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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Poor Richard's Almanack is one of Benjamin Franklin's most charming creations. He delighted in cloaking his writing behind a variety of literary personas, and Richard Saunders remains one of his most beloved, although some critics have complained that Poor Richard reveals the shallow materialism at the heart of Franklin's homespun philosophy and, by extension, at...
Author
Series
Magic Tree House volume 32
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--
4) So said Ben
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Benjamin Franklin who was an inventor, scientist, printer, and statesman.
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English
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Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough deist" who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers...
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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this brand-new, 2016, high-definition program, students will learn all about Benjamin Franklin's life as a printer, writer, scientist, inventor and Founding Father. From discovering electricity to helping shape our country, Benjamin Franklin has had a major impact on our technology and our government. Students will come to understand why Franklin is considered The First Model American and why he is referred to as the man who snatched the lightning...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A whimsical depiction of a true moment in history describes how the innovative American Founding Father used the scientific method to discern the practices of a famous Parisian magician.
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
ix, 120 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin.
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Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the midst of adjusting to middle school and having a girlfriend, Franklin Ike Saturday's life becomes even more complicated when he writes a letter to Benjamin Franklin as an extra-credit assignment and gets a reply, beginning a correspondence that could change history.
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