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For younger readers

Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life. Atheneum, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 9.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Who Was Ben Franklin? Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. Engaging introduction, for readers in grades 3 to 5.

Giblin, James Cross. Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin. Scholastic, 2000. A balanced biography for readers in grades 3 to 6.

Schanzer, Rosalyn. How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. HarperCollins, 2002. A lively biography for readers in grades 2 to 4.

Stevenson, Augusta. Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer. Aladdin, 1983. In the Childhood of Famous Americans series, for readers in grades 3 to 5.

Franklin, Benjamin

Brands, H. W. First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. Doubleday, 2000. A skillful biography of this Renaissance man.

Dray, Philip. Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America. Random House, 2005. Focuses on Franklin's scientific achievements.

Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. Simon & Schuster, 2003. Assesses Franklin's many accomplishments and the swings in his reputation.

Middlekauff, Robert. Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies. University of California Press, 1996, 1998. A readable portrait that probes Franklin's darker side.

Morgan, Edmund S. Benjamin Franklin. Yale University Press, 2002. A biography by a distinguished historian that charts the statesman's public life and his thinking on many issues.

Schiff, Stacy. A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France and the Birth of America. Holt, 2005. Chronicles Franklin's seven-year stint in France during the American Revolution.

Van Doren, Carl. Benjamin Franklin. Viking, Reprint, Penguin, 1938. 1991. A classic biography, winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize.

Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Philadelphia. Harvard University Press, 1986, 1988. Detailed, readable biography by a British scholar.

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