Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West
What's This Book About
When Benjamin West was seven years old, the only thing in the world he wanted to do was draw pictures. For a time, that got him into a peck of trouble. Papa wasn’t pleased when Benjamin “borrowed” his best quill pen. Mama wasn’t happy that Benjamin would rather sketch the cows than milk them. And Grimalkin, the family cat, was not keen on being the source for paintbrush hairs! Truth was, there was nothing Benjamin cared more about than art, and that led him to some surprising adventures. Here, in lively easy-to-read words and vivid pictures, is the engaging true story of Benjamin West, the farmboy from colonial Pennsylvania who grew up to become the first world-famous American artist and a friend to Benjamin Franklin and the king of England.
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Olivier Dunrea is the bestselling creator of the Gossie books as well as Old Bear and His Cub, A Christmas Tree for Pyn, Hanne’s Quest and many others. He lives in Dearborn, Michigan, and Narrowsburg, New York.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780618310890
- Publication Date
- June 23, 2003
- Page Count
- 48
- Reading Age
- 4 - 7 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 9705183
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 815655695
- Lexile® Level
- 610L
- Scholastic Level
- M
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 34644
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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