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Ben and Me: A New Astonishing Life of Benjamin Frsanklin ; a Written by His Good Mouse Amos ; Lately Discovered, Ed. & Illustr | Robert Lawson

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Short and an easy read, filled with Lawson's delightful illustrations. I clearly remember watching the Disney version of this story. According to this biography of Benjamin Franklin, many of that man's inventions and diplomatic decisions were made with the aid of this book's narrator - Amos the mouse, who spent much of his time living in Ben's hat. Obviously ridiculous but still a great deal of fun. I especially enjoyed when other famous ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) historical people had mice of their own! I really enjoy Lawson's writing and illustrations, and it was a pleasure to read this 1951 edition that I picked up almost 20 years ago.

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Ben and Me: A New Astonishing Life of Benjamin Frsanklin ; a Written by His Good Mouse Amos ; Lately Discovered, Ed. & Illustr | Robert Lawson

so-so

This is a rather silly book about the mouse responsible for all of Ben Franklin's big ideas. It's mildly amusing, and I especially enjoyed the climactic scene, but there's not much substance to it.

It does mark off another square on my #bookspinbingo, though, so there's that.

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