Franklin's First Day of School

Franklin the Turtle

by Paulette Bourgeois, Eva Moore

Franklin, having been terribly frightened about his first day of school in the morning, finds that his worries were for nothing as his experience turns out to be quite enjoyable in the end.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Friendship

12 pages, Board Book

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bourgeois graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational therapy from the University of Western Ontario in 1974. She was a psychiatric occupational therapist for three years before deciding to focus on her writing. She studied journalism at Carlton University then worked as a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen and CBC Television. She became a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C. contributing pieces to Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Reader's Digest and Maclean's. She returned to Toronto in 1983.

In 2003, she became a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2007, she received an Honourary Doctor of Laws from her alma mater, the University of Western Ontario.

Reviews

[Ana]

Cracking good read, great coming of age tale enjoyed by all ages.

[The Book Box]

Mom and I read this together the other night.

[Madison Jones]

This would be a great book to read to students at the start of a new school year, ecspecailly when they are starting kindergarten. I would reccomend this book for children in kindergarten to second grade.

[Dana Johnson]

This book would be great at the beginning of the year talking about making new friends.

[Ali]

Good book for first day of school. Kids can relate to what Franklin goes through.

[Jessica]

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[Katie Morrison]

I would read this to students at the beginning of the year since it talks about the first day of school. Franklin is a turtle that is nervous to start school, but falls in love with going to school.

[Katie Carlisle]

Awesome first day of school reading! I think young readers would be able to relate to Arthur's anxiousness and then see that school isn't so bad after all.