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32 pp.
| Kids Can |
September, 2004 |
TradeISBN 1-55337-495-9$14.95
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PaperISBN 1-55337-496-7$3.95
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K-3Kids Can Read series.
In Detective, Franklin the turtle helps his animal friends find their lost baseball. In Pumpkin, he hopes to win a ribbon in the Fall Fair but instead helps his sister earn a ribbon for her costume. The stories, adapted from the TV series, will hold beginning readers' attention, but the cartoony art suffers from a lack of cohesion. Review covers these Kids Can Read titles: Franklin the Detective and Franklin's Pumpkin.