Philo Farnsworth and the Invention of Television Book

I had never heard of Matthew Henson. I'm so glad I know about him. What an amazing person. He was born in 1866 and he was African American. He expected to be treated as an equal back then. He wanted to explore the world and he wasn't going to let anyone stop him. That takes guts. He and Peary sought to be the first to reach the North Pole. After 6 or 7 tries, they did. There was controversy around this fact during this lifetime because he was Black. He took a picture and is now recognized as being integral to this feat.

The art work is beautiful. It makes you feel like you are on an adventure. Matthew was an extraordinary person. I would give this book more stars, but the text is terrible. It confused me so much. After the story, it gives an account of his life and I figured out what was going on. The was on each page said 'he did not do ...this to do that.' It made it sound like he didn't do these things. It really made it confusing. I kept thinking, did he do it or not. It is poorly written. Tell us what he did accomplish in the positive. The back page was well written and some of those things should have been put in the story too.

Still, I'm glad I found out about this man. It's always to to have stories about people who overcome overwhelming odds in life. It gives everyone HOPE.