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Paulette Bourgeois
Paulette Bourgeois worked as an occupational therapist and a print and television journalist before she began writing for children. When Franklin in the Dark was released in 1986, it became a bestseller—and the Franklin phenomenon was born. Paulette has gone on to write over 30 Franklin stories... show more



Paulette Bourgeois worked as an occupational therapist and a print and television journalist before she began writing for children. When Franklin in the Dark was released in 1986, it became a bestseller—and the Franklin phenomenon was born. Paulette has gone on to write over 30 Franklin stories illustrated by Brenda Clark that have been published around the world. Paulette lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Birth date: July 20, 1951
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Ms. Cadet's Captivating Children's Collection
Franklin's New Friend by Paulette Bourgeois is one of my childhood favorites. It is a wonderful story about friendship and making new friends. It teaches a valuable lesson on not "judging a book by its cover" and instead getting to know someone for who they are. I believe this would be a great read ...
Mrs. Stuckey's Classroom
Mrs. Stuckey's Classroom rated it 8 years ago
Franklin's Secret Club would be a wonderful story to teach students the importance of not leaving people out of activities and including each other. This would be good to use in a kindergarten through 3rd grade class. This book could be used to teach about friendship. It could also be used if anyo...
Amara's Eden
Amara's Eden rated it 11 years ago
In Franklin's Christmas Gift, Franklin's entire class is donating new and used toys to needy children. At first, Franklin can't decide which of his toys to donate; everything's so special to him that he can't imagine parting with any one of them! But when he learns that these children might not get ...
Reading Between the Wines Book Club
Reading Between the Wines Book Club rated it 14 years ago
Franklin doesn't want to go out and play with his friends because he see's the clouds moving in the sky and a storm coming. Franklin is scared of storms, especially of the lighting and thunder that the storm brings, but his friend Fox convinces him to come over and play. When lightening strikes, thu...
Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it 14 years ago
At first my thoughts of this book was that it wasn’t that good but now I think of it more fondly. Franklin and his innocence of not knowing of the tooth fairy because turtle do not have teeth. His friend Bear looses his first tooth to make room for his growing up teeth. To Franklin this is a si...
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