Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
(2013)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHO
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2013]
DESCRIPTION
105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780448464602, 0448464608 :
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
"An official WhoHQ book"--Page 1 of cover
Who was Alexander Graham Bell? -- An inventor is born -- A turning point -- An ear for sound -- Endings and beginnings -- A new direction -- A sound is heard -- A race to the finish -- Famous words -- Victory! -- An inventor to the end -- Timelines
"Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology!"--
Age 8 to 12
720L