Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? - Perma-Bound Books

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Frith, Margaret

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Penguin

Just the Series: Who Was?

Series and Publisher: Who Was?

Annotation: Discusses the life of Thomas Edison, whose curiosity led to inventions that changed the world forever.

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #328902

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Common Core

Publisher: Penguin

Edition Date: 2005 Release Date: 12/29/05

Pages: 106 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-448-43765-1 Perma-Bound: 0-605-39628-0

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-448-43765-1 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-39628-9

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2005003386

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),. 1847-1931. Juvenile literature.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),. 1847-1931.
Inventors. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Electric engineers. United States. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Inventors.
Electric engineers.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Word Count: 8,828

Reading Level: 5.3

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.3 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 104041 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.2 / points:4.0 / quiz:Q37625

Lexile: 790L

Guided Reading Level: O

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.

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