Resources
Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself

Books

• Bordessa, Kris. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself. White River Junction, Vermont: Nomad Press, 2006.
• Franklin, Ben. The Autobiography of Ben Franklin. New York, Touchstone, 2004.
• Franklin, Ben (writing as Richard Saunders). Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanack. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1999.
• Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
• Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Who Was Ben Franklin? New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2002.
• Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
• Kent, Deborah. Benjamin Franklin: Extraordinary Patriot. New York: Scholastic, 1993.
• Rudy, Lisa Jo, editor. A Franklin Institute of Science Museum Book. The Ben Franklin Book of Easy & Incredible Experiments. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995.

Documentaries

• Ben Franklin. Director, Joshua Alper. DVD. A&E Home Video, February 22, 2005.