The Man Who Loved the Flag Book

This book is about Thomas Alva Edison and his life from childhood to death. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. He has six siblings and his mother was a school teacher. Thomas was very curious and he would ask his parents a lot of questions every day. He got scarlet fever when he was eight and ended up death later in his life. In school Thomas asked lots of questions and the school moved him out because the teachers had no patience for him. At home Thomas set a lab in his room and tested lots of experiments. In 1869 Thomas worked for a stock company and he invented a machine to send minute-by-minute information on the price of stocks. He also invented the quadruplex, the telegraph system, and in 1877 he invented the phonograph. In 1879 he invented the electric light bulb with cotton thread inside. Lastly he invented the battery that is now used in cars. He died in 1931. This book has lots of colorful pictures showing each invention that Thomas made. The pictures are very colorful with lots of details and bright colors. This book would be good for secondary children between ages six and twelve. The book is about fifty pages but it is not had to read. The vocabulary is easy and this book would be great for a science class in elementary to read. I would recommend this book to a science teacher to talk about Thomas in the science class and talk about the experiments that Thomas did. Also I would recommend this book to every child who is interested in invention and the life of Thomas. This book was good and the pictures were amazing.