Benjamin Franklin

  • Benjamin Franklin
    By Nancy Shepard

    Presents the life and accomplishments of the printer, author, inventor, and scientist who played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.

  • Benjamin Franklin
    By Jennifer Blizin Gillis

    Benjamin Franklin is best known for his experiments with lightning. But what was his childhood like? What were his interests and hobbies? How can we find out more about him? Read Benjamin Franklin to find out. Book jacket.

  • Benjamin Franklin: You've Got Mail
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zwiebel

    In this hilarious sequel to Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . , Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel take Ike and B-Freezy's antics to the next level as this ill-paired (and sometimes actually ill) duo hold the future of the world in their ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: You've Got Mail
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel

    In this hilarious sequel to Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . , Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel take Ike and B-Freezy's antics to the next level as this ill-paired (and sometimes actually ill) duo hold the future of the world in their ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel

    You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead guy I've never even met? This is the start to a most unlikely pen pal relationship between thirteen-year-old Franklin Isaac Saturday (Ike) and Benjamin Franklin.

  • Benjamin Franklin: You've Got Mail
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel

    In this hilarious sequel to Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . , Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel take Ike and B-Freezy's antics to the next level as this ill-paired (and sometimes actually ill) duo hold the future of the world in their ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel

    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 ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...
    By Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel

    You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead guy I've never even met? This is the start to a most unlikely pen pal relationship between thirteen-year-old Franklin Isaac Saturday (Ike) and Benjamin Franklin.

  • Benjamin Franklin
    By Edmund Sears Morgan

    What was not in the best interests of the United States was the presence of Arthur Lee in Paris in 1777. Fortunately for Franklin , during his first months in France , Lee was haring off to Spain , Vienna , and Berlin in not ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Volume 1
    By William Cabell Bruce

    Twelve days later, Franklin annexed a postscript to this letter which must have been an even severer trial to Hutton's equanimity than the letteritself. I abominate with you [he said], all Murder, and I may add, that the Slaughter of ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer
    By Peter Stallybrass, James N. Green

    Much of what we know about Franklin as a writer and printer comes from his autobiography, the focus of the last part of this book.

  • Benjamin Franklin: An Intimate Portrait
    By Thomas Fleming

    For many people, Benjamin Franklin remains a puzzling figure in American history. This book tells Franklin's absorbing life story.

  • Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father
    By Thomas S. Kidd

    A major new biography, illuminating the great mystery of Benjamin Franklin’s faith Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American ...

  • Benjamin Franklin
    By Thomas Streissguth

    Examines the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his rise from being a homeless runaway to one of America's Founding Fathers.

  • Benjamin Franklin
    By Connie Roop, Peter Roop

    A biography of the noted statesman and inventor, featuring excerpts from his letters, pamphlets, essays, scientific papers, and autobiography.

  • Benjamin Franklin: To the Future, Ben Franklin!
    By Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce

    "A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #32."

  • Benjamin Franklin: A Nonfiction Companion to to the Future, Ben Franklin!
    By Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce

    When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in To the Future, Ben Franklin! they had lots of questions.

  • Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer
    By Peter Stallybrass, James N. Green

    "Benjamin Franklin, Writer and Printer begins by focusing on Franklin's career as a printer, from his apprenticeship to his retirement in 1748, by which time he had created the largest...

  • Benjamin Franklin: American Founder, Atlantic Citizen
    By Nathan R. Kozuskanich

    Known for his influential role in the debates that established the founding documents of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was not only an astute politician, but also an Atlantic citizen whose commitment to the American cause was ...

  • Benjamin Franklin: Writer, Inventor, Statesman
    By Pamela Hill Nettleton, Jeff Yesh

    A brief biography that highlights some of the achievements of one of the most famous men from the early years of the United States.