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ThispaperbackadditiontoourPhotobiographyseries,InventingtheFuture,documentsthelifeofThomasEdison.ThisprolificAmericanisrecognizedasoneofhistory'sgreatestinventors.His1,093patentedinventionsincludethelightbulb,thephonograph,andthemicrophone.YoungreaderslearnwhyEdisonbelievedthat"geniusisonepercentinspirationand99percentperspiration."Aninspiringlessonintherewardsofdoggedperseverance,InventingtheFuturealsoillustrateshowEdison'sgreatestlegacyistheresearchlaboratory,whereconstantexperimentationremainsthenecessarypreludetodiscovery.MarféFergusonDelano'sportraitofthisquirkyoriginalincludesclippingsfromEdison'snotebooksandimagesoftheinventoratworkandoccasionallyatrest.Awardsinclude:NotableSocialStudiesTradeBookforYoungPeopleNCSS/CBCOutstandingScienceTradeBookforChildrenNSTA/CBCAmericanLibraryAssociationNotableBookJamesMadisonBookAwardHonorBook