This biography on Thomas Alva Edison reads like a regualer picture book. It shows Al, as he was called as a boy, as he builds his curiousity in science and inventions. Home schooling is what he credits for building his love of reading and learning. Working from a young age (twelve!) taught Tom a strong work ethic and inventiveness.
I like how School Library Journal calls the book, along with others by Don Brown, a "storyography." There are several other books by Brown written in this same manner that feature: Mark Twain, Neil Armstrong, and Teddy Roosevelt. They are very kid-friendly and bring out the human side of this famous figures.
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