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Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

No. of pages 40

Published: 2017

Great for age 7-10 years

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What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as the Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most important inventors.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by St Martin's Press .

Gene Barretta has written and illustrated several award-winning books for young readers, including Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare , Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci and Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin , as well as Dear Deer and Zoola Palooza . He lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Leslie, and their son, Ben.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Charlotte Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Charlotte Award.

Cook Award
This book was recognised by the Cook Award.

Beehive Award - Information Book
This book was recognised in the Information Book category by the Beehive Award.

This book features the following character:

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb

"...useful tool to introduce history and inventions to reluctant readers or students..." --School Library Journal

"An entertaining, enlightening intro." --Booklist

"[This] accessible and informative account [is] a worthy successor to Barretta's other men-and-ideas books." --The New York Times

"A glowing tribute to the inventor who continues to influence modern life." --Kirkus, starred

"Barretta's warm and funny watercolors create an inviting portrait of an influential man..." --Publishers Weekly

"This accessible introduction will inspire children to look closely at the world around them and come up with some creations of their own." --School Library Journal on Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

"While teachers are sure to reach for this entertaining resource again and again, the humor, illustrations, wordplay and story are strong enough that casual readers will pick this up, chuckle and even (gasp!) learn." --Kirkus Reviews on Dear Deer