Thomas Edison: America's Greatest Inventor: Educational Version

Kids, Technology, Inventions, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Science and Technology
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Author: Jeannie Meekins ISBN: 9781311279996
Publisher: LearningIsland.com Publication: January 17, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Jeannie Meekins
ISBN: 9781311279996
Publisher: LearningIsland.com
Publication: January 17, 2015
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Thomas Edison was an inventor.
He invented the electric lighting system, the phonograph and alkaline batteries. He invented a camera to record moving pictures and a device for watching them. He added sound to create a motion picture.
He worked on and improved many of the machines we use today. He even created a battery powered car.
Thomas Edison created more inventions than any other inventor.
Edison believed in hard work, and insisted everyone around him work hard.
He never saw failure as a bad thing. He learned more from failed experiments than he did from successful ones.
All his notes were hand written. He wrote over five million documents. These included over 4000 notebooks, sketches and drawings, and correspondence. These documents help us understand who Thomas Edison was.

Find out more about Thomas Edison and some of his inventions in this 15-minute biography.

Ages 8 and up.
Reading Level: 6.9
Educational versions include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.

LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

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Thomas Edison was an inventor.
He invented the electric lighting system, the phonograph and alkaline batteries. He invented a camera to record moving pictures and a device for watching them. He added sound to create a motion picture.
He worked on and improved many of the machines we use today. He even created a battery powered car.
Thomas Edison created more inventions than any other inventor.
Edison believed in hard work, and insisted everyone around him work hard.
He never saw failure as a bad thing. He learned more from failed experiments than he did from successful ones.
All his notes were hand written. He wrote over five million documents. These included over 4000 notebooks, sketches and drawings, and correspondence. These documents help us understand who Thomas Edison was.

Find out more about Thomas Edison and some of his inventions in this 15-minute biography.

Ages 8 and up.
Reading Level: 6.9
Educational versions include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.

LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

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