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Schroeder, Alan

Ben Franklin: His Wit and Wisdom from A–Z

32 pp. | Holiday | April, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-1950-0 $16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by John O'Brien. In this alphabetical compendium of Franklin highlights, each spread features a letter or two initializing significant places, inventions, people, and more. Details are dramatized in deftly ordered boxes, banners, and balloons; all are rendered in O'Brien's old-timey pen and ink and brightened with watercolor. The bits of narrative text are usefully straightforward, and aphorisms recognizable as Poor Richard's are sprinkled throughout.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2011