Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? with CD (Chinese_simplified-English)

Author: Margaret Frith
Illustrated by: John O'Brien
Paperback with CD: 186 page(s)
Age Range: 9 - 12

Book Description:

Who is Who Series is a set of children's books about some of the most famous people in the world. The series features famous figures from a variety of fields, including science, art, and literature. Written with concise text and witty illustrations, young readers will find this series rewarding and enjoyable.

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 EdisonG++-----++++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! HereG++-----++++s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.