In this engaging tale about the inventive young Ben Franklin, ten-year-old Ben tries to cross the pond using a kite. Full-color illustrations.

Every schoolchild in America knows that Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a thunderstorm in the summer of 1752. Electricity from the clouds above traveled do

Ben Franklin was the most famous American in the entire world during colonial times. No wonder! After all, the man could do just about anything. Why, he was an

Gives an account of how Benjamin Franklin's influence helped to win the American Revolution.

“Dray captures the genius and ingenuity of Franklin’s scientific thinking and then does something even more fascinating: He shows how science shaped his dip