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The Message: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text Message



written and illustrated by
Michael Emberley

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy
ISBN
9781534452909
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Follow as a text message travels at near light speed around the world in this illuminating picture book about how our messages get from one phone to another, and connections they create between both people.

Ever wonder how your text message gets from your phone to your friend’s phone? You type it, hit send, and boom—the text appears on your friend’s phone just moments later. But how?!

From your brain to your fingers to your phone, once you hit send, off your message goes on a journey that seems impossibly far: traveling through the air, underground, under oceans, and even through mountains, in seconds. Turns out texts are big on adventure, and this book explains exactly what they do and how. No planes, trains, or automobiles involved, but lots and lots of hair-thin fibers, ocean-length cables, and satellites!Further information about how text messages are sent. Sources. Full-color illustrations were rendered in pencil line with digital color. 

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

48

Trim Size

8" x 10"

Dewey

004.692

AR

6.1: points 0.5

Lexile

NC1130L

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Nov 2021

Book Genres

Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book

Topics

Text messaging. Cell phone systems. Science and technology. Human brain. Electricity. Communication. Electromagnetics. Radio waves. Fiber optics. Satellites. 

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