Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.3
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
37915
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
188
Points per Page
0.037234
Description
This book traces moving pictures from the camera obscura (first depicted in the 15th-century but using an optical effect described by Aristotle) to the magic lanterns, dioramas, stereopticons, and exotic artifacts that preceded the true movie cameras.