Franklin's Holiday Treasury

Franklin the Turtle

by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark (Illustrator)

Get into the holiday spirit with this Franklin Treasury containing these festive stories: Franklin's Halloween, Franklin's Thanksgiving, Franklin's Christmas Gift and Franklin's Valentines, now available in one volume.

Genres: Picture Books, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 2002

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

[Calista]

This is a wonderful collection of 4 Franklin stories for 4 Holidays in the year. There is:

Franklin’s Halloween
Franklin’s Valentines
Franklin’s Christmas Gift
Franklin’s Thansgiving

It’s good for 5 months of the year. I have read all 4 stories throughout the year. I’m appreciating Franklin more and more.