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raben_76325's review
3.0
Read aloud to my children. They collectively gave it 3.5 stars.
Ellie (6 y.o): I loved it, and I thought the bathtub was really funny. That one little part when he went on a boat was the part I did not like. It was too violent.
Connor (7 y.o.): The reason I didn't I didn't like it was because someone almost drowned, and how are you supposed to get your hair out of the bathtub. I don't understand how you can wash your hair if your head sticks out. I actually like how he worked through the lightning experiment.
Emalee (10 y.o.): Reading it was a good experience to have, I guess. My favorite part is when he bought the whistle and his siblings were making fun. I learned things I never thought I would learn.
Bennett (12 y.o.): This book was amazing. I would definitely give it 5 stars. What I really learned about in this book was how he was a naughty kid at first and then he was better. I really liked that he had sixteen siblings! I didn't know that Benjamin Franklin grew up in Boston. The bathtub was cool. They thought white hair was cool, but it made them look like a really ugly female. I didn't know that he actually did get hit by the lightning (It made me think of Frankenweenie) or made a stove work properly. I also didn't realize that he was an author. I liked the story he told when they were writing the Declaration of Independence.
Ellie (6 y.o): I loved it, and I thought the bathtub was really funny. That one little part when he went on a boat was the part I did not like. It was too violent.
Connor (7 y.o.): The reason I didn't I didn't like it was because someone almost drowned, and how are you supposed to get your hair out of the bathtub. I don't understand how you can wash your hair if your head sticks out. I actually like how he worked through the lightning experiment.
Emalee (10 y.o.): Reading it was a good experience to have, I guess. My favorite part is when he bought the whistle and his siblings were making fun. I learned things I never thought I would learn.
Bennett (12 y.o.): This book was amazing. I would definitely give it 5 stars. What I really learned about in this book was how he was a naughty kid at first and then he was better. I really liked that he had sixteen siblings! I didn't know that Benjamin Franklin grew up in Boston. The bathtub was cool. They thought white hair was cool, but it made them look like a really ugly female. I didn't know that he actually did get hit by the lightning (It made me think of Frankenweenie) or made a stove work properly. I also didn't realize that he was an author. I liked the story he told when they were writing the Declaration of Independence.
summermsmith's review
4.0
Great illustrations and a great child appropriate account of his life. The boys really liked it.
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