| The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer Contributor(s): Wessels, Marcie (Author), Castro, Beatriz (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1454932597 ISBN-13: 9781454932598 Publisher: Union Square Kids OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions - Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities - Video & Electronic Games |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2019030652 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: People Who Shaped Our World |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.7" W x 11" (1.10 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crazy about Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system Today, the video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms available to fans. But how did the very first system come about? This picture-book biography of Ralph Baer, whose family fled Nazi Germany for the US, introduces kids to a great inventor AND the birth of the first home console. Using wartime technology, Baer thought outside the box and transformed the television into a vehicle for gaming; Baer's invention, the Odyssey, is a precursor to the Atari gaming system. Today, interactive systems like Wii and PlayStation are descendants of Ralph's innovative "Brown Box," making this award-winning inventor the true "Father of Video Games." |