Great Lives in Graphics: Nikola Tesla

By GMC Editors

Book Overview

Great Lives in Graphics: Nikola Tesla reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolor, presenting 250+ fascinating facts in a new and exciting way.

You may already know that Nikola Tesla was an electrical engineer, but did you know that he was born during a lightning storm?

Or that he had a phobia of pearls?

The graphic retelling of Nikola's story which gives children a colorful snapshot of his life and the world he grew up in, while educating them on everything from alternating current to the power of the imagination.

The Great Lives in Graphics series is a new way of looking at the lives of famous and influential people. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults.

The result is a colorful, fascinating, and often surprising representation of that person's life, work, and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787081133
• ISBN13: 9781787081130
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Button Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7