How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning (Hardcover)

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The book How Ben Franklin stole the lightning by Rosalyn Schnazer is a biography about the life of Benjamin Franklin leading up to the moment when he created the lightning rod. It provides details and insight about Ben Franklin's life and provides flashbacks to help the reader. This is all to ach...

from Miss_Annie_O

This biography details how Benjamin Franklin "stole lightning" from the sky so that houses and ships would not catch fire from the lightning. The book starts with talking about some of Ben's earlier scientific breakthroughs as well as his personal history of why he became an inventor. It then wen...

from amork

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning is a humorous biography on Franklin's life as an inventor. Rosalyn Schanzer shows Ben Franklin as a man that did everything and worked to help peoples live their lives better. This book inspires young readers that they can be an inventor at any age and that co...

from smoore75

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightening gives a young reader an introduction to the life of one of America's most famous and interesting forefathers. While it is true Ben Franklin wore many hats, this book focuses on his life as a scientist and inventor. It is told in story book fashion and is beau...

from vboch1

I liked this book for a few reasons. The first reason I liked this book is because the language throughout was descriptive. Each time the book mentioned an invention that Ben Franklin invented it described it detail. For example when the book mentions an invention Franklin made to swim faster it ...