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Children's Fiction Beginner

Franklin's Picnic

adapted by Sharon Jennings, Sasha McIntyre, Shelley Southern & Sean Jeffrey

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2006
Category
Beginner, Turtles, Media Tie-In
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553377153
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $5.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781553377146
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $14.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 6 to 7
  • Grade: 1 to 2
  • Reading age: 6 to 7

Description

Franklin is dismayed to discover that his Woodland friends don't like flies, his favorite picnic lunch. This Level 2 first reader contains longer stories, varied sentences, increased vocabulary, more difficult visual clues and some repetition.

About the authors

Sharon Jennings has been published for 27 years. She is the author of over 70 books for young people – board books, picture books, reluctant reads, novels – many of which have been nominated for numerous awards and even won a few! Her middle grade novel Home Free was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award, The Silver Birch Award, and the TD Award. Her latest books are Connecting Dots, a completely true work of fiction about a girl’s terrible, horrible life, and The Warning, a completely true collection of stories about the supernatural. Sharon is very involved with her community, serving as a Board Member of The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and is a three term President of The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).

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Sharon Jennings is an award-winning author of many books for young people, including C`mere, Boy! and Bearcub and Mama, a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Sharon lives in Toronto.

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Librarian Reviews

Franklin’s Picnic (Kids Can Read Level 2)

Franklin is surprised to discover that his Woodland friends don’t like flies, his favourite picnic lunch. A fun first reader about fairness.

Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2007.

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