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| Author | Robert Lawson |
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| Illustrator | Robert Lawson |
| Cover artist | Robert Lawson |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 114 |
| ISBN | 978-0-316-51730-0 |
Ben and Me (subtitled An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos) is a novel by Robert Lawson, published in 1939 by Little, Brown and Company. The story is about a mouse, Amos, who becomes the advisor to Benjamin Franklin, hiding in his fur cap to secretly whisper advice in his ear. The book humorously recounts the invention of the Franklin stove, Franklin's kite experiment and invention of lightning rods, and his service as ambassador to France. It is illustrated in pen-and-ink by Lawson.
In 1953, the book was adapted by Walt Disney Productions into a short film of the same name. The film only covers a few of the time periods which were shown in the book, whose timeline is closer to actual history.
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