Alexander Graham Bell (On My Own Biography) - Softcover

Sherrow, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575055333 ISBN 13: 9781575055336

Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™, 2001

Synopsis

Growing up, Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with music, speech, and sounds. He worked hard to invent things that would not only help those with impaired hearing, but also bring people together in new and special ways. What he didn't know was that his simple idea--to help people communicate--would change the world when he invented the telephone.

About this title

About the Author:

Elaine S. Verstraete creates art and illustration from her studio in Middlesex, New York. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and currently teaches illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology. Elaine's illustrations appear in numerous children's books, including six titles with Lerner Publishing Group. Her work also appears on Wegmans brand product labels and numerous Rochester-area festival posters, including Rochester's renowned Lilac Festvial.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-Beginning with Bell's childhood in Scotland, this book treats the inventor's early years spent working with his father (a speech teacher), studying speech and sound in college, developing an interest in inventions, and teaching at schools for deaf children. An afterword addresses his later career and personal life. Full-color illustrations and one sepia-toned photo, large print, and easy text will be helpful to beginning and reluctant readers. The afterword is on a higher reading level.
Marilyn Ackerman, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1575055333
• ISBN 13: 9781575055336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Verstraete Elaine