Alexander Graham Bell : inventor of the telephone

Format:

Book

Title:

Alexander Graham Bell : inventor of the telephone

ISBN:

9780060576196

9780060576189

9780329466916

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

44 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Time for kids biographies.

Contents:

The telephone is born -- A natural inventor -- Life in the new world -- The race for the telephone -- Building a business -- Exploring more ideas -- Giving back -- A wonderful life -- Talking about Alexander -- Alexander Graham Bell's key dates.

Summary:

A close-up look at the life of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and teacher of the deaf.

Reading Level:

007-009.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 5.4 1.

Personal Subject:

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922-Juvenile literature.

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. (OCoLC)fst00043571

Subject(s):

Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Telephone -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography.

Telephone -- United States -- History.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Genre:

collective biographies.

Added Author:

Added Uniform Title:

Time for kids.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	J 921 Bell, Alexander Graham	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Independence Public Library	J BIOGRAPHY - BELL	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	921 BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Take a close-up look at Alexander Graham Bell, an inventor and teacher of the deaf. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the accurate reporting you expect from TIME For Kids ® . Historical and contemporary photographs capture the life of this compassionate man and show how his innovative inventions still help us today.

Reviews (2)

Horn Book Review

These easy-to-read biographies focus on significant events and professional accomplishments of each person and include a few personal anecdotes. Though the design is distracting, photographs add to the appeal, as does some historical background and trivia. Each book ends with a brief interview with an ""expert,"" e.g., Bill Gates on Alexander Graham Bell and Ron Reagan on his father. Timeline. [Review covers these Time for Kids Biographies titles: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alexander Graham Bell, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

This attractively designed, if routine, biography of Bell combines period photos on each page with a simply phrased account that notes the inventor's lifelong interest in working with deaf people along with his development of the telephone, several other sound-related devices and even an airplane. Side boxes look at the Industrial Revolution, the Centennial Exhibition and similar contemporary topics, and the author closes with both a timeline and a three-question interview with Bill Gates. As this does convey a sense of what the man was like, as well as an overview of his accomplishments and importance, it will be a useful addition to the array of assignment-fodder bios already on the shelf--despite minor errors (no, Bell did not coin the term "greenhouse effect") and the lack of either source citations or resources for further study. (Nonfiction. 8-10) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.