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To Johanna Hurwitz
D.A.A.

To reading and imagination
J.W. and A.W.

Text copyright 1990 by David A. Adler
Illustrations copyright 1990 by John and Alexandra Wallner
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in January 2010 at Worzalla, Stevens Point, WI, USA.
14 16 18 20 19 17 15
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adler, David A.
A picture book of Benjamin Franklin / written by David A. Adler :
illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner.
p. cm.
Summary: Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his
work as an inventor and statesman.
ISBN 0-8234-0792-6

1. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Juvenile literature.
2. StatesmenUnited StatesBiography Juvenile literature.
3. PrintersUnited StatesBiography Juvenile literature.
4. InventorsUnited StatesBiography Juvenile literature.
5. ScientistsUnited StatesBiography Juvenile literature.
[1. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. 2. Statesmen. 3. Inventors.]
I. Wallner, John C., ill. II. Wallner, Alexandra, ill. III. Title.

E302.6.F8A28 1990
973.3092dc20 89-20059 CIP AC
[B] [92]

ISBN-13: 978-0-8234-0792-7 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8234-0882-5 (paperback)

HOLIDAY HOUSE is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. Massachusetts was then one of the thirteen American colonies that belonged to England.

There were seventeen Franklin children. Benjamins father hoped that Benjamin, the tenth and youngest son, would grow up to be a minister.

Benjamin always had lots of ideas. When he was still a young boy, he invented swimming paddles that fit over his hands and helped him swim faster.

Benjamin began school when he was eight years old. He had good handwriting and was an excellent reader, but he did poorly in arithmetic.

Benjamins father did not have enough money to keep him in school. When Benjamin was ten, he began to work in his fathers soap- and- candle shop. Benjamin cut wicks, poured hot wax into candle molds, and did er- rands. He hated the smell of the wax and the boiling soap. He hated making candles.

Benjamin wrote poetry. He loved books and reading. So when he was twelve, his father put Benjamin to work in a print shop. The printer and owner of the shop was James Franklin, Benjamins older brother.

James Franklin printed one of the first newspapers in America, The New England Courant. Benjamin set type and ran the press. He also wrote clever articles for the news- paper. He signed them Mistress Silence Dogood so no one would know who wrote them. James was angry when he found out that his brother was Silence Dogood. He refused to print any more of the articles.

When Benjamin was seventeen, he left his brothers shop. He went to New York City and then to Philadel- phia, where he worked in a print shop.

Soon after Benjamin arrived in Philadelphia, he met Deborah Read. They were married in 1730. Benjamin had three children, William, Francis, and Sarah.

In 1728, when Benjamin was twenty- two, he set up his own print shop and published a newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. Benjamin worked hard. He became the official printer of Pennsylvania. Later he became the official printer for New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, too.

Once a year, beginning in 1732, Benjamin printed Poor Richards Almanack. At the time, it was the most popular almanac in America. It had information on the weather, recipes, and a calendar of important dates. It also had stories and wise sayings, including Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise and Haste makes waste.

Benjamin Franklin had worked hard since he was a boy. By 1748, at the age of forty- two, he was a rich man. He retired from the printing business. He spent his time in public service, inventing and experimenting.

Benjamin Franklin helped set up Philadelphias first fire and police departments. He helped to start the first lending library and the first hospital in America. He was made postmaster of Philadelphia and later postmaster of all thirteen American colonies.

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