Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Written by Margaret Frith and Who HQ & illustrated by John O'Brien
Part of the Who Was . . . ? Book Series
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8 - 12
Reading age
112
Page count
81
Words per page
790L
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Dec 29, 2005
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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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scientistsAmerica1900-1949science and technology1850-1899technologyinventionsThomas Edisonelectricityengineeringhistoryinventorsscience

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780448437651
    Publication Date
    December 29, 2005
    Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
    Original Publication Date
    December 29, 2005
    Page Count
    112
    Words Per Page
    81
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lexile® Level
    790L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    104041
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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