Fun with Franklin: A Learning to Read Book

Franklin the Turtle

by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark (Illustrator), Shelley Southern (Adapter)

Franklin can slide down a riverbank all by himself. He can zip zippers and button buttons. And now Franklin is learning to read! In this Franklin Activity Book, children can learn to read along with their hero by following puzzles and playing games.

32 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 1997

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.