The Leather Apron Benjamin Franklin His Son Club Billy & America’s First Circulating Library Jane Yolen Illustrated by Wendell Minor Charlesbridge
Year of Our Lord 1739 My name is William Franklin My family calls me Billy Pappy calls me Good Boy when I help him in the Print Shop which is on the ground Floor of our House in Philadelphia Mama shakes a finger at me and scolds She always scolds whatever I do and her scolds are hot enough to blister the skin especially in the Morning when Pappy and I eat our bread-and-milk Porridge in our twopenny Bowls She continues scolding the whole Day through Pappy says it’s a Wonder her finger doesn’t fall off with all that scolding
