Franklin's Neighborhood

The best books to read to children.

I am obsessed with reading all the Franklin books to our son who is now four and will be five come late October . These books carry very valuable lessons and always are very sweet stories . All of the Franklin books are worth purchasing !

We gave this as a gift to some friends. No text that I skipped or changed while reading this book to my 2 year old. Nothing scary, inappropriate, no examples of bad behavior or anything mean to create drama. Good, positive story. You can tell the story just by pointing to the pictures or reading the text or both. Only confusing thing is one picture where Franklin's toy turtle doll is small sitting on the chair next to him while the "camera" is zoomed in so that Franklin is big. My daughter thought the big turtle was the mom and the doll was Franklin at first, and it took me a while to realize that wasn't a neglected younger brother turtle but just a doll, but now that we've figured all that out we're all set!

My students always loved Franklin books for read-a-loud time and now my grandkids love the stories too! 😊

I read the Franklin books to my grandchildren when they come to visit. We enjoy the stories, and how Franklin overcomes his hesitations. We especially love the pictures and the small details to discover in them.

My grandkids love Franklin, just like their parents did when they were little.

Exactly as described. We had seen this before and bought it for our grandson. He loves to read Franklin. Thanks

just what I ordered! loved this for my vpk class