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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
Contributor(s): Frith, Margaret (Author), Who Hq (Author), O'Brien, John (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0448437651     ISBN-13: 9780448437651
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
OUR PRICE:   $5.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2005
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Annotation: This accessible, appealing biography shines the light on Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light bulb, along with the phonograph and a precursor to the movie camera called a kinetoscope. Illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2005003386
Lexile Measure: 790
Series: Who Was...?
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.64" W x 7.66" (0.26 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 104041
Reading Level: 5.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
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 illustrations.