Reddit reviews Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
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When I was a kid, I believed the book Ben And Me was true. In the story, a mouse named Amos gives Benjamin Franklin all his best invention ideas. At the front of the book, the author says a tiny manuscript was found in a tiny room - written by Amos, it's the story that follows.
My parents nearly got brain damage from banging their heads on the wall trying to convince me that just because it said it was true, that didn't mean it was!
http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Me-Astonishing-Benjamin-Franklin/dp/0316517305
Ben and Me was a book about Ben Franklin and his fictional mouse buddy, Amos. It is a GREAT book. Amos is a witness to history and whispers great ideas in Ben's ear while chilling in his coonskin cap. Also was a short Disney movie.
Amos is right up there with the Rats of NIMH in my book.
No, the mouse is in the book and it predates Disney! Ben and Me
It bothers me that Ben and Me is more recognized as a Disney cartoon than the fucking amazing book it is. Of course, I haven't read it since I was maybe 5, so I'm going off of childhood recollections.