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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 609 EAN: 9781845074395 ISBN: 1845074394 Label: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: June 20, 2005 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Frances Lincoln Children's Books Related Items:
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 Rating: - Wow! It will draw you in.This is a fantastic book. I have the softcover edition. We got this because we were talking about Thomas Edison and reading the Edison Childhoods of Famous Americans book. This is an excellent tie-in, and so much more. The pages are high-quality paper, and each inventor gets a page (some get a two-page spread). You get historical context for the time period the inventor was living -- there is an illustrated timeline at the bottom of the pages. Then you get a large section of text ... Read More 
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