Product 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8343 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780448437651
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

A Good Step Towards Chapter Books
My six year old son loves for me to read these books to him. The thing I like about them is that there is an illustration every page you turn. My son is not quite ready to absorb a long chapter book with no illustrations, yet he is past the picture book, so this is a good step towards chapter books. He is excited that he is getting chapter books like his older sister, yet they are not too lofty for him to understand. They are not from a Christian history perspective, although I have not found any of the content to be at all offensive.

Great Introduction to Edison
Edison's contributions to modern society are impressive: the light bulb, phonograph, improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology. Very enjoyable book!

My 8 y.o. son wants more !

I have an 8 y.o. son who is very inquisitive, but getting him to read voluntarily on his own is somewhat of a chore. I got him this book for Christmas, and he read it on his own,not wanting to put it down in the morning, before his carpool arrived.
After he finished the book, he asked,"Mom, can we get the one about John F. Kennedy?"
Enough said.