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Deep Trouble: The Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Don't Wake the Mummy

Galapagos Wonder

Get Moving! All About Muscles

How Sound Works

How to Build a Greenhouse

Hubble: An Out-of-This-World Telescope

Jupiter's Secrets Revealed

Microbes: Friend or Foe?

Mystery in the Moonlight

Page's School Report

Pirate Ships and Flags

Robin Hood Wins the Sheriff's Golden Arrow

Samson: A Horse Story

The Amazing Amazon

The Great Gallardo's Books

The Hard Stuff! All About Bones

The Inuit: Northern Living

The Jr. Iditarod

The Mighty Saguaro Cactus

Thomas Edison

Weaving Around the World

Wildlife Rescue

Yellow Brick Roadies

Thomas Edison

nonfiction

Words Included:
   alkaline
   distraction
   filament
   fluorescent
   for-profit
   Morse code
   patent
   photograph
   telegraph

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Book Summary:
Thomas Edison is a biographical text that focuses on the inspiration and motivation of the famous inventor. The book begins by telling us about "Al" as a young, curious boy, and continues through his life, highlighting the important events that shaped him and his accomplishments. It recounts how his whole life was devoted to inventing things and improving other inventions, over a thousand in number, some of which we use every day. Photographs and illustrations support the text.

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