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Ben Franklin was always a "bookish" boy. The first book he read was the Bible at age five, and then he read every printed word in his father's small home library. Ben wanted to read more, but books were expensive. He wanted to go to school and learn, but his family needed him to work.
Despite this, Ben Franklin had lots of ideas about how to turn his love of reading and learning into something more. First, he worked as a printer's apprentice, then he set up his own printing business. Later, he became the first bookseller in Philadelphia, started a newspaper, published Poor Richard's Almanac, and in 1731, with the help of his friends, organized the first subscription lending library, the Library Company.
Ruth Ashby's fast-paced biography takes young readers through Franklin's life from his spirited, rebellious youth through his successful career as an inventor and politician and finally to the last years of his life, surrounded by his personal collection of books.
- Ruth Ashby - Author
- Michael G. Montgomery - Illustrator
Kindle Book
- Release date: April 15, 2014
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781561457441
- Release date: April 15, 2014
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781561457441
- File size: 4513 KB
- Release date: April 15, 2014
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Kindle Book
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English
Levels
ATOS Level:5.8
Lexile® Measure:800
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4