Kathleen Krull

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth (2009)

This is a story of a young boy who starts from plowing fields in the early 1900’s to creating one of the world’s most popular inventions: the television. Philo Farnsworth was truly a self-taught young man. Through hard work and trial and error experiments throughout his life until he finally got ...

Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) (2010)

At my local library, this book was not shelved with the biographies. Hmm - I wonder why?I grew up in Illinois and my grandmother collected all things Lincoln. I have visited the Lincoln museum in Springfield and I have toured New Salem so I came to this book with a solid background. Neverthele...

Big Wig: A Little History of Hair (2011)

An amusing romp into the history of hair. Brief, unusual facts that leave you wanting to find out more. One notable fact for me: 450 tons of hair are exported from India; much of it landing in Hollywood. And where does this Hollywood hair come from? Why, from pilgrims in temples of course.... hmm...

Leonardo Da Vinci: Giants of Science #1 (2005)

Sigmund Freud: Giants of Science #3 (2006)