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A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin

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Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tries - candle maker, joiner, boot closer, turner - bore him through and through. Curious and inventive, Ben prefers to read, swim, fly his kite, and fly his kite while swimming. But each time he fails to find a profession, he takes some important bit of knowledge with him. That tendency is exactly what leads him to become the astonishingly versatile genius we remember today. Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Michael J. Rosen’s wry tale captures Ben’s spirit in evocative yet playful language, while illustrations by Matt Tavares follow Ben from the workbench to the water in vivid detail. A love story to the value of variety, A Ben of All Trades sheds light on an unconventional path to greatness and humanizes a towering figure in American history.

0h 23m

Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL)

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De jonge Benjamin Franklin wil zeeman worden, maar zijn vader wil er niets van horen. De andere beroepen die hij uitoefende - kaarsenmaker, schrijnwerker, laarzensluiter, draaier - verveelden hem door en door. Ben is nieuwsgierig en inventief en houdt van lezen, zwemmen, vliegeren en vliegeren tijdens het zwemmen. Maar elke keer dat hij er niet in slaagt een beroep te vinden, neemt hij een belangrijk stukje kennis mee. Die neiging is precies wat hem ertoe brengt het verbazingwekkend veelzijdige genie te worden dat we ons vandaag de dag herinneren. Geïnspireerd door The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, legt het wrange verhaal van Michael J. Rosen de geest van Ben vast in suggestieve maar speelse taal, terwijl illustraties van Matt Tavares Ben van de werkbank naar het water in levendige details volgen.

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