A review by gracekissed
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz

3.0

Jean Fritz is a good writer. This biography's text is interesting, pertinent, and appropriate for children. But Holy Cow, three pages in, there is an illustration of Ben's brother drowning in a vat of soap while his mother has her back to him. I do not in the least understand why this particular factoid deserved a full page illustration. It's left me ill to my stomach. So be forewarned.