The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin # 23

1.      Author: Cheryl Harness
2.      Title: The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin
3.      Illustrator: Cheryl Harness
4.      Genre: Juvenile Biography
5.      Subgenre: History
6.      Theme: Benjamin Franklin, Statesmen, United States, Scientist, Inventors, and Printers
7.      Primary and secondary Characters: Benjamin Franklin
8.      Date of Publication: 2005
9.      Publication Company: National Geographic Society
10.  A summary about the book and how you will use it in your classroom.

The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin covers the life of Benjamin Franklin from his birth al the way to his death.  The book goes into great details of his career as a printer and how this lead to his different interest and travels.  The book also goes into great detail about his family life throughout the book.  The book has wonderful illustrations that explain some of Franklin’s inventions.  I would use this book to introduce Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, and the invention of electricity, the Revolutionary war, or the printing press.  Franklin had such a big effect of the country and today’s society and this books show many of these aspects.  Benjamin Franklin was a large part of our country’s history and this book would be great for students during the appropriate instruction.  The book would help students better understand the time period.