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  • Published: 7 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780147511782
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $19.99

Benjamin Franklin



Perfectly aligned with the Common Core curriculum, the award-winning Giants of Science biography series continues with Benjamin Franklin.

The electrifying biography of innovative scientist Benjamin Franklin is the perfect addition to this outstanding series!
Benjamin Franklin is a famous colonial inventor and multitasker who may be best remembered as one of America’s Founding Fathers. But he was also a “natural philosopher” (the term for scientists back in the 1700s), whose experiments led to important discoveries about the nature of electricity—including his famous demonstration that electricity and lightning were one and the same. In a fantastic addition to the much-lauded Giants of Science series, this biography sheds new light on the man who considered science his true calling in life.


Praise for the Giants of Science series:

“With an inviting, conversational narrative, this series launches with an impressive start.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review of Leonardo da Vinci
 
“The second title in Krull’s Giants of Science series meets, and perhaps even exceeds, expectations set by the debut, Leonardo da Vinci. Krull and Newton are a match made in heaven….” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review of Isaac Newton
 
“ Another standout in a uniformly stellar series.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Albert Einstein

“An illuminating, humanizing portrait”—Booklist, starred review of Charles Darwin

“Krull presents another top-notch scientific biography in the outstanding Giants of Science series.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Marie Curie
 
“Krull lives up to the promise of the first two entries in her Giants of Science series with this lucid and thoughtful examination of Freud’s life, work, and legacy.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review of Sigmund Freud

  • Published: 7 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780147511782
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Kathleen Krull

Kathleen Krull is the author of Harcourt’s popular “Lives of . . .” series and the award-winning Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman. The author lives in San Diego, CA.

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Praise for Benjamin Franklin


Albert Einstein: Starred reviews in Kirkus and School Library Journal; Marie Curie: ALA Notable Book (2008), A NY Pub Library Book for the Teen Age (2008), Amelia Bloomer Project List (2008), California Collections List (2009); Sigmund Freud: ALA Notable Book (2007), A NY Pub Library Book for the Teen Age (2007), Starred review in Kirkus; Isaac Newton: ALA Notable Book (2007), A Booklist Top 10 Youth Bio (2006), A School Library Journal Best Book (2006), A BCCB Bulletin Blue Ribbon title (2006); JLG Selection, NY Pub Library 100 Titles for Reading/Sharing (2006), A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book/kids biography (2006), Finalist in YA/Mid Grade Nonfiction category of the Cybils award (2006), Starred reviews in School Library Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books; Leonardo da Vinci: ALA Notable Book (2006), A Book Links Lasting Connection (2005), A Kirkus Best Book of the Year (2005), A Publishers Weekly Best Book (2005), California Collections List (2010), A CBC-NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for K-12 (2006), One of five titles chosen an Outstanding Books by a Wisconsin Author (2006), Starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly; Charles Darwin: Starred review in Kirkus