Cheer Up, Ben Franklin!
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Can this Founding Father find a friend? Historians of all ages will love this humorous introduction to the incredible beginning of America!
Ben Franklin is sad.
No one has time to fly kites with him today.
Betsy Ross is busy sewing a flag.
Alexander Hamilton is busy counting money...
Can this founding father find a friend?
This colorful and humorous board book primer features some of the most prominent figures of the American Revolution—from George Washington and Abigail Adams to Paul Revere and Thomas Jefferson—and introduces historians of all ages to the signing of The Declaration of Independence and the incredible beginning of the United States of America.
Includes a timeline of the American Revolution and mini-biographies of all the historical figures featured!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This first book in the Young Historians series introduces eight Revolutionary War era figures. "Ben Franklin is sad," Kenison begins. "No one has time to fly kites with him today." From there, she shows what's keeping his fellow patriots occupied ("Betsy Ross is busy sewing a flag. Paul Revere is busy riding a horse") while building up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's a narrow glimpse into early America necessarily perhaps and readers may have trouble telling these historical figures apart (they have the pared-down look of Fisher-Price's Little People). A closing spread brings in more details about Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and the others, but these remain highly simplified portraits. Up to age 3.
