{"product_id":"the-leather-apron-club-benjamin-franklin-his-son-billy-americas-first-circulating-library-hardcover","title":"The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, His Son Billy \u0026 America's First Circulating Library - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Yolen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWendell Minor\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful celebration of libraries from master storyteller Jane Yolen. Benjamin Franklin introduces his son Billy to the Leather Apron Club, where it's love at first page.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Billy's father Benjamin Franklin announces that Billy and his lazy cousin James will soon have a tutor, Billy is initially dismayed. But his tutor awakens him to the power of story and books, and when Billy accompanies his father to the Leather Apron Club (which Franklin started in 1727), he decides to do more with his education and life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest-selling author Jane Yolen introduces readers to the Leather Apron Club. Not only was the Club the first successful lending library in the United States--it also exists to this day as the Library Company of Philadelphia  Careful readers will notice that the story cleverly incorporates famous sayings from Ben Franklin's \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard's Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e, underscoring the lasting impact of words.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Yolen is the award-winning author of over three hundred children's books including \u003ci\u003eLast Laughs: Prehistoric Epitaphs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLast Laughs: Animal Epitaphs, Bad Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (with Heidi E. Y. Stemple); \u003ci\u003eOwl Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, a Caldecott Medal Winner; the How Do Dinosaurs . . . ? series, and \u003ci\u003eSea Queens\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of the Americas. Jane lives in Western Massachusetts and Scotland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWendell Minor has designed more than two thousand book covers and written and\/or illustrated more than fifty children's books, including many in collaboration with Jean Craighead George. Recent titles include \u003ci\u003eTrapped!, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e If You Were a Panda Bear.\u003c\/i\u003e Wendell has collaborated with Rob Burleigh on \u003ci\u003eNight Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic, Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 11.2 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395880894642,"sku":"9781580897198","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/29daa9bc0cd9224a43a8bd22eccded74.webp?v=1777994222","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-leather-apron-club-benjamin-franklin-his-son-billy-americas-first-circulating-library-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}