The Life of Benjamin Franklin
The Life of Benjamin Franklin is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.9 and Literacy.L.1.1. Large color illustrations of Franklin's endeavors as a printer, lawmaker, and inventor along with narrative nonfiction text illustrate for readers the prolific life of this American hero. This book should be paired with “Who Was Benjamin Franklin?" (9781448887736) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.