Old Ben

by Jesse Stuart and Illustrated by Richard Cuffari Stuart, Jesse

Book Overview

When young Shan befriends a bull black snake, his Kentucky mountin famiy decides that perhaps the only good snake isn't a dead snake after all. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945084234
• ISBN13: 9780945084235
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

My daughter reads!!!

Old Ben is a story about a boy and his snake. I have been teaching my child through homeschooling and I found this book to be great for a 8th grade reader to do a book report on. She started reading the book reluctantly however, when she started reading it she just couldn't put it down. She enjoyed this book and I enjoyed watching her read.

Old Ben was a very good book about a boy and his pet snake.

Old Ben was about how a boy teaches his parents that a black snake could be useful. I read the book and liked it a lot. I would like to read it over again. It made me want to get my own snake! The author said that this story was based on a real snake. Audrey Smith, age 8.