The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
Illustrator: Tony Persiani
Genre: Non-Fiction
Grade level: 2-5
Award: Robert F. Sibert Medal
The Day-Glo Brothers is a true story about two brothers, Bob and Joe Switzer. They are very different brothers in that Joe wants to be in show business and Bob wanted to be a doctor. When Bob gets in an accident that has him staying in a dark basement, the brothers experiment with florescent paints and ultraviolet lights to brighten up the place. They end up creating something totally different, Day-Glo paint.
Tony Persiani created really cool illustrations in Day-Glo paint, which is totally appropriate for this book. The colors and the drawing style have like an old time cartoon style, which is great because it is a story about something that happened in the past.
This book would most interest students who range in age from about seven to ten. This is an interesting story and a topic that they may have never heard of before. Students always hear stories of people who invent things having intent to invent them, but rarely do they hear of accidental inventions.
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