Video Games

A Graphic History

From the Series Amazing Inventions

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Video games evolved over decades from simple consoles to cutting-edge entertainment in homes and arcades. In the twenty-first century, they’ve also become some of the world’s most popular apps. Find out more about the technological innovations, major players, and controversies that have made video-game history. And from the role of game cartridges to the power of the internet, learn how new inventions keep taking gaming to the next level.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Graphic Novels, Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Engineering, STEM: Technology
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-08-03
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF062020, JNF061010, JNF021060
Dewey 794.8
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 720
Guided Reading Level V
ATOS Reading Level 4.5
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Original artwork, Reviewed, Source notes, and Table of contents

Author: Sean Tulien

Sean Tulien is a writer and editor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He loves writing about playful characters, underdogs, and nerd culture—and has a soft spot for animals of all kinds. When he’s not writing comics for kids, Sean enjoys reading, hiking, lifting heavy things, spoiling his rescue rabbit, and beating ultra-difficult video games.

Illustrator: David Buisán

David M. Buisán is an illustrator and lives in Barcelona, Spain. After completing his studies in Fine Arts, he has collaborated with various publications, such as Vogue, Squire, Variety, L’Officiel, and The Guardian. He is a regular contributor to editorial projects, highlighting his participation in the Doctor Who franchise and in Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space, published in the USA, UK, Spain, Germany, and France.

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“The graphic novel format and choice of high interest topics will keep these books in constant circulation.”—School Library Journal