What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin?
Author: Jean FritzAdd Your Comments on this Book
Description from Amazon.com: [Customer Review] What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz. Illustrated by Margot Tomes. Coward- McCann, Inc., 1976. 47 pages.Did you know that Ben Franklin had a hunch that a kite could act as a sail if one held it while swimming and another that ants could communicate with each other? But, as Newbery Honor Award winner and highly regarded biographer Jean Fritz points out, "A Big Idea . . . meant little to Ben Franklin unless he could put it to everyday use." Capitalizing on reader's prior knowledge while wetting young appetites with a hint of what's to come, Fritz presents a non-fictionalized Franklin. How... [more at Amazon link below]
Description from Amazon.com: [Customer Review] What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz. Illustrated by Margot Tomes. Coward- McCann, Inc., 1976. 47 pages.Did you know that Ben Franklin had a hunch that a kite could act as a sail if one held it while swimming and another that ants could communicate with each other? But, as Newbery Honor Award winner and highly regarded biographer Jean Fritz points out, "A Big Idea . . . meant little to Ben Franklin unless he could put it to everyday use." Capitalizing on reader's prior knowledge while wetting young appetites with a hint of what's to come, Fritz presents a non-fictionalized Franklin. How... [more at Amazon link below]Available Online: Amazon $4.00 (prices include shipping)
Check if it's available at your local library
Check if it's available at your local library
Related items at Amazon:
| Shh! We're Writing the Constitution $11.05 New | Jean Fritz |
| Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (Unforgettable Americans) $5.99 New | Jean Fritz |
| The Double Life of Pocahontas $5.99 New | Jean Fritz |
| The Cabin Faced West $6.99 New | Jean Fritz |
| And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar) $6.99 New | Jean Fritz |
| Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? $6.99 New | Jean Fritz |