative approach to biographies for young readers. Her books include The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum; The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel… More about Kathleen Krull

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Feb 11, 2014 | 40 Pages | 8-1/2 x 11 | 6-9 years | ISBN 9780385755573

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 08, 2009 | 40 Pages | 8-1/2 x 11 | 6-9 years | ISBN 9780375845611

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    Praise

    Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2009:
    “One to inspire young audiences with the vast possibilities that imagination and diligence can accomplish.”

    The New York Times Book Review, December 20, 2009:
    “Beautiful and beautifully told, the book tracks like the sort of graphic novel that breaks your heart, with its implied passage of time and slipping awawy of early dreams.”

    Awards

    NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children WINNER 2010

    Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Book WINNER 2009

    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 2009

    Indiana Young Hoosier Master List NOMINEE 2011

    Kansas William White Award NOMINEE

    Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Association Book Award NOMINEE

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