Description: Explains how the invention of the telephone changed the world and outlines concept-introducing scientific activities, including how to build a string phone.
Brief description:
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than ninety books for children. She has written several books in the Let's Read And Find Out Science series, including: WHAT LIVES IN A SHELL?, an NSTA/CBC "Outstanding Science Trade Book" and winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's "Best Children's Book" award; WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF?, a Children's Book of the Month Club Main Selection; WHAT'S ALIVE?, also named an AAAS "Best Children's Book"; HOW MOUNTAINS ARE MADE, an NSTA/CBC "Outstanding Science Trade Book," DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio "Best Book Award"
Kathleen was a children's book editor for over ten years before becoming a full-time writer. When she is not reading, researching, writing, or editing she loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing and curating fossils for her local natural history museums. She lives in Berkeley, CA.
Review Quotes:
"A well-explained, informative presentation on the telephone's historical development as well as how cell phones work. Featuring a diverse crew of characters, the upbeat digital illustrations are attractive and, equally important, very helpful in showing hard-to-visualize concepts." - Booklist (starred review)
"Suggestions for experiments to perform with string phones can be found in the backmatter along with a glossary and a short timeline of phone history. A sturdy addition to a venerable series, filling in a ubiquitous device's historical and technological background." - Kirkus Reviews
"With the assistance of cheery, bright illustrations and diagrams, the author explains concepts such as sound waves, radio waves, and frequency--and how these work to make communication possible. Zoehfeld explores how early discoveries and inventions, such as the telegraph and telephones, led to modern innovations. Encouraging readers to write down ideas and draw sketches, the book is an invitation to think about past breakthroughs in new ways. A good resource for classrooms and independent researchers." - School Library Journal