A Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin /
Rosen, Michael J., 1954-
A Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin / Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated by Matt Tavares. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
"Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." -- inside front jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Statesmen--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Printers--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.
A Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin / Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated by Matt Tavares. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
"Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." -- inside front jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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." -- inside front jacket flap.
9781536201215 1536201219
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Statesmen--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Printers--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Childhood and youth--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.