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product_id: 1693521
title: "Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?"
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# Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

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- **What is this?** Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
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## Description

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here’s an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Review: Was a child's smart gift choice. - I was not familiar with this series but a child at a local school asked for a "who was" or "what was" book as part of a Christmas child in need project at a local elementary school. The fact that a child wanted one of these books, something to read and learn from, impressed me, as did the content and engaging illustrations when I read them myself. Of course, desertcart had them and I bought a bunch for this youngster whom I wish I could hug and thank for likely growing up to make the world a smarter and better place.
Review: GREAT BOOK - These "Who was" books are fantastic. Not only are the great for younger readers (my granddaughter is 7) but, they are full of information about the subject (in this case Edison) and she is learning about history at the same time. . She has already read several of these "Who was" books. She is improving her reading skills, enjoys learning about the person in the book and it opens the door to discuss other things (ie other inventors of the time, what life was like before Edison etc). I would highly recommend any of the "Who was" books

## Features

- Author: Frith, Margaret.Who HQ.
- Publisher: Penguin Workshop
- Pages: 112
- Publication Date: 2005-12-29
- Edition: Illustrated
- Binding: Paperback
- MSRP: 5.99
- ISBN13: 9780448437651
- ISBN: 0448437651
- Other ISBN: 9781101639924
- Other ISBN Binding: print
- Language: en

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #16,985 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Children's Books on Inventions & Inventors #9 in Children's Science & Technology Biographies #1,140 in Children's Literature (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,505 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was a child's smart gift choice.
*by F***L on February 13, 2024*

I was not familiar with this series but a child at a local school asked for a "who was" or "what was" book as part of a Christmas child in need project at a local elementary school. The fact that a child wanted one of these books, something to read and learn from, impressed me, as did the content and engaging illustrations when I read them myself. Of course, Amazon had them and I bought a bunch for this youngster whom I wish I could hug and thank for likely growing up to make the world a smarter and better place.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GREAT BOOK
*by B***N on October 14, 2020*

These "Who was" books are fantastic. Not only are the great for younger readers (my granddaughter is 7) but, they are full of information about the subject (in this case Edison) and she is learning about history at the same time. . She has already read several of these "Who was" books. She is improving her reading skills, enjoys learning about the person in the book and it opens the door to discuss other things (ie other inventors of the time, what life was like before Edison etc). I would highly recommend any of the "Who was" books

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great, interesting read for 10 year old
*by C***N on April 8, 2026*

My son struggles reading but he LOVED this book!

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*Last updated: 2026-06-05*