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Product Identifiers
PublisherNational Geographic Society
ISBN-100792259327
ISBN-139780792259329
eBay Product ID (ePID)52184215
Product Key Features
Book TitleAlways Inventing (Direct Mail Edition) : a Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Technology / Inventions
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorTom L. Matthews, Tom Matthews
Book SeriesPhotobiographies Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width7.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromFifth Grade
Grade ToNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal621.385/092
SynopsisNow in paperback--National Geographic Children's Books presents the award-winning photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell. This fascinating profile, named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, uses direct quotes to give readers a vivid insight into the life of a prolific inventor, driven to succeed. With a foreword by Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Bell's great-grandson, Always Inventing features over 70 period photographs and drawings from Bell's notebooks. From his first invention at age 11--a tool to clean husks from wheat kernels--to his patent of the hydrofoil 64 years later, Bell was always inventing. Bell was also one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society. Awards include: Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People--NCSS/CBC New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Best Book of the Year-- School Library Journal, "Now in paperback--National Geographic Children's Books presents the award-winning photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell. This fascinating profile, named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, uses direct quotes to give readers a vivid insight into the life of a prolific inventor, driven to succeed. With a foreword by Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Bell's great-grandson, Always Inventing features over 70 period photographs and drawings from Bell's notebooks. From his first invention at age 11--a tool to clean husks from wheat kernels--to his patent of the hydrofoil 64 years later, Bell was always inventing. Bell was also one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society. Awards include:"Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People--NCSS/CBCNew York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and SharingBest Book of the Year--School Library Journal, Now in paperback--National Geographic Children's Books presents the award-winning photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell. This fascinating profile, named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, uses direct quotes to give readers a vivid insight into the life of a prolific inventor, driven to succeed. With a foreword by Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Bell's great-grandson, Always Inventing features over 70 period photographs and drawings from Bell's notebooks. From his first invention at age 11--a tool to clean husks from wheat kernels--to his patent of the hydrofoil 64 years later, Bell was always inventing. Bell was also one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society. Awards include: Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People--NCSS/CBCNew York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and SharingBest Book of the Year--School Library Journal, Period photographs as well as pages from Bell's original notebooks help paint a vivid portrait of the man who -- from his first invention at age 11 (a tool to clean husks from wheat kernels) to his patent on hydrofoil improvements 64 years later -- was always inventing.
