Thomas Edison by Haydn Middleton   1997


This is fantastic biographical read.  It is about the amazing inventor Thomas Edison and how he became one of the most celebrated inventors of our time.  He married and had children, most of them who passed away at a very young age.  Thomas Edison worked too much and barely had time for anything but his inventions.  He was deaf and saved a young boy and the father, who was also Edison's boss, told Edison he would give him anything as payment for his saving his precious young boy.  Edison told him he wanted to learn the telegraph.  Edison was deaf and could not hear very well but could understand Morse code.  Edison invented many amazing things but the most important was electricity.  This is a great read for any student learning about how the United States became so technologically advanced.  It is be suited for 8 years old and up because of the length of the story and the difficult invention names.