Read-alikes and related books

Books like Benjamin Franklin

24 books recommended for fans of Benjamin Franklin by Kathleen Krull, tied together by themes of Inventions, Colonial & Revolutionary Periods, Science & Technology, and Technology.

Inventions Colonial & Revolutionary Periods Science & Technology Technology United States Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography History

Top related books to Benjamin Franklin

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Big George How a Shy Boy Became President Washington

Anne F. Rockwell

Themes: Inventions • Colonial & Revolutionary Periods • Science & Technology

Fly High, John Glenn The Story of an American Hero

Kathleen Krull

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Action Presidents #1: George Washington! A Graphic Novel Biography

Fred Van Lente

Themes: Colonial & Revolutionary Periods • Science & Technology • Technology

American Moonshot Young Readers’ Edition John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Douglas Brinkley

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Young Trailblazers: the Book of Black Inventors and Scientists (Inventions by Black People, Black History for Kids, Children’s United States History)

M. J. Fievre

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Lewis Latimer Engineering Wizard

Denise Lewis Patrick

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Breakthrough! How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed Medicine Forever

Jim Murphy

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Sincerely, Emerson A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us

Emerson Weber

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

Girls Think of Everything Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Catherine Thimmesh

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#10

Twisted True Tales from Science Insane Inventors

Stephanie Bearce

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#11

Johann Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Kay Melchisedech Olson

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#12

Cut! How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation

C. E. Winters

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#13

John Pemberton Coca-Cola Developer

Sheila Griffin Llanas

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#14

Dear America: Young Readers’ Edition The Story of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#15

Inventors Who Changed the World

Heidi Poelman

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#16

Board Game Builder Milton Bradley

Lee Slater

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#17

Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System

Trina Robbins

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#18

Isaac the Alchemist Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal’d

Mary Losure

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#19

Inventions and Inventors

Darren Sechrist

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#20

She Caught the Light Williamina Stevens Fleming : Astronomer

Kathryn Lasky

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#21

Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security

Virginia Loh-Hagan

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#22

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Margaret Frith

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#23

Nikola Tesla

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

#24

The Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909

Alice Provensen

Themes: Inventions • Science & Technology • Technology

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Benjamin Franklin by Kathleen Krull — spanning Inventions, Colonial & Revolutionary Periods, Science & Technology and featuring authors such as Anne F. Rockwell, Kathleen Krull, Fred Van Lente, Douglas Brinkley, and others.