Action!: How Movies Began (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534452305)

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year

In this "stunning" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) picture book, award-winning nonfiction creator Meghan McCarthy tells the story of how motion pictures came to be invented and the story of the many people who helped create them.

Movies take us on adventures, introduce us to new worlds, and make us feel, but how did they start?

In her trademark easy-to-follow narrative voice, this fact-filled picture book tells the story of the evolution of movies and the people who worked hard to create them--both on-screen and behind the scenes. In fascinating detail, she shows how early photography capturing motion became silent films, which led to the first color films and how those building blocks allowed for the inspiring movies of today.

Author: Meghan McCarthy
ISBN-10: 1534452303
ISBN-13: 9781534452305
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.25h x 11.82w x 0.44d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 518476 / Action! How Movies Began


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2022
Booklist 09/02/2022
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average