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Author:
Wessels, Marcie, author.
Title:
The boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer / by Marcie Wessels ; illustrated by Beatriz Castro.
Publisher:
Sterling Children's Booksan imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject:
Baer, Ralph H.
Video games--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Video games industry--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Other Authors:
Castro, Beatriz, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (endpapers).
Summary:
"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 Ralphs innovative Brown Box,
ISBN:
1454932597
9781454932598
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1110656502
LCCN:
2019030652
Locations:
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
DMPC403 -- Montgomery Memorial Library (Jewell)
D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)
BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)
CRPC926 -- Wellman-Scofield Library (Wellman)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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