This book is a great resource for children and young adults. It includes kid friendly pictures to of his inventions and various times in his life. I really liked that they text was big enough for children to read and each chapter is only a few pages long. The size of the chapters won't scare children away. Also, the words used in the book are kid friendly meaning that it is easy enough for children to read. Even some new vocabulary is explained in parentheses next to the word. My favorite part of this book was that almost every single page has a picture/ drawling on it to go along with the text. I even learned some new things about Galileo that I never knew! ( )

I would use this book to give to my students if they were doing research on a famous person from history. I might even have my students act and dress up like a famous historian. This book is appropriate for third through sixth grade.