Who Was: Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Frith, illustrated by John O’Brien (Grosset & Dunlap, 2005)
genre: Non-fiction, biography
age: 9-12 years
honors: none
review: This book from the series of Who Was answers the questions about Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb. The book tracks the life of Edison from sitting on a goose egg to hatch it and opening a bee’s nest to see the inside to a vote counting machine and making movies. It also goes into his life to see how his mother took over his education when teachers called him “addled,” his interest in the railroads and telegraphs, his marriages and children.
opinion: With so many inventors and invention in the 19th century, it can be a challenge to keep all of them straight. This book shows how Edison worked to improve Morse code on the telegraphs and Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone.
ideas: This book is appropriate for third grade students and middle school students doing research because of the abundance of information contained within.
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