Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

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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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition (December 29, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0448437651
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0448437651
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 – 10 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 790L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 – 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.99 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.76 x 0.53 x 0.03 inches