Book Thoughts: Franklin and the Thunderstorm (Bourgeois)

• one of the original Franklin the Turtle books
• walks through the experience of a big thunder & lightning storm
• Franklin’s friends are all encouraging, helping him to be brave
• clean language
• wonderful illustrations

Type: picture book:
Ages: 3-8
Author: Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrator: Brenda Clark

This is one of my all-time favorite picture book collections. Most of them are easily 5 stars for me (very few exceptions).

Note: There are many Franklin books made after the TV series was created, which are simply the shows in book form. They are not as good. as the original ones. 🙂