A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in ...

• Roanoke, North Carolina

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Boston, Massachusetts

As a boy, Benjamin invented ...

• Swimming paddles that fit over his hands.

• Cotton pajamas that had feet.

• A pole saw to cut high branches.

Benjamin began school when he was eight, ...

• Had good handwriting, and was an excellent reader.

• And was the highest scorer on the math exam.

• And taught the younger kids in the class.

When Benjamin was 10, his father ...

• Had him write laws.

• Pulled him out of school, and put him to work making candles.

• Sent him out west.

hen Benjamin was 12, his father put him to work ...

• In the coal mines of West Virginia.

• Babysitting younger children.

• In a print shop owned by Benjamin's older brother.

When Benjamin was in Philadelphia, he met and

• Worked for George Washington.

• Wrote for the owner of the Eagles.

• Married Deborah Read and had three children.

One of the wise sayings in Poor Richard's Almanack was ...

• "If you want a happy life, tie it to a goal -not things."

• "Haste makes waste."

• "If you want to see a rainbow, you put up with the rain."

Benjamin did many things when he retired including ...

• Inventing windshield wipers.

• Starting libraries and the first hospital in America.

• Playing on the internet.

After Benjamin represented the colonies in England ...

• He came back to visit all the new libraries.

• He went to Spain to help them.

• He returned to the colonies to help write the Declaration of Independence.

After getting the French king to help the Americans in the Revolution ...

• He taught school.

• He returned to the U.S. to help write the Constitution.

• He designed and built better desks.