Book Jacket
Why did you pick up this book? Did it have something to do with the eye-popping colors on the cover?
You can thank Bob and Joe Switzer for those shocking greens, blazing oranges, and screaming yellows. The brothers invented a whole new kind of color--one that glowed with an extra-special intensity. It took them years of experimenting, but their efforts paid off brilliantly. Day-Glo colors helped win a war, save people's lives, and brighten everyday life--including this book!
Review
It is super weird for me to think of people creating colors. I had never really thought about the fact that day-glo colors are found nowhere in nature, and must therefore have been invented by someone. Now I know that those obnoxious colors that hurt your eyes but do a great job drawing attention to themselves were made by the Switzer brothers.
This book is a biography-lite. The story of Bob and Joe begins in their childhood, follows them as they pursue different dreams, then come together to create something that subtly changed the world.
The illustrations are fun, and the random additions of day-glo colors to the pages makes the book's point every time--you cannot look away. The story is both entertaining, informational, and inspiring. Life might take you on a path you never expected, but some really great things might come from your detour!
Four out of five rescue flags.
Release Date: July 2009
Reading Level: Grade 2+
Where In Dunlap Public Library's Collection: BLUESTEM
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