The Boy Who Invented TV
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Picture Book · Ages 6–9 · 2009 · Est. 22 min read-aloud

The Boy Who Invented TV

By Kathleen Krull, Greg Couch (Illustrator)

A farm boy's vision transforms into the first television image, challenging giants.

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40 pages· 2,742 words· Est. 22 min read-aloud
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In 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho envisions a groundbreaking idea while plowing fields: transmitting images through the air. Eight years later, Philo Farnsworth turns this dream into reality, creating the first television image. As he battles corporate giants to protect his invention, will his vision withstand the test of time? Discover the journey of a young genius who changed the world with his revolutionary idea, and the legal battle that followed, proving his innovation was ahead of its time.

From the publisher

This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Words
2,742
Reading age
6–9
Audience
Picture
Lexile
860L
Themes & topics
Books about famous peopleBooks about AmericaBooks about historyBooks about science and technologyBooks about inventions
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.5
F&P level
~T
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
131877
Publication
Published
January 1, 2009
First published
September 8, 2009
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780375845611

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