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Benjamin Franklin (Magic Treehouse Fact Tracker)
Track the facts about the great printer, inventor, and Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin!
When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin! they had lots of questions. What was Ben Franklin's first job? How did a kite teach him about electricity? What are some of Ben's most famous inventions? Why did he have so many nicknames? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about Benjamin Franklin.
Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Research guides are available for quite a few of the books in the Magic Tree House series. These guides are digest-sized and similar in format to the books. However, they are non-fiction and aim to teach children more about the topic touched upon in the book. For example, in the book Mummies in the Morning, Jack and Annie travel to Ancient Egypt and help the ghost of Queen Hutepi find her book of the dead so she can continue on into the afterlife. In the companion research guide, Mummies and Pyramids, the chapters detail Ancient Egypt, everyday life, Egyptian religion, mummies, Egyptian funerals, the age of pyramids, tomb treasures and tomb robbers, the most famous mummy of all, and gifts of the pyramids and mummies. The chapters are written in simple language for children, yet they provide readers with a wealth of knowledge. These chapters are slightly longer than the ones in the books, and Jack and Annie are still present in the illustrations and to provide small tidbits of information to readers. The guides have more pictures than the books do, with photos and pictures of important objects. At the end of each guide are a few pages to guide students in further research of the topic. Entertaining and informative, these guides aim to capture the interest of the reader while opening the door to further study. Please note that some of the guides may contain some evolutionary material; for example, the Space research guide talks about the birth of the universe, and the guide states that "while no one know for sure what happened, many scientists believe in the Big Bang Theory..." etc, but mostly they are just factual guides. - Melissa
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Grades: | 2-5 |
Brand: | Random House Books for Young Readers |
ISBN: | 9781984893178 |
Length in Inches: | 7.625 |
Width in Inches: | 5.25 |
Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.3 |
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