Alexander Graham Bell

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Man Behind the Telephone
    By Sally Lee

    The Capstone Interactive edition comes with simultaneous access for every student in your school and includes read aloud audio recorded by professional voice over artists.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Man Behind the Telephone
    By Sally Ann Lee

    A world without telephones? Impossible for most young readers to imagine. Find out how you can thank inventor Alexander Graham Bell for every ringtone!

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Man Behind the Telephone
    By Sally Ann Lee

    Mabel's father liked Bell's ideas. He and another student's father gave Bell money to work on the new telegraph. Bell taught during the day and worked on his invention at night. Bell used a musical term for his invention.

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Patricia Ryon Quiri

    Describes the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell, from his invention of the telephone to the development of instruments to help the hearing impaired.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Genius Behind the Phone
    By Stephen Feinstein

    Explores the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of numerous devices, including the telephone.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Scientist and Inventor
    By Michael A. Schuman

    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish immigrant whose interest in helping the hearing-impaired led him to become not only an influential and respected teacher of the deaf, but the inventor of the telephone.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Father of Modern Communication
    By Michael Pollard

    Important Dates 1847 1858 1863 1866 1867 1868 1870 1871 1872 1873 March 3 : Alexander Graham Bell is born in Edinburgh , Scotland . Oct : Bell joins the Royal High School , Edinburgh . Aug : Aged sixteen , Bell begins teaching at Weston ...

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Scientist and Inventor
    By Michael A. Schuman

    When Douglas McCurdy flew Silver Dart for half a mile on February 23, 1909, it became the first time a vehicle heavier than air successfully flew in Canada.2 On March 31, the AEA ceased to exist as a business. Its money had been used up ...

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Jacqueline Langille

    ... just as their money was running out , their efforts were finally rewarded . March 10 , 1876 , was a day to remember , as Thomas Watson heard Bell's voice over Painting by W.A. Rogers showing Bell explaining a telephone instrument 20.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Called to Invent
    By Jennifer Kroll

    Alexander and Thomas tested their invention . Thomas listened . He heard Alexander's voice from far away ! Alexander said , " Mr. Watson , come here . I want to see you . " Fun Fact This was Alexander's first telephone .

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Jennifer Strand

    Inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell made communication around the world much easier.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Spirit of Innovation
    By Jennifer Groundwater

    Jennifer Groundwater tells the story of his most important discoveries, and his passionate, lifelong quest to improve the way things work.

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Gail Saunders-Smith, Lola M. Schaefer, Judith Tulloch

    Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Alexander Graham Bell.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life
    By Elizabeth MacLeod

    Chronicles the life of the inventor who not only changed the way humans communicate, but also experimented with flight, air conditioning, radiation treatment for cancer, and iceberg locators.

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

    Alexander Graham Bell. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2001. This biography of Bell tells the story of the invention of the telephone and features full-page illustrations. Zemlica, Shannon. Thomas Edison.

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections
    By Naomi Pasachoff

    He said, "An inventor a man who looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world." This is a compelling biography of a true scientific visionary.

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Barbara Kramer

    Developed by National Geographic in consultation with literacy education experts, a series of high-interest, exciting and easy-to-read books contain simple text, National Geographic photography and kid-friendly design, as well as loads of ...

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Emily James

    Alexander Graham Bell. Amazing Inventors and Innovators . Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, 2016 . Kramer, Barbara. Alexander Graham Bell. National Geographic Kids . Washington, D .C .: National Geographic, 2015 . Lin, Yoming S. Alexander ...

  • Alexander Graham Bell: Baddeck's Gentle Genius : a Portrait
    By James B. Lamb

    James B. Lamb is a writer who lives in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

  • Alexander Graham Bell
    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, Morgan Wesson

    ". . . rarely have inventor and invention been better served than in this book." – New York Times Book Review Here, Edwin Grosvenor, American Heritage's publisher and Bell's great-grandson, tells the dramatic story of the race to invent ...