Radio Boy

by Sharon Phillips Denslow, Alec Gillman (Illustrator)

In Murray, Kentucky, during the 1870s, young Nathan B. Stubblefield dreams of telephones without wires, and his clever backyard experiments may lead someday to the invention of the radio.

Library Binding

First published April 30, 1995

Reviews

[Phyleesha Daigle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I chose this book as an biographical children's book for class and absolutely loved it! I learned so much as an adult from this book about how the radio was invented and the little boy from Kentucky that invented it. This is a picture book, and each page contains a detailed two page spread in color with a few sentences on each page telling his story. He is a young boy with a bright curious mind, whom goes on to invent many patented things and helps his neighbors fix their new telephone. That same little boy one day grows up to invent the radio, and this book captures a fictionalized brief glimpse of his younger life.