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Benjamin Franklin's in My Bathroom
    

His­to­ry Pals series

illus­trat­ed by Mark Fear­ing
Anne Schwartz Books,
Ran­dom House, Sep 2017
978–1101934067
ages 7 and up

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nar­rat­ed by Mal­colm Campbell

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After you’ve read Ben Franklin’s in My Bath­room, try this book:

Ben Franklin’s in My Bathroom!

His­to­ry meets hijinks in this first title in a hilar­i­ous new mid­dle grade series when Ben Franklin acci­den­tal­ly time trav­els to a 10-year-old’s home in 21st cen­tu­ry Amer­i­ca!

Nolan is a typ­i­cal kid liv­ing in a typ­i­cal 21st cen­tu­ry Amer­i­can town. Ben Franklin is, well, Ben Franklin — Found­ing Father, inven­tor of the light­ning rod and bifo­cals, and more. When, through a bizarre set of cir­cum­stances, Nolan and his lit­tle sis­ter, Olive, find Ben in their house, chaos isn’t far behind.

From intro­duc­ing him to the toast­er to tak­ing him to the pub­lic library (anoth­er Ben inven­tion) to pre­vent­ing a nosy neigh­bor from blow­ing Ben’s cov­er, Nolan does his best to be Ben’s tour guide to the new world he helped form.

With tons of fun­ny illus­tra­tions through­out — plus graph­ic nov­el-style sec­tions inter­spersed — read­ers will love adven­tur­ing along­side this awe­some threesome.

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Awards and Honors

  • Ama­zon Best of the Year 2017 (Ages 6–8)
  • Flori­da Sun­shine State Young Read­ers Award nom­i­nee for grades 3–5, 2019–2020

Reviews

“What a smart, fun­ny, action-adven­ture! This is burst­ing with great heart, fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry, and Ben Franklin’s stinky feet. I want more, more, more of this series.” (Jon Sci­esz­ka, author of the Frank Ein­stein series)

“This book is absolute­ly electric—inventive, fun­ny, and fas­ci­nat­ing! Ben Franklin him­self would approve!” (Lin­coln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series)

“This sto­ry is hilar­i­ous and heart­felt. Ben Franklin is the kind of friend any kid would like hang­ing out with — farts and all!” (Jef­frey Brown, author of the Lucy & Andy Nean­derthal series)