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Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common?
All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison.
Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many f...more
All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison.
Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many f...more
Hardcover, 36 pages
Published
July 17th 2012
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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Story is a great read for children teaching them of the famous man Thomas Edison and his experiments, and how it has affected us now. The story explores the different inventions and experiments Edison has conducted. Such as experimenting with electrical power, how the invention of batteries came about and movies, X-ray, telephone transmitters, light bulbs as well as several other great ideas. If it weren’t for Edison we wouldn’t be any where near as advanced as we are with technology as we are t...more
Timeless Thomas: How Edison Changed Our Lives is Gene Barretta's latest release about Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, electric pen, storage battery, and so much more. It has a similar style to Barretta's other two biographical non-fiction picture books: Neo Leo and Now and Ben. It's not so much a biography as it is a record of Edison's technological achievements. On the surface you might not think that a book about an older man's achievements would be very appeali...more
This picture book biography of Thomas Edison gives a colorful look at what he invented and how it is being used today. The “present day” vs “Edison's lab” layout on facing pages seems slightly backwards to me, though. It feels as if the lab should be first and then showing today's uses for the items. Regardless, it is a very interesting look at the many things that Edison created despite many failures and mistakes. It does not allude to any of his competitors other than a brief nod to Alexander...more
Didn't love this one as much as Gene Barretta's other non-fiction picture books about Benjamin Franklin or Leonardo Da Vinci, but still worth reading. Possibly not enough back story about what kind of person Thomas Edison was aside from his work or as a child?
A great non-fiction book for elementary school students. In "Timeless Thomas" Gene Barretta highlights Thomas Edison's inventions and his contributions to science. Great pictures and easy text make learning fun.
This would be wonderful to compare life now and how life was before Thomas Edison's inventions. This would be a great study about how technology has influenced our society in social studies.
Using easy to understand example, Barretta gives us a crash course bio of Thomas Edison for kids of all ages. My only issue with the book was the art, some of the pages came off as a bit cluttered.
Shows how Thomas Edison's inventions impact our lives today. Great information and shows that he had a big team behind him as he made his discoveries.
Learned so much from this book! There was a lot about Thomas Edison that I didn't know. Enjoyed the format that Barretta used.
Useful origins of current day technologies invented by Edison and Bell Labs; a great book for budding inventors.
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Excellent choice for "Now and Then" units. Shows how today's technology can be traced back to Edison's inventions.
Great book for introduction to Thomas Edison. Used to prepare for field trip to Greenfield and Menlo Park.
Great illustrations. This a a nonfiction book that kids should find interesting and visually appealing.
Where would we be without Edison's inventions...and his mistakes?!?!
Summer 2012 #bookaday #37
Summer 2012 #bookaday #37
This is a fabulous book for student to learn about Thomas Edison's inventions and contributions to technology. This book illustrates and discusses Edison's inventions and the current invention that exists to replace his. It is a wonderful book to use for research or to simply teach students not to give up.
A fun and informative introduction to Edison's many remarkable inventions.
Good mentor text for building background with ELL students.
3.5 stars.
I like this one because it actually highlights the fact that Edison was the Steve Jobs of his era. Like Jobs's, he's the household name everyone knows, but he actually had brilliant people working under him who helped him turn vision into reality. The layout is a little odd, but I think this is a good resource for an elementary school biography project. One note, though, the bibliography included in the additional materials is aimed at older readers.
I like this one because it actually highlights the fact that Edison was the Steve Jobs of his era. Like Jobs's, he's the household name everyone knows, but he actually had brilliant people working under him who helped him turn vision into reality. The layout is a little odd, but I think this is a good resource for an elementary school biography project. One note, though, the bibliography included in the additional materials is aimed at older readers.
Just added to my Edison schema!
There is a lot of learn from Thomas Edison - I think the fact that he learned from his failures as well as his successes is an important lesson for today. Also just enjoy the format Barretta uses here.
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Gene Barretta is the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin and Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci. He is also author and illustrator of Dear Deer, which was a Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts and listed on the Parenting Magazine Mom-Tested Books of the Year List. He holds a B.F.A. in Film Studies from New York University, and h...more
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