It’s Valentine’s Day and Franklin can’t wait to give his friends the cards he has made. But when he gets to school, he discovers that they’re missing. Franklin is heartbroken and worried that now his friends won’t want to give him any cards. Big hearts prevail and Franklin soon learns that he has very good friends — and that he can be a good friend, too.
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About the Author
Paulette Bourgeois is the author of more than 40 books for children, including the In My Neighborhood series and Oma’s Quilt. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.Brenda Clark ’s artwork has charmed millions and has helped make Franklin an international star. She lives in Port Perry, Ontario.
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My daughter loved this story as did I as the emphasis on Valentine’s Day was about friendship and taking a day and celebrating friendships. As Franklin lost all of his Valentine’s in the mud and didn’t have any for his friends, he couldn’t believe they still wanted to give him their cards and letters. He realized that friends like you for who you are and not what you can give them. As a parent, if feel this is one lesson that your kids can’t learn too often.
My daughter loved this story of Frankin making his own Valentine’s for his friends at school and losing them in a puddle in his hurry to get to the bus. He becomes upset and can’t believe, even though he doesn’t have cards to give to them, they still want him to have the ones they’ve made. In the end, Frankin decides to make “Friendship Day” the day after Valentine’s Day with cards he’s made and carefully put in his bag. It just teaches a great lesson of how nice people can be and how to appreciate the friends you have.