Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? - Paperback

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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? - Paperback

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? - Paperback

by Margaret Frith , Who Hq
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by Margaret Frith (Author), Who Hq (Author), John O'Brien (Illustrator)

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.

Author Biography

Margaret Frith is the author of numerous children's books, including several titles in the Who Was? series, such as Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?, Who Was Louis Braille?, Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? and Who Was Woodrow Wilson? She lives in New York City.

John O'Brien has held writing fellowships at the University of Iowa and Stanford University, and he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. His work has appeared in Hudson Review, Massachusetts Review, TriQuarterly, Country Journal, Harrowsmith, and Gray's Sporting Journal. He lives with his wife, Becky, in Franklin, West Virginia.

Nancy Harrison is an illustrator known for the Who Is... series and for graphic illustrations for Fortune 500 Companies. Nancy received her master's degree from Syracuse University.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.28 x 7.66 x 6.64 IN
Publication Date: December 29, 2005
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 1
ISBN9780448437651
Author Margaret Frith , Who Hq
PublisherPenguin Workshop
GenreChildren and Biography
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2005
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Who Hq

Ben Hubbard is an accomplished nonfiction author for children and adults with over 160 titles to his name. He has written about many subjects, from space, the samurai, and sharks, to poison, pets, and the Plantagenets. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookshops, schools, and libraries around the world. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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