What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
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A fun historic tale by Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz! No matter how busy he was, Ben Franklin always found time to try out new ideas: a remote-control lock (so he could lock his door without getting out of bed), a rocking chair with a fan over it (to keep flies away), and a windmill (to turn his roast meat on its spit). Aside from being a mad of ideas, he was an ambassador to England, a printer, an almanac maker, a politician, and even a vegetarian (for a time, anyway). “This biography is distinguished by its humanizing detail [and] amusing tone.” - School Library Journal
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Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association, and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children’s literature.
Margot Tomes was an American artist and children’s book illustrator, whose work has appeared in Newbery Honor books as well as New York Times Children’s Books of the Year. Her books illustrated for Penguin Random House include Phoebe the Sky; Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm; and What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780698113725
- Publication Date
- May 7, 1996
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1976
- Page Count
- 48
- Word Count
- 4956
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 7 - 9 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 75025902
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 44099600
- Lexile® Level
- 830L
- Scholastic Level
- O
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~T
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 5445
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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