Franklin's Bicycle Helmet

By Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois

Book Overview

In this Franklin TV Storybook, our hero has a flashy new bicycle helmet and can't wait to show if off. But when he overhears his friends making fun of that particular style, Franklin decides to hide it instead. When Rabbit stumbles on the concealed helmet, Franklin is embarrassed --- until he realizes that he must trust his own opinions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550747282
• ISBN13: 9781550747287
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Kids Can Press, Limited
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great

Franklin buys a new helmet that he just loves, but his friends make fun of that type of helmet. He feels embarrassed and hides it so that they will not know that he bought it. Later Rabbit shows and they make fun of her card in her bicycle wheels. He feels embarrassed. Finally Franklin overcomes his need to be cool and please his peers and wears the helmet. This book is great because it shows that kids they can be themselves and don't have to succumb to the "you have to do this or wear this or say this or be this in order to be cool or acceptable" pressure.

What a lot of good messages in one small book!

This simple story touched on all aspects bicycle safety, enjoying what you think is "cool" instead of giving in to peer pressure, and much more. My 4 year old even remarked about Franklin's borrowed helmet not fitting correctly(something I am always mentioning to a neighbor's child). This is a good one to have in your collection, especially if you child has even the slightest reluctance about wearing a helmet!