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I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles
Honest, Sweet, and Entertaining "This touching story of friendship -- how easy it is to lose and how hard to regain - will touch a chord with many children."
( News-Press ) In I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles , author Ulana Snihura explores the difficult themes of childhood friendship in conflict with the pressures of popularity and group acceptance. Never heavy-handed, this story, following the friendship of a little girl, Molly Pepper, and her "geeky", gifted, new neighbor, Franklin P. Shuckles, is both funny and very moving. When Franklin moves in next door to Molly over the summer, she has no one else to play with. So, Molly befriends him, despite the fact that "he has skinny legs and wears funny glasses". Although he can't catch, he is great at telling stories, and their summer together is wonderful. When school begins, everything Molly is embarrassed by her "awkward" friend and alienates him. Soon, though, she finds that she misses him -- badly. So, after trying very hard, they're friends again ... forever. A heart-warming story, I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles teaches a valuable lesson in a light and laughable way.
( News-Press ) In I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles , author Ulana Snihura explores the difficult themes of childhood friendship in conflict with the pressures of popularity and group acceptance. Never heavy-handed, this story, following the friendship of a little girl, Molly Pepper, and her "geeky", gifted, new neighbor, Franklin P. Shuckles, is both funny and very moving. When Franklin moves in next door to Molly over the summer, she has no one else to play with. So, Molly befriends him, despite the fact that "he has skinny legs and wears funny glasses". Although he can't catch, he is great at telling stories, and their summer together is wonderful. When school begins, everything Molly is embarrassed by her "awkward" friend and alienates him. Soon, though, she finds that she misses him -- badly. So, after trying very hard, they're friends again ... forever. A heart-warming story, I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles teaches a valuable lesson in a light and laughable way.
- GenresPicture BooksFriendship
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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July 8, 2020
Personal narrative about a girl who takes a friend for granted, and then turns mean when the other kids at school tease him. She comes to regret her behavior and tries to repair the friendship.
September 30, 2013
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Title: I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles
Author: Ulana Snihura
Illustrator: Leanne Franson
Category: Tumblebooks #1
Source: Tumblebook http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/as...
I decided to pick this book off of the Tumblebook website as the cover had a photo of a young girl, Molly, with a very sad expression and I was curious to know more. It was a story about a young girl who befriended boy, Franklin P. Shuckles, who lived next door during the summer. When school began again he was made fun of at school and Molly decided she did not want to be friends with him anymore. Once Franklin stopped talking to Molly she began to miss his great stories, sharing lunch with him, and just his overall friendship. She tried for quite a while to get his friendship back but he was still upset. Then one day they decided they should be best friends again.
I watched this book online and thought the narrator put great pauses and sighs when needed in the text. It really had the listener feeling for Molly and her friendship with Franklin. This would be a great book to use with a young class, especially if they need help understanding true friendship, as Franklin demonstrates. This was my first experience with Tumblebooks and I look forward to using them again in the future.
Title: I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles
Author: Ulana Snihura
Illustrator: Leanne Franson
Category: Tumblebooks #1
Source: Tumblebook http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/as...
I decided to pick this book off of the Tumblebook website as the cover had a photo of a young girl, Molly, with a very sad expression and I was curious to know more. It was a story about a young girl who befriended boy, Franklin P. Shuckles, who lived next door during the summer. When school began again he was made fun of at school and Molly decided she did not want to be friends with him anymore. Once Franklin stopped talking to Molly she began to miss his great stories, sharing lunch with him, and just his overall friendship. She tried for quite a while to get his friendship back but he was still upset. Then one day they decided they should be best friends again.
I watched this book online and thought the narrator put great pauses and sighs when needed in the text. It really had the listener feeling for Molly and her friendship with Franklin. This would be a great book to use with a young class, especially if they need help understanding true friendship, as Franklin demonstrates. This was my first experience with Tumblebooks and I look forward to using them again in the future.
February 11, 2013
This is a difficult story about friendship. It's probably more true than a parent would like to imagine, and that's what makes this a terrific tale for kids to hear. I like that the story shows how true Franklin P. Shuckles is to his friends and that he isn't willing to change just to be more popular.
I watched this book on Tumblebooks (www.tumblebooks.com) and I really thought it was a terrific story. Our girls loved it, too. The illustrations are so expressive and I love how the story has some rudimentary animation on this site.
I watched this book on Tumblebooks (www.tumblebooks.com) and I really thought it was a terrific story. Our girls loved it, too. The illustrations are so expressive and I love how the story has some rudimentary animation on this site.
March 7, 2014
This was "read" using Tumblebooks.
A story about how easily a friendship can be broken and then how difficult it can be to fix it, I enjoyed this book. The events can be related to by any child, and younger elementary grades would probably enjoy reading this. The only issue I had with the ebook version was this bug illustration that moved across the pages throughout the whole story. It was a little distracting.
A story about how easily a friendship can be broken and then how difficult it can be to fix it, I enjoyed this book. The events can be related to by any child, and younger elementary grades would probably enjoy reading this. The only issue I had with the ebook version was this bug illustration that moved across the pages throughout the whole story. It was a little distracting.
October 31, 2013
This book was cute because the moral of the story is perfect for elementary aged students. It is a book about being nice and kind to others around us, even if we may not like them 100%. There is lots of repetition in this book so it would be great for sequencing as well.
July 22, 2016
I bought this at Goodwill and instantly fell in love with it. I love the story and the illustrations.
January 26, 2013
Great book to share with a classroom or child who needs to know how to treat a friend. It will most certainly get the point across. Sweet book!
August 3, 2014
One of the best childrens book ever, with an important message on friendship.
August 21, 2016
Wonderful friendship book for the primary classroom
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