Overview
Young readers learn why Edison believed that "genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." An inspiring lesson in the rewards of dogged perseverance, Inventing the Future also illustrates how Edison's greatest legacy is the research laboratory, where constant experimentation remains the necessary prelude to discovery.
Marfé Ferguson Delano's portrait of this quirky original includes clippings from Edison's notebooks and images of the inventor at work—and occasionally at rest.
Awards include:
- Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People—NCSS/CBC
- Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children—NSTA/CBC
- American Library Association Notable Book
- James Madison Book Award—Honor Book
This book title, Inventing the Future (A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison), ISBN: 9781426322334, by Marfe Ferguson Delano, published by Disney Publishing Group (March 10, 2015) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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