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Brown, Don

A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison

32 pp. | Houghton | May, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-19487-5 $16.00

(2) K-3 Young Thomas Edison worked hard, mixed chemicals, cultivated curiosity, and read a lot of books. These are the seeds of the inventor's success as presented by Brown in this unfussy picture book biography, illustrated with softly glowing watercolors. Readers will appreciate Brown's depiction of an "incredible boyhood," which here means finding one's passions at a young age and pursuing them with gusto. Bib.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010