Status
Available
Local notes
921 Edi
Collection
Genres
Publication
Penguin Workshop (2005), Edition: Illustrated, 112 pages
Description
Biography & Autobiography. Juvenile Nonfiction. Science. Technology. One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison�??s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here�??s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustra
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
7.63 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member awakefield808
These are a great series for children 4th-6th grade. It is a great book for research project or something for a child to read and learn more about a person in history!
LibraryThing member Kayla_Christopherson
This is a great book informing kids about who Thomas Edison is and how he was when he grew up.
LibraryThing member a.stone5
This book provides information on who Thomas Edison was. It lays out his entire life in a way that is easy for children to understand, and provides a few pictures and diagrams to give examples of the information being given. Suitable for grades 6 and up.
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Lexile
790L