Electric Ben by Robert Byrd

Title: Electric Ben

Author/Illustrator:  Robert Byrd     

Publisher:     Dial Books for Young Children

Year: 2012

Awards/Accolades:

Sibert Honor

Booklist Book Review Stars
Horn Book Fanfare, 2012 ; Horn Book
Kirkus Best Children's Books, 2012
Kirkus Book Review Stars
Publishers Weekly Book Review Stars

Summary:

each page spread is like a chapter focusing on a chronological part of Franklin's life. Detailed illustrations and sidebars supplement the main text. 

Use in Classroom/Library:

Read relevant parts aloud (would be long to read whole book in one sitting)

Curriculum Connections:

History: Colonial period
Science: some of Franklin's many inventions are profiled, especially his work with electricity.

Special Features:

Author's note; about the pictures; timeline; bibliography. Endpapers contain famous sayings from Poor Richard's Almanak

This title is in the Knox County Public Library.