Scholastic INTERNET (First Discovery)
Year First Appeared
1999
Creator
Jean-Philippe Chabot, Donald Grant
A child-friendly introduction to the Internet that explains what it is and how it’s used, with examples like buying tickets, sending email, and listening to music, presented with lively text and bright illustrations.
Importance in Internet Culture
Published in 1999 (France) and 2000 (U.S.), the title helped translate an emerging, everyday Internet into concepts a preschooler could grasp, reflecting early digital‑literacy efforts at the turn of the millennium. It shows how publishers demystified the web for families by packaging it in the tactile, visual language of First Discovery books.
Interesting Fact
The original French edition was Mes Premières Découvertes no. 157 (Gallimard Jeunesse, February 1999), authored by Jean‑Philippe Chabot and illustrated by Donald Grant, and it explicitly features transparent film overlays and die‑cut pages. The U.S. Scholastic edition credits Chabot as editor, lists Gallimard Jeunesse as author, and was issued in a compact, spiral‑bound First Discovery format for ages 4‑8.