Dear Benjamin Banneker

This little book is chock full of facts about a very intelligent and courageous man who lived in Maryland during colonial times. There is a Benjamin Banner museum in Baltimore County Maryland but many Maryland public schools here don't mention him at all! If you're a homeschooler and want to highlight the contributions of a free black man during colonial times, this is a great starting point for even older students to use to start a biographical research for a paper.

Wonderful second book to use together with MOLLY BANNEKY (sp?) in a unit abt his accomplishments especially with students in the mid Atlantic.

My 8 yr old son used it for Black history month project He got an A. The book told him alot about this great scientist.

helped on understanding his pursuit to proof other wrong. hard work will eventually pay off. never stop going for your dreams

After reading the children's book MOLLY BANNEKY, I noticed that either the author or the illustrator also had a part ina book about Molly's famous grandson. I have a biography of him for older children, but I am fascinated by these heroesof the African-American background. This adds another to my collection, which I have in a prominent bookshelf for mygrandchildren when they come to visit.

It twas so true and that of which god has made I love the benevolence I think you are going places

I bought Dear Benjamin Banneker, because I had read Molly Bannekey to my second graders (as part of lessons on "questioning") and my students loved Molly Bannekey. At the end of Molly Bannekey, she is sitting with a grandson named Benjamin. We wanted to see if this was the same Benjamin - and it was. The content and vocabulary is a little difficult for second graders, but it has some nice tie-ins to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for equal rights. It would also be very appropriate for immediate grades and studies on colonial America.

A kids book which contains a lot of good information