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Ben Franklin LIVE!
2017-06-17 13:00:00 2017-06-17 14:00:00 America/Chicago Ben Franklin LIVE! Visit with Ben Franklin. Ask if he really flew a kite. Hear about the inventions that changed the world. The whole family will enjoy Ben Franklin portrayed by lookalike Stephen Smith. Norman Central - Lowry Board Room

Saturday, June 17
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2017-06-17 13:00:00 2017-06-17 14:00:00 America/Chicago Ben Franklin LIVE! Visit with Ben Franklin. Ask if he really flew a kite. Hear about the inventions that changed the world. The whole family will enjoy Ben Franklin portrayed by lookalike Stephen Smith. Norman Central - Lowry Board Room

Norman Central

Lowry Board Room

Visit with Ben Franklin. Ask if he really flew a kite. Hear about the inventions that changed the world. The whole family will enjoy Ben Franklin portrayed by lookalike Stephen Smith.

Explore Learning Pathways: Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin as portrayed by Stephen SmithTravel in Time and visit with Ben Franklin. Ask him if he really flew that kite. Hear about the inventions that changed the world and the inventions that were just for fun! The whole family will enjoy Ben Franklin, portrayed by Stephen Smith a remarkable look alike.

Smith is a History Alive presenter with the Oklahoma Humanities Council with 24 years' experience and extensive research.

Grab a Great Book or DVD

Nonfiction
Cover image for Now & Ben : the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Now and Ben: the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta

Cover image for Electric Ben : the amazing life and times of Benjamin Franklin

Electric Ben: the amazing life and times of Ben Franklin by Robert Byrd

Cover image for Mesmerized : how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France

Mesmerized: how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France by Mara Rockliff

Cover image for Stealing God's thunder : Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod and the invention of America

Stealing God’s Thunder by Philip Dray

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Ben Franklin’s Balloons (DVD) by Stéphane Bégoin

Fiction
Cover image for Ben and me : a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse Amos

Ben and Me: A new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse Amos by Robert Lawson

Cover image for Ben Franklin's big splash : the mostly true story of his first invention

Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: the mostly true story of his first inventionM by Barb Rosenstock

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George Washington’s Spy: a time travel adventure by Elvira Woodruff

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The Patterer: a novel by Larry Brill

Franklin Affair by Jim Lehrer

Download a Great Book Through OverDrive

A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler

Who was Ben Franklin? (Audio eBook) by Dennis Brindell Fradin

Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Adobe EPUB; HTML; Kindle) by Frank Murphy

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the birth of America by Stacy Schiff

Book of Ages: the life and opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

For More Books On This Topic Search:

(Benjamin Franklin, Inventors, Founding Father)

Where to Browse in Your Library:  Dewey Numbers

Biography, Children’s Biography

Explore These Magazines at Your Library

  • Ask! Arts and Sciences for kids
  • Cobblestone “The history magazine for children”
  • Discover “The newsmagazine of science“
  • Popular Science
  • Smithsonian
Summer Reading and Learning at Pioneer Library System is supported by Hitachi Computer Products of America (Inc.), Oklahoma Arts Council, the Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation, Pioneer Library System Foundation, Pioneer Library System, Friends of the Library, Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), Oklahoma College Savings Plan, Sonic--America’s Drive-In, Corp., The Oklahoman Newspapers in Education and The Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

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