5/19/2023 0 Comments Ben and me robert lawson![]() ![]() ![]() Of course the mouse could talk and would freely give Ben advice every day. Lawson details the story of the mouse, Amos, his childhood, parents and many siblings and how Amos found his way to Benjamin Franklin's home. He starts the book explaining that Amos's manuscript came to him by an “architect friend.” The friend had been working on an old home in Philadelphia and discovered a tiny room “beneath a bedroom hearthstone.” The room contained “small articles of furniture, all of the Colonial Period,” and in the desk was a”manuscript book, the leaves of which, about the size of postage stamps, were covered with minute writing.” Such a cute idea for telling the story of a famous person through the eyes of an animal! “Ben and Me” is about Benjamin Franklin as told by his mouse, Amos. As well as writing and illustrating his own books, he also illustrated books for a number of different authors, including Richard and Florence Atwater, authors of “Mr. Robert Lawson was born in 1892 and was the recipient of both the prestigious Caldecott and Newberry awards. ![]() This 114 page chapter book was originally published in 1939. ![]() While doing research for possible historical fiction stories involving animals, I came across this great book, “Ben and Me,” written and illustrated by Robert Lawson. ![]()
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