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11/18/13

Who was Thomas Alva Edison?

 










Title: Who was Thomas Alva Edison?
Author: Margaret Frith
Illustrator: John O'Brien & Nancy Harrison
Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Publication Date: December 29, 2005
Genre: Biography
Reading Level: Eight years old
Brief Overview: This book is a biography of Thomas Edison. The book discusses many of Edison's inventions. The book also discusses Edison's life as a creative child.
Integrated Activity: The students will write a one page paper using beginning, middle, and end about Thomas Edison. The paper should focus on his key inventions.
Reviewers name and affiliation: Brittany Hutchins, VSU
Labels: History, Social Studies