The Flick of a Switch Book Cover

What's the Book About?

This book looks at the discovery of electricity and how it lights up our lives and sparks our imagination! Level 12

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Tree Tops
  • Type: Non-Fiction
  • Author: Chris Oxlade

Reviews from Our Readers

Ciaran (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

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.

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