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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box

The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

by Marcie Wessels and Beatriz Castro
Hardback
Age range: 5 to null Publication Date: 01/06/2020
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Obsessed with 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.'

ISBN:
9781454932598
9781454932598
Category:
People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
5 to null
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-06-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
48
Dimensions (mm):
276x216mm
Marcie Wessels

Marcie Wessels is the author of Pirate's Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime. She has a PhD in Latin American Literature from Tulane University. Previously she taught Spanish Language and Literature at the University of San Diego. She lives in San Diego, CA.

Beatriz Castro

Beatriz Castro was born in La Rioja, Spain in 1985. When she was a little girl, she was always drawing and writing stories. She studied illustration at the school of arts in her home town, Logrono.

After graduating, she embarked on a career as a professional illustrator and has since been published by many international publishing houses. She especially enjoys creating funny characters.

Beatriz likes animals, classic stories and fairy tales and listens to rock and punk music.

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