Who Was Ben Franklin?

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loved everything about this book

One of the things I have noticed lately is that many of our children don't have "real" hero's. They have Marvel hero's or comic book hero's, but they are all fictional. This book and the others in this series are a wonderful and somewhat painless way to introduce children to historical figures and inventors as the real people they were, how they lived, and what they accomplished. My hope is that these little biographies will instill a desire to learn more and inspire.

Love how fun and engaging this book was for my 7 and 9 year old. They were both able to read on their own, and both kept asking if they could read more! These “Who Was” books are awesome!

Benjamin Franklin was America's first true Renaissance Man. He was the first man to do so many incredible things. His autobiography is considered by many scholars to be the first American entry in great world-wide literature classics. He was a remarkable inventor who refused to patent his ideas because he wanted lightening rods, bifocals, and other inventions to be free to the public good. This is a super series of biographies of notable lives for young readers. Adults will enjoy this refresher course in American history and young readers will profit handsomely from meeting such a terrific man of so many talents.

This series has been terrific for our young readers, picking up and sharing interesting facts about historical figures which we weren't even aware of. This book in particular has some interesting tidbits about Ben Franklin that we never learned in school.

My 10 year old loves The Who Was books!! Excellent resource for homeschool, inexpensive too!

We homeschool and these books are a great addition to our classroom bookcase!

This little book provides easy access to the topic. It is written in fairly simple style, ideal for children, but full of information interesting to any age group. I liked the practical and humorous way Franklin's amazing inventions were explained, with drawings that made for instance the Franklin stove or the first battery memorable and easy to understand.The book is too short not to cut corners in some aspects, but is highly recommendable to anybody who is interested in the life of this amazing inventor, linguist, scientist, statesman - the list goes on!I certainly enjoyed reading it.

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This entire series is excellent - a wonderful gateway-to-history for children.

Ben Franklin foi o cientista que, com a ajuda de uma pipa, descobriu que o relâmpago é eletricidade. Ele também foi um estadista, um inventor, uma impressora e um autor, um homem de tais talentos incrivelmente variados que algumas pessoas afirmavam que ele tinha poderes mágicos! Cheio de todos os detalhes as crianças vão querer saber, a verdadeira história de Benjamin Franklin é por turnos triste e engraçado, mas sempre honesta e inspiradora.

Estou estudando inglês sozinha há dois anos, através de leitura de livros infantis. Esta coleção é ótima porque os textos são simplificados, mas o vocabulário é um pouco complexo e eu, mesmo sendo adulta, aprendo muito sobre as personalidades biografadas. Nível de inglês: pré-intermediário.