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Summary
Recounts the story of Benjamin Franklin's life and his many activities and achievements.
Summary
Recounts the story of Benjamin Franklin's life and his many activities and achievements.
Author Notes
Aliki was born Aliki was born on September 3, 1929 in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in 1951. After college, she worked in the display department at J. C. Penney Co. in New York for a year and then as a free-lance artist and art teacher in Philadelphia. In 1956 she spent several months traveling, painting, and sketching in Europe.
In 1957, Aliki married Franz Brandenberg, also a writer, and they settled in Switzerland, where she worked as a free-lance artist. In 1960 the Brandenbergs moved to New York City. Aliki continued to write and illustrate children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. As well as illustrating her own works, she has also illustrated over fifty books for others, including those of her husband Franz, Joanna Cole and Paul Showers.
Aliki and her family moved to England in 1977 where she continues to write and illustrate. She has been the recipient of many honours including the New York Academy of Sciences Children's Book Award and the Prix du Livre pour Enfants (Geneva). She received the New Jersey Institute of Technology Award for The Listening Walk in 1961 and for Bees and Beelines in 1964, the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award for Three Gold Pieces: A Greek Folk Tale in 1968, and the Children's Book Showcase for At Mary Bloom's in 1977. She also won the New York Academy of Sciences (younger) Award for Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians in 1977 and the Garden State Children's Book Award (younger nonfiction) for Mummies Made In Egypt in 1982.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Aliki was born Aliki was born on September 3, 1929 in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in 1951. After college, she worked in the display department at J. C. Penney Co. in New York for a year and then as a free-lance artist and art teacher in Philadelphia. In 1956 she spent several months traveling, painting, and sketching in Europe.
In 1957, Aliki married Franz Brandenberg, also a writer, and they settled in Switzerland, where she worked as a free-lance artist. In 1960 the Brandenbergs moved to New York City. Aliki continued to write and illustrate children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. As well as illustrating her own works, she has also illustrated over fifty books for others, including those of her husband Franz, Joanna Cole and Paul Showers.
Aliki and her family moved to England in 1977 where she continues to write and illustrate. She has been the recipient of many honours including the New York Academy of Sciences Children's Book Award and the Prix du Livre pour Enfants (Geneva). She received the New Jersey Institute of Technology Award for The Listening Walk in 1961 and for Bees and Beelines in 1964, the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award for Three Gold Pieces: A Greek Folk Tale in 1968, and the Children's Book Showcase for At Mary Bloom's in 1977. She also won the New York Academy of Sciences (younger) Award for Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians in 1977 and the Garden State Children's Book Award (younger nonfiction) for Mummies Made In Egypt in 1982.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Kirkus Review
Benjamin Franklin as bright kid, industrious youth, busy citizen, curious intellect, fertile inventor, and beloved statesman--projected not in such words but in a short, simple chronology and in ink and wash drawings (often several frames to the page) with hand-lettered captions that elaborate on the text. Aliki is sketchiest on Franklin's most significant life, the political one (she has him help write the Declaration of Independence--so ""that America would be free""--but otherwise doesn't place the document) and she lacks Jean Eritz's talent for striking just the right, light note. (An early caption reads, ""Ben wanted to be a sailor so he could travel""; the accompanying picture has a sweet young Mom explaining ""No Ben. Your brother was a sailor and he drowned""--an efficient but odd way to tell it.) Her approach overall is pleasant and unimposing and Franklin is a subject who takes well to the informality--but this is neither first-class Aliki nor notable among the many lives of Benjamin Franklin. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Kirkus Review
Benjamin Franklin as bright kid, industrious youth, busy citizen, curious intellect, fertile inventor, and beloved statesman--projected not in such words but in a short, simple chronology and in ink and wash drawings (often several frames to the page) with hand-lettered captions that elaborate on the text. Aliki is sketchiest on Franklin's most significant life, the political one (she has him help write the Declaration of Independence--so ""that America would be free""--but otherwise doesn't place the document) and she lacks Jean Eritz's talent for striking just the right, light note. (An early caption reads, ""Ben wanted to be a sailor so he could travel""; the accompanying picture has a sweet young Mom explaining ""No Ben. Your brother was a sailor and he drowned""--an efficient but odd way to tell it.) Her approach overall is pleasant and unimposing and Franklin is a subject who takes well to the informality--but this is neither first-class Aliki nor notable among the many lives of Benjamin Franklin. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.