Full name: On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

Author: Jennifer Berne Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, Non Fiction, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781452152110 145215211X

A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life. Similar books: Manfish by Jennifer Berne I am Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer Odd Boy Out by Don Brown Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull Einstein in Love by Dennis Overbye The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower Ada Lovelace by Diane Stanley Einstein by Michael White Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox One Beetle Too Many by Kathryn Lasky Wizard by Marc J. Seifer Newton by Peter Ackroyd Obsessive Genius by Barbara Goldsmith Einstein by Walter Isaacson Grace Hopper by Laurie Wallmark The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins Whoosh! by Chris Barton Darwin by Alice B. McGinty