It's A Snap!: George Eastman's First Photograph

Description

Monica Kulling presents the fascinating life story of George Eastman, the American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. In 1877 in Rochester, New York, George Eastman couldn't understand why picture-taking was so difficult. George realised that not many people could own a camera - they were too expensive and the size of today's microwave oven! But how could he make picture taking easier? This fun easy-to-read biography is a great introduction to modern photography.

Monica Kulling was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. Monica Kulling has published twenty-six fiction and nonfiction books for children, including picture books, poetry, and biographies. She is best known for introducing biography to children just learning to read and has written about Harriet Tubman, Houdini, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart among others. Monica Kulling lives in Toronto, Canada. Bill Slavin has illustrated over seventy books for children, including The Big Book of Canada by Christopher Moore. He has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator' s Award, the Blue Spruce Award, and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children' s Literature, among many others. Bill Slavin lives in Millbrook, Ontario.

Praise for It's a Snap! "Monica Kulling's charming It's a Snap! ... tells Eastman's story with panache and Bill Slavin's entertaining pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations push the humor up a notch. This is terrific storytelling...." -School Library Journal "Cameras were once huge and bulky. Then along came George Eastman, who put photography within reach of us all. Based on a true (and fascinating) story." - Scholastic Parent & Child "Monica Kulling and Bill Slavin offer a unique look at the interesting life and many accomplishments of George Eastman.... This book is a great way to introduce your children to the wonders of photography." - Shutterbug Magazine "...accessible picture book biography... The strong narrative is peppered with snappy dialogue. Bill Slavin's pen, ink and watercolour illustrations are equally engaging.... This first book in the Great Idea Series is a picture-perfect introduction to biographies for beginning readers." - Excellent, Resource Links