Media Studies, Inventions & Inventors, General & Miscellaneous Science, Music - General & Miscellaneous, Scientists, Naturalists & Engineers - Biography
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Synopsis
Explores the life and work of Thomas Edison, including his childhood, education, and invention of such items as the phonograph, light bulb, and kinetoscope.Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 5-8 Graham has done an able job of showing Edison's brilliance and his eccentricities. The book comes with a password permitting access to a Webliography of related online documents and report resources, and the publisher promises to maintain the list for at least five years. Many of the illustrations resemble Web pages, enticing readers to pursue the topic even after finishing the text. Readers who enjoyed Margaret Frith's Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? (Grosset and Dunlap, 2005) will transition well into this slightly more complex biography, which will augment both report and leisure-reading collections.-Tracy H. Chrenka, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2007
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Incorporated
Pages
128
Format
Library Binding
ISBN
9781598450521