Thomas Edison: America's Greatest Inventor: Educational Version

By Jeannie Meekins

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.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311279996

Jeannie Meekins

Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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THOMAS EDISON

America's Greatest Inventor

By Jeannie Meekins

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Book

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

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Thomas Edison: America's Greatest Inventor / Jeannie Meekins

Summary: A brief look at the life of Thomas Edison, America's greatest inventor.

1. Edison, Thomas. Juvenile Literature. 2. Inventions. Juvenile Literature.

Words: 2569

Reading Level: 6.9

Ages 9 and up.

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About the Author

THOMAS EDISON

America's Greatest Inventor

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.

Early Years

Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio.