Grade 4-6 - A fact-filled and readable addition to the plethora of materials about the statesman. Streissguth begins with Franklin's early life in the Massachusetts colony and continues with his education, brilliant mind, inventions, writing, and, finally, his involvement with the creation of the new country of the United States. Reproductions and illustrations are well placed throughout, and fact boxes offer some unusual tidbits, such as the fact that following the Boston Tea Party, "Franklin offered to pay for the ruined tea out of his own pocket. He thought this action would ease the tension between the colonies and Great Britain." An attractively formatted selection for libraries looking for more biographies of Founding Fathers. - Rita Soltan, Oakland University, Rochester, MI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
