What's the big idea, Ben Franklin?
A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
Main Author: | Fritz, Jean. |
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Other Authors: | Tomes, Margot (Illustrator) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers,
1996, c1976.
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Summary: |
A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. |
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Item Description: |
"A PaperStar book"--P. [4] of cover. |
Physical Description: |
46 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0698113721 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) |