Wizard of Sound: Thomas Edison

by Barbara Mitchell
Thomas Edison's teachers didn't think much of him when he was a boy. Hard of hearing and often ill, he did poorly in school. But because of his irrepressible curiosity and the will to succeed, Edison fulfilled his dream of becoming an inventor. Edison turned out to be a wizard of an inventor. He was responsible for hundreds of inventions, including the motion picture camera and the electric light. But, despite his deafness, his favorite invention of all was the phonograph - the machine that could talk. Discover the magic of imagination and perseverance in this biography of one of the world's greatest inventors.
Ages 6-10