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Camera  Cover Image Book Book

Camera / by Laura Driscoll ; illustrated by Hector Borlasca.

Driscoll, Laura, (author.). Borlasca, Hector, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"A nonfiction "biography" of the camera, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with its origins with the discovery of certain properties of light and up through the development of the digital camera"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781635924299 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1635924294 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781635924282 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1635924286 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Kane Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
Subject: Cameras > History.
Photography > History.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch J 771.3 Dris (Text) 33126024460531 JNonfiction Available -
Independence Branch J 771.3 Dris (Text) 33126025262340 JNonfiction Available -

  • School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2021 August

    K-Gr 3—Veteran children's author Driscoll offers a broad history of using light to take pictures: "Photos are all around us. Cameras, too. How exactly did people figure out how to freeze time this way?" This simple overview covers 2,500 years of photography. Colorful, cartoon illustrations fill each spread providing useful visual explanations. The history begins with a tiny hole in a wall that evolved into a camera obscura until lenses and a means to capture images via tar, glass plates, and, eventually, film came into practice. The time line is interrupted midway with a center spread that depicts a boy using a single-lens reflex camera diagrammed to represent the path of light. The focus then switches to different types of cameras with recording light on pixels rather than film described as the 1980s breakthrough that created digital cameras. The basic concept of stopping a moment in time is still the result regardless of how an image is recorded. Quick facts and tips for taking good photos are included. VERDICT For collections where there is an interest in photography.—Janet S. Thompson, Chicago P.L.

    Copyright 2021 School Library Journal.

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