Franklin and the Magic Show

Franklin the Turtle

by Sharon Jennings, Sean Jeffrey (Illustrator), Alice Sinkner (Illustrator)

Franklin has a hat, a cape, a wand and a book of magic tricks. But Franklin cannot disappear. This is a problem because Franklin wants to be a magician. Will Franklin's friends believe he is a real magician? This Level 2 first reader contains longer stories, varied sentences, increased vocabulary, more difficult visual clues and some repetition.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2002

About the author

Sharon Jennings is a children's book author. She has published over 70 books in 27 years. She teaches writing at Ryerson University. She was President of The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) for three terms.

Reviews

[Rod Brown]

Franklin sees a magician perform and wants to put on his own magic act, but he learns a lesson about rushing and being overly ambitious.

My daughter was going through a Franklin phase and watching the show, so she enjoyed this. I was never impressed with the show and found this book dull.


FOR REFERENCE:

Based on the TV episode Franklin the Fabulous (Season 3, Episode 8), written by Paula Butorac. Based on the Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark.

[Rosa Cline]

In this book, Franklin the turtle wants to be a magician. He wants to put on a show and brings his friends in to put one on for them. But instead of taking the time to learn smaller tricks he wants to 'disappear' which is very difficult to do. His trick backfires on him and his friends are disappointed in him. He feels sad, until his dad helps to teach him new tricks and he finds his friends once again and puts on the magic show he originally wanted to. this book didn't have Franklin be whinny or bossy like sometimes he can be in some of the other books; which I though was really good.

[Tam]

This wasn't our favorite "Franklin" story but it was still good enough. It's a "Level 2 Reader" meaning longer story, increased vocabulary, some repetition and visual clues for kids who have some reading skills but still need a little help.

[Alexander The Triumphant]

In this book, Franklin learns easy tricks, but at first, he tries to do hard tricks and to watch his magic show you need to get a cookie to eat. I liked this book because Franklin learns tricks. -by Alexander

[Taylor]

This book was read for Wesley’s summer reading club. Wesley is my (soon to be five year old) son. This review is what we used for his reading club.
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Wesley loves Franklin stories. He enjoyed having his dad read this story to him.

[Michelle Carter]

Franklin learns that you sometimes have to start with the little things and with a little help when you try something new.

[Theresa]

great story for interest reading closely follows tv show

[Katie Carlisle]

This Franklin story will show children that you may not succeed at first but it's always a good idea to try and try again.

[Whole And]

Franklin learns that magic is a bit harder than expected but by not giving up, learns the basics instead of the starting with complex.