Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge (Great Idea Series) Hardcover – Illustrated, August 2, 2016

Couldn't find something this individual at the library. THANK YOU.

The illustration of the book is awesome! Very informative and makes you want to read more! I would be buying more books for my new library! I say Tesla is the real inventor! Yeah!

We loved this book! Shows how a man with knowledge had integrity and perseverance.

'Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge' by Monica Kulling with illustrations by Bill Slavin is a picture book telling part of the story of Nikola Tesla.We learn that Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia, and came to America with only 4 cents in his pocket. He came hoping to work for Thomas Edison and he gets a job fixing the motor on a ship called the SS Oregon. We also learn of the rival thoughts about electricity, alternating and direct current. Tesla was a champion of alternating and Edison had already invested a lot in direct, so he set out to sabotage Tesla's ideas. Tesla eventually gets to fulfill a promise he made to his father when he builds a generator at Niagra Falls with George Westinghouse.And then then book kind of abruptly ends. It's a review copy, so I thought that might be why, but the page count matches what Amazon shows. Before that abrupt ending, I found it completely engaging and I loved the art, but the ending left me feeling like I got thrown out of the story. If nothing else, this book successfully attempts to show a different side of Tesla and Edison.I received a review copy of this ebook from Penguin Random House Canada, Tundra Books, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.