Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
	List Price:   $9.99 Unit Price:   $7.99 You Save:   $2.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0316517305 ISBN-13:   9780316517300 Publisher:   Hachette; Little Brown Books for Young Readers Edition:   illustrated Category:   Biographies, Middle School Pub. Date:   April 1988 Pages:   114 Format:   Paperback Ages:   8 to 12 Grades:   ps to 17
Description/Notes
Amos Mouse discloses the fact that most of Ben Franklin's inventions were actually Amos's ideas, and describes their adventures together. Recommended. The events of Benjamin Franklin's life, as told by his good mouse Amos, who lived in his old fur cap. The true story of Ben Franklin, as told by his closest friend and advisor, Amos the mouse. According to Amos, it was really he who was responsible for Ben Franklin's inventions and discoveries. Illustrations. An astonishing life of Ben Franklin. Do you ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? Benjamin Franklin was one of the most famous inventors in American history, and according to this book he got most of his ideas-the good ones at any rate-from a mouse! Funny and wise, BEN AND ME is a classic American story that celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 1999. It has amused generations of young people, and once you've read it and met Amos, the mouse who tells the story, you will never think of Benjamin Franklin, or American history, quite the same way again. In A New and Astonishing Life Of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His Good Mouse AMOS, young readers will discover that while the good Mr. Franklin got considerable credit, many of his most important contributions really originated with Amos, a less-than-humble rodent. Oh sure, his manuscript was found by author-editor Robert Lawson and published first in 1939, but discerning readers ever since have figured that it's the mouse who's the fellow with the ... tale. (For ages 10 and up with a sense of humor) Banjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.