Franklin Plants a Tree

by Paulette Bourgeois and Sharon Jennings

Book Overview

In this Franklin TV Storybook, it's Earth Day and Mr. Heron is giving away free trees. Franklin can hardly wait to plant a big climbing tree in his backyard. But when Franklin gets to the village... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439203821
• ISBN13: 9780439203821
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

patience and hope

Franklin the turtle loves to play in trees, so when he hears about Mr. Herongiving away trees for Earth Day, he digs a big hole and plans to build atreehouse and a swing the same day. He is sorely disappointed to get a mere sapling! Through the story he learns from other animals and his parents about patienceand hope and tree care. Franklin thinks and feels like a real kid, and themessage does not overpower the story. Maybe not a classic re-read at home, but highly recommended for school libraries.

Franklin Plants a Tree

As a paraprofessional in a public school system, I would highly recommend this book for any young child. This story represents an excellent teaching example to children about the importance of responsibility and their role in accepting responsibility. It also demonstrates how children can benefit from each other's friendship. With spring almost here, I feel every child would benefit having this book. These Franklin books, published by Scholastic, in my opinion, are an excellent educational resource for all young children.