The Flick of a Switch
What's the book about?
This fascinating book explains how people lit their homes before electricity and how life changed when electric lights were invented. You’ll discover famous inventors, such as the people who created the first battery and electric lamps, and see how their ideas still affect your world today. With clear explanations and interesting pictures of old-fashioned gadgets, it makes learning about electricity fun and easy to understand.
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Reviews
Ciaran, Age 6
This book is about
The book is about electricity and what was used before electricity was discovered which were candles and oil lamps.
It tells you about different people that invented electrical things like Alessandro Volta that invented the first battery and Sir Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison who invented electrical lighting.
The main characters are
There are no main characters.
My favourite part of the book is
Seeing the pictures of old Victorian household items, like stoves.
I would also like to say
Victorian things are very different to our modern things that use electricity.
