Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
    Unavailable
    Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
    Unavailable
    Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
    Audiobook8 minutes

    Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention

    Written by Barb Rosenstock

    Narrated by Susie Berneis

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish - fins and all! This fascinating and lively account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more innovations and inventions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9781633796409
    Unavailable
    Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention
    Author

    Barb Rosenstock

    Orbis Pictus Honoree Barb Rosenstock grew up in a rural suburb south of Chicago. She married and raised two sons who loved picture books, so Barb read thousands of them. She started writing for children while finishing a Master's Degree in teaching.

    Related to Ben Franklin's Big Splash

    Related audiobooks

    Children's Biography & Autobiography For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The real Jemima Puddle-Duck

      Apr 21, 2021

      The real Jemima Puddle-Duck
      4 min read

    • Article

      In Praise of Bossy Big Sisters

      Mar 3, 2017

      Like many young girls, I fell in love with the Little House series when I was about seven years old. What followed was two or three years of obsession; I read the books repeatedly, developed a fondness for long dresses, and regularly wore my hair in

      5 min read

    • Article

      Beyond Parody

      Nov 26, 2020

      AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES nothing better than chuckling at the likes of Wimmin in Private Eye and Millie Tant in Viz, I am always on the lookout for new feminist parody. Which is why I love Titania McGrath so much. The parody Twitter account devised by th

      3 min read

    • Article

      Clara Adolphs Natural Game

      May 25, 2023

      Clara Adolphs Natural Game
      6 min read

    • Article

      67 Ways To Celebrate Birds

      Apr 30, 2020

      67 Ways To Celebrate Birds
      5 min read

    • Article

      Madeleine L’Engle’s Early Short Stories Presage ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

      Apr 17, 2020

      A reviewer reflects on reading “The Moment of Tenderness,” a collection of short stories, and then returning to the 1963 novel she loved growing up.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Credo

      Apr 26, 2019

      Credo
      2 min read

    • Article

      Pacific Wisdom

      May 30, 2021

      It’s an easy thing to view the saga of Polynesian navigation as a romantic epic coloured by time and misinter-pretation and transformed into a place where Moana meets Thor Heyerdahl. But as Jeff Evans quickly establishes in his new book, Reawakened,

      1 min read

    • Article

      Kepler's Legacy

      Mar 4, 2020

      Like almost all scholarly works of the 17th century, Kepler’s Somnium was written in Latin, making it inaccessible to the general public. But the small community of scientists interested in alien life and spaceflight took note of the book from the mo

      1 min read

    • Article

      Antarctic Legacy

      Dec 17, 2021

      Antarctic Legacy
      1 min read

    • Article

      What the Bones Say

      Oct 1, 2023

      What the Bones Say
      3 min read

    • Article

      Is It Bollocks?

      Sep 14, 2023

      Is It Bollocks?
      1 min read

    • Article

      Notes From The Field

      Nov 3, 2021

      Notes From The Field
      1 min read

    • Article

      Becoming Lawrence Of Arabia

      Oct 19, 2021

      Becoming Lawrence Of Arabia
      3 min read

    • Article

      Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER

      Sep 30, 2021

      Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER
      8 min read

    • Article

      Sunday November 12

      Nov 6, 2023

      Sunday November 12
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Wanderings Of Mr Willughby

      Sep 8, 2021

      The Wanderings Of Mr Willughby
      2 min read

    • Article

      Call Of The Reef

      Oct 30, 2023

      Call Of The Reef
      2 min read

    • Article

      Supporting The ‘Savants’

      Oct 1, 2020

      The scientific expedition that accompanied the French Army to Egypt has been celebrated for its discoveries. Over 160 scientists and scholars (known as the ‘savants’) were selected to study everything there was to find out about Egypt. Their achievem

      1 min read

    • Article

      Palissy The Potter

      Jan 27, 2022

      Palissy The Potter
      13 min read

    • Article

      A Fervour For Feathers

      Oct 22, 2020

      A Fervour For Feathers
      2 min read

    • Article

      “The Weight Belt” -- Cargo from Ancient Times!

      Dec 30, 2017

      In April 2011, I was invited for the first time to dive with Eddie Huzzey and Tony Goodfellow, who had found a virgin shipwreck in the Dover Straits. It was a wooden sailing ship, laden with a rich cargo from ancient times. They called it the “Weight

      3 min read

    Reviews for Ben Franklin's Big Splash

    4/5

    3 ratings4 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Classified as fiction, as the story is "mostly true," this book tells an engaging story about Ben Franklin's invention of "swim fins." The best part of the book is the author's note that includes Ben Franklin's description of his first invention as he wrote it up in a letter. Explore how Rosenstock took the primary document and turned it into fiction with imagined dialogue.
    • 4/5
      We are so use to reading and hearing about Ben Franklin as an adult but this book takes us back to when he was a young boy. He became an inventor at a young age but he didn't even know it! He was considered a strange boy by the towns people but that did not stop him from being curious and wanting to succeeded. This book can be used when teaching about the US Presidents.
    • 3/5
      Ben Franklin's first invention is inspired by fish.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! From the first page on this book would have a student completely hooked. Even the words on the page are an artwork. The words change color, size, font, and are strategically placed on a page that make every word interesting and intriguing. Aside for the look of the book the biography of young Ben Franklin is great. Most biographies start as a child and continue on or just focus on that persons success, but this book gives a sneak peak at the beginnings of one of the greatest inventors in history. It helps a child feel connected on their own level to an "old guy who was an inventor" to imagine him as their peer. It also encourages children to aspire after what interests them and what they like to do.This book could be turned into any lesson in the classroom. A history lesson could be done with the time line in the back of the book on Ben Franklin's life. A study in science could be done on his greatest invention, the lightning rod, and others such as bifocals and instruments.