Jennings, Sharon. Franklin and the Bubble Gum. Illustrated by Sean Jeffery, Sasha McIntyre, Jelena Sisic. Kids Can Press Ltd, 2006. ISBN-13:9781553378167. $14.95. Ages 4-8.
Franklin is well known to kids these days. The book is about a turtle named Franklin, which is also a cartoon on television. Franklin finds a lucky penny and gets all the bubble gum out of the bubble gum machine with just one penny. Turns out they think someone stole all the gum so he had to go put more pennies into the machine. The owner of the machine wasn’t mad, but realized the machine was broken and thanks Franklin for being so honest. The writing is very easy for children to read. It’s a little choppy with not a lot of detailed description, but that works for little kids who can’t sort through a lot of details yet. The book is set as level 2 reader. The text does not lay over the illustrations so the text really stands out. There’s a lot of smaller single pictures spread out on the pages that keep the page layout simple. The pictures are cartoon-like and strongly resemble the pictures from the television show. They are probably at least partially computer generated. A lot of kids don’t especially like to read, but since the book relates to a cartoon they watch on television, the kids might get more interested in it. The kids can watch and read about Franklin. I think kids would like the book's easy reading, colorful illustrations and connection to the television show.
Brooke Perry, BGSU student
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