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Fun Summer Reads, Ages 9-12

The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors

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by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani

This brightly colored biography details the lives and inventions of two brothers as they work together in the basement to create a line of fluorescent paint. A 2010 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor book.

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