Franklin and the Contest

Franklin the Turtle

by Sharon Jennings, Sean Jeffrey (Illustrator), Sasha McIntyre (Illustrator)

Franklin wants to enter a contest. Trouble is, he has to find something he can do for five hours without stopping! Bear, Rabbit and Beaver have no trouble finding activities to occupy them, but Franklin's at a loss. He tries jumping up and down, standing on his head and eating fly soup, but can't keep going long enough. Finally, Franklin thinks for five hours. And he wins the contest! This Level 2 first reader contains longer stories, varied sentences, increased vocabulary, more difficult visual clues and some repetition.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

Reviews

[Darinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book in the Franklin the Turtle series. Cute.

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A clever and funny little moment on the last page.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Franklin the turtle is a little boy and has an ordinary 'little boy life' with a best friend, Bear and other friends that he often does things with. A little sister Harriet. His stories are about him learning the ins and outs of growing up. My children and I have always enjoyed his stories.

In this book he reads in a magazine that a contest to continue to do something for five hours and you can win the contest. Each of his friends know what they want to do except Franklin. So as he thinks about it he can not come up with anything. Until the day of the contest and the man sees Franklin 'thinking'... who out of his friends will win the contest?

This isn't one of the best stories but it isn't one filled with whinning or arguments either.

[Rose]

JF Jen

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

great story for interest reading closely follows tv show