About the Author

Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including the Bulldozer books; Ben Franklin's Almanac, an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, and Sibert Medal honorees The Honeybee, and The Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.

Reviews

"Candace Fleming's unique protrait of Ben Franklin is a beautiful quilt of a book. Each chunk of information about Franklin, like each square in a quilt, adds its own bit of interest and color. Striched together, the individual segments create a vivid overall impression of this many-sided man."

"This is a wonderful book that will pull everyone into the extraordinary universe that is the mind and imagination of Ben Franklin. Here, the past is not 'was, ' but "is.'"