The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
No. of pages 48
Published: 2020
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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."
This book is part of a book series called People Who Shaped Our World .
This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten+.
This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc .
Beatriz Castro's books have been published all over the world, her illustrations appearing in textbooks, picture books and on covers. She is also the illustrator of Jessica Townsend's bestselling and Waterstones Prize-winning Nevermoor . Beatriz lives in Spain.
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Ralph H Baer
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