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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Contributor(s): Krull, Kathleen (Author), Couch, Greg (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0375845615 ISBN-13: 9780375845611
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

OUR PRICE: $14.44

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
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Annotation: "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.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2008035500

Age Level: 6-9

Grade Level: 1-4

Lexile Measure: 860(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.36" H x 8.6" W x 11.42" L (0.91 lbs) 40 pages

Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2013
Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Intermediate, 2012
William Allen White Childens Book Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2012
Beehive Awards, Nominee, Informational, 2011
Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), Silver Medal Winner, Nonfiction, 2009

Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 84
Publishers Weekly 08/10/2009 pg. 56
Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2009
School Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 144
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2009
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2009 pg. 694
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2009 pg. 33
New York Times Book Review 12/20/2009 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 131877
Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

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Publisher Description:
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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