Spring 2025

Touch Screens

From the Series How High-Tech Changed the World

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

In our modern world, we can do pretty much anything with a simple swipe of a touch screen, from ordering food to shopping for clothes. But what is the story behind this amazing technolgoy, how does it work, and who invented it?

Readers discover all this and more in this exciting and informative exploration, in which they learn about the history and people behind the technology that allows us to run our lives with the touch of a finger.

Clear explanatory text shows readers exactly how touch screens work, helping us navigate websites, order goods, and even play games. Detailed sidebars set out how the technology has transformed our lives, contrasting life before and after touch screens. Biographical features explain how brilliant scientists invented and developed touch screens, creating a revolutionary technology.

Touch Screens is the ultimate guide to the science, the tools, and the people behind the tech that changed our world.

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978-1-916949-46-1
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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Engineering, STEM: Math, STEM: Technology
Copyright 2025
Publisher Cheriton Children's Books
Imprint Cheriton Children's Books
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF012000, JNF061010, JNF051120
Dimensions 6.5 x 9
Features Accessible layouts, Author/Illustrator biography, Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Author: Kelly Roberts

Kelly Roberts is a hugely experienced children’s book author who loves creating nonfiction content that will draw in readers of all abilities.