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The 4-1-1 on phones! / by Kama Einhorn ; illustrated by Mark Borgions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: History of fun stuff | Ready-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight, [2015]Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781481444040 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1481444042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781481444057 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1481444050 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • 411 on phones
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The first phones -- Ring-a-ling -- Phones on the move -- Phones get smart.
Summary: A fact-filled reader shares engaging facts about telephones, from inventor Alexander Graham Bell's preference that answerers say "ahoy" to the higher power of today's smartphones compared to the first moon landing computers. --Publisher
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Reader 621.386 E35 Available 33111008335602
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Get connected with everything you'll ever want to know about phones--from the switchboard to the smartphone--in this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the history of fun stuff!

Did you know that the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, wanted everyone to say "ahoy"--instead of "hello"--when answering the phone? Or that your smartphone has more computing power than the computers used during the first moon landing? Phone a friend and dial up your knowledge to become a History of Fun Stuff Expert on phones!

Amaze your friends with all you've learned in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read! A special section at the back of the book includes Common Core-vetted extras on subjects like science, social studies, and math, and there's even a fun quiz so readers can test themselves to see what they've learned! Learning history has never been so much fun!

The first phones -- Ring-a-ling -- Phones on the move -- Phones get smart.

Grades K-3.

A fact-filled reader shares engaging facts about telephones, from inventor Alexander Graham Bell's preference that answerers say "ahoy" to the higher power of today's smartphones compared to the first moon landing computers. --Publisher

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