Franklin's Birthday Party

Franklin the Turtle

by Sharon Jennings, Paulette Bourgeois (Creator), Brenda Clark (Illustrator)

In the heat of excitement, Franklin invites all of his friends to his birthday party at Tamarack Play Park, but he soon learns from his parents that they can only afford to pay for two of his friends, not all of them, and Franklin wonders what to do. Original.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, 1st Grade

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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

[Yousra]

دي واحدة من قصتين استعرناهم من مكتبة النادي ... عملت عضوية لابني الكبير بس؛ ودة لأن الصغير أقل من السن بحاجة بسيطة بس الصغير طبعا زعلان وعايز كارنيه عليه صورته هو كمان وإن كان ممكن أعمل له عضوية وإن شاء الله أحاول أعملهاله بكرة

القصة دي من اختيار ابني الصغير .... أي حاجة فيها تورته وعيد ميلاد يسحبهالي عشان اقراهاله

قصة لطيفة، فيها فري السلحفاة هيعمل عيد ميلاده، ووعد أصحابه يعمل الحفلة في الملاهي وياخدهم كلهم للاحتفال، من غير ما يرجع لأهله ولما قال لهم قالوله ماينفعش ياخدوا كل أصحابه بل عليه إنه يختار ١ أو ٢بالكتير

عجبتني فكرة إن الأب صارحه بالإمكانيات المادية للأسرة وميزانية الحفلة، وعجبني رد فعل فري -اللي هو في قصص تانية بيعمل غلطات ومش مثالي أوي، بس هو بالظبط زي الأطفال بيخطئ ويصيب، والولاد بيتعلموا منه... يمكن عشان ساعات مع إنه البطل بس بيغلط زيهم - عجبني إن فري فكر وقدر يوصل لحل ولما عرضه على أهله ساعدوه في التنفيذ في حدود الميزانية

أعتقد إن الولاد فهموا المعنى ورا القصة -أو هكذا أتمنى- وغالبا أنا برضو لما بخرج معاهم باعرفهم المسموح في الانفاق وحدودنا إيه في أي خروجة ... يمكن بيتدلعوا على باباهم أكتر لما بنخرج معاه بس حاليا برضو بيحاول يظبط الموضوع ده

[Emily Seaser]

The issue I have with this book (and the other books in this series) is that they all start with “Franklin could count by 2 and tie his shoes” but he NEVER WEARS SHOES. He is literally barefoot in every picture. Anyway, James loves this book and asks for “green book” or “Franklin” constantly.

[Danielle]

I liked seeing how the park was replicated, but Franklin does not understand money at all.

[Miri]

Franklin is having a birthday and wants to have the best party ever. The best party ever would be at Tamarack Park, an amusement park, and Franklin has invited all of his friends, but then his parents tell him they can't afford to take all of his friends, only two friends could go, but Franklin wants to celebrate his birthday with all of his friends. What's a turtle to do?

[Tam]

My 5-year-old loves the Franklin series. As a parent, I like them because they usually have a good message in the end. This time Franklin came up with a creative idea for his birthday party when his parents wouldn't let him invite all his classmates to a party at an amusement park.

[Dee]

The story was easy to follow and I suspect it's still very simple language as I could follow most of it. I didn't understand every word, but I got the gist of it. I also found out my dictionary doesn't contain all the words in this book. Good thing I have access to Google!

[Emily Fisher]

The adaptation isn't as good as the originals. The stories aren't as morally fleshy and the illustrations are not as nice either. Emily is 5 and she noticed the difference and did not like this one so much.

[Nurina Widiani]

Ilustrasinya lebih bagus yg dulu sih, yg seri awal sebelum seri TV. Tapi nilai moralnya tetap bagus. Memacu anak untuk ikut kreatif.