Aliens are Coming!
The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2010
Summary
This is a very funny and young nonfiction picture book about Orson Welles’s 1938 radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds, which duped much of the country into believing that martians were invading the US (first landing in New Jersey, of course!). The aliens are not too scary (reminiscent of the aliens on Sesame Street) as they take over the US with their spaceships. Factual information about the history and importance of radios in the 1930s and why people actually believed aliens were invadi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385736787 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385736789 |
| Author: | Meghan McCarthy |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 256mm x 256mm x 4mm |
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About The Author
Meghan McCarthy
Meghan McCarthy is the author-illustrator of Astronaut Handbook and Strong Man, which received three starred reviews and was selected as a Society of Illustrators best illustrated book. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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