Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
By Barb Rosenstock
Illustrators
Illustrated by S. D. Schindler
Edition
By Barb Rosenstock
Hardcover edition
Publisher Boyds Mills Press Imprint Calkins Creek ISBN9781620914465
Awards and Honors NSTA Best STEM Books for Students K–12: 2017Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
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9781620914465J
A freethinker from a young age, eleven-year-old Benjamin Franklin created his first invention—swim fins—at a time when swimming was rare and considered unhealthy. Author’s note. Time line of Benjamin Franklin’s life. Sources. Source notes. Full-color illustrations done in ink and watercolor.
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