Franklin runs away

Format:

Book

Title:

Franklin runs away

Author:

Jennings, Sharon.

ISBN:

9780439238212

9780439309899

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Series title(s):

Franklin TV storybook.

General Note:

"Based on the Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark"--Prelim

TV tie-in adaptation written by Sharon Jennings; illustrated by Sean Jeffrey [and others]; based on the TV episode of the same title written by Bonnie Chung.

Summary:

Franklin has a bad day when he is scolded at home and at school. Even his friends let him down. So when he gets home, he snatches up his stuffed dog, Sam, and goes off to find a new home and new friends. But as he walks along, memories of good times come flooding back, making him realize he'll never find a better family or better friends than he already has.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader Grades K-4 3.2 0.5 Quiz 62250 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

Personal Subject:

Franklin (Fictitious character from Bourgeois)

Subject(s):

Franklin (Fictitious character : Bourgeois) -- Juvenile fiction.

Turtles -- Juvenile fiction.

Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction.

Home -- Fiction.

Runaway children -- Fiction.

Genre:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Woodburn Public Library	E BOURGEOIS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Stayton Public Library	E BOURGEOIS	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

This companion series to the Franklin animated TV show features all-new Franklin stories based on the characters created by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Author Notes

Paulette Bourgeois was born July 20, 1951 in Winnepeg , Canada. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1974 with a B.Sc. and worked briefly as an occupational therapist before returning to Carleton University to study journalism. She has worked in television and print before writing her first book, Franklin in the Dark.

Although Paulette is best-known for the Franklinthe Turtle books, she is also the writer of fiction and non-fiction for young readers. Her book, The Sun: Starting with Space was shortlisted for a Science in Society Book Award (1995), given by the Canadian Science Writer's Association, and won the honor of Parents' Choice Approval, given by the US Parents' Choice Foundation (1997).

(Bowker Author Biography)