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A Ben of all trades the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin

"Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit of knowledge with him, and that tendency is exactly what made him the versatile genius we remem...

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Main Author: Rosen, Michael J., 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Tavares, Matt (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
Statesmen > United States > Biography > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
Printers > United States > Biography > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
Inventors > United States > Biography > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
Scientists > United States > Biography > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit of knowledge with him, and that tendency is exactly what made him the versatile genius we remember today."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." -- inside front jacket flap.
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781536201215
1536201219
Author Notes:Michael J. Rosen has written or edited more than 135 books for children and adults, including The Tale of Rescue, The Horse's Haiku, and The Cuckoo's Haiku, all illustrated by Stan Fellows; The Hound Dog's Haiku, illustrated by Mary Azarian; and Chanukah Lights, a collaboration with pop-up master Robert Sabuda. Michael J. Rosen lives in the Appalachian foothills of central Ohio.

Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including Crossing Niagara, Henry Aaron's Dream, There Goes Ted Williams, Becoming Babe Ruth, and Growing Up Pedro. He also has illustrated books, including Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport and Jubilee! by Alicia Potter. Most recently he wrote and illustrated a pair of Christmas stories, Red and Lulu and Dasher . Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.

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