Franklin and the Tin Flute

Franklin the Turtle

by Sharon Jennings (Adapter), Sasha McIntyre (Adapter), Céleste Gagnon (Adapter)

When Franklin trades an old tin flute he found in the basement for a marble, he discovers that the flute was never his to trade. This Level 2 first reader contains longer stories, varied sentences, increased vocabulary, more difficult visual clues and some repetition.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

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

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't a 'rated' book but I would put it on the level 2 reader...for a merging into level 2 a child would have trouble but with help could do it, and a more advanced level 2 would enjoy reading. Many pages have repetitive wording so would help build self esteem being able to read it on their own.

Franklin finds an old flute in an old trunk, he decides to trade it with a friend for some other toy, but he soon finds out that it belonged to his grandpa and needs it back. So he goes in search of it only to find that that friend traded it to another friend, and another etc. He feels like he'll never get it back until the end when he finds out his Dad saves the day with a trade of his own.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I chose this book because F is for Flute! (I play the flute and wanted to introduce it to my little ones - letter of the week seemed like a perfect time.)Besides...my children love Franklin.

I LIKE this book because it teaches children about being honest and respecting the property of others. There are not enough lessons about that in our society!!