Delano, Marfe Ferguson.

Summary: Presents a biography of the tireless Thomas Edison, illustrated with many photos of his life and inventions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EDI

Houran, Lori Haskins

Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous inventor known for creating the movie camera and the battery for an electric car.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HOU

Frith, Margaret.

Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISON

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Edison

Slade, Suzanne

Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SLA

Summary: A look at the life of the amazing inventor and scientist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB EDISON DEM

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.

Summary: Relates the race to provide electricity to Americans with two different electric distribution systems, Thomas Edison's direct current and Nikola Tesla's alternating current.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.7932 MCP

Goldsmith, Howard.

Summary: Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE Gol

Davis, Wes

Summary: "The epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3048 DAV