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Franklin in the dark

A turtle afraid of small dark places, and therefore of crawling into his shell, asks a variety of animals for advice, only to find out that each has a fear of its own.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bourgeois, Paulette
Other Authors:	Clark, Brenda (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Kids Can Press, c1986.
Subjects:	Fear > Juvenile fiction. Turtles > Juvenile fiction. Animals > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A turtle afraid of small dark places, and therefore of crawling into his shell, asks a variety of animals for advice, only to find out that each has a fear of its own.
Physical Description:	[32] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0919964931
Author Notes:	Paulette Bourgeois was born July 20, 1951 in Winnepeg , Canada. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1974 with a B.Sc. and worked briefly as an occupational therapist before returning to Carleton University to study journalism. She has worked in television and print before writing her first book, Franklin in the Dark. Although Paulette is best-known for the Franklinthe Turtle books, she is also the writer of fiction and non-fiction for young readers. Her book, The Sun: Starting with Space was shortlisted for a Science in Society Book Award (1995), given by the Canadian Science Writer's Association, and won the honor of Parents' Choice Approval, given by the US Parents' Choice Foundation (1997). (Bowker Author Biography)