Title: The Day-Glo Brothers
Author: Chris Barton
Illustrator: Tony Persiani
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Year: 2009
Awards/Accolades:
Cybils Award for Nonfiction Picture Books (2009),
Sibert Honor (2010),
An ALA Notable Children's Book for Middle Readers (2010)
Summary: Black and white drawings with pops of Day Glo color accompany lively text about Bob and Joe Switzer, the inventors of DayGlo colors.
Use in Classroom/Library:
Might be long to read entire book aloud, but could over a few meetings; or read specific segments to relate to study of inventors; use in a biography unit
Curriculum Connections:
Science: light and the color spectrum; inventors
Special Features:
Notes about how fluorescence and DayGlo work.
Author's note about the development of the book and other sources of information.
This title is in the UTK Library.
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