{"product_id":"9781771380102-franklin-goes-to-school","title":"Franklin Goes to School","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his new pencil case packed with a ruler, eraser and 12 colored pencils, Franklin is ready for his first day of school - until it's time to board the bus. In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin faces the excitement and fear of starting school.   AGES: 3 to 8  AUTHOR: In 1983, Toronto journalist Paulette Bourgeois decided to write a children's book. All she needed was an idea. That idea came one night as she was watching an episode of the television series M*A*S*H. The character of Hawkeye Pierce refused to enter a cave because he was claustrophobic. \"I'm so scared that if I were a turtle, I'd be afraid of my own shell,\" he said. Thus was born Franklin in the Dark, a tale of a little green turtle who's afraid of small dark places, including his own shell. The name of the turtle came, Bourgeois thought, out of the blue. \"Now I realize that Hawkeye's full name is Franklin Benjamin Pierce!\"  Brenda Clark began drawing as a small child and realized by the age of 17 that she wanted to become a commercial artist. She studied Illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, and graduated with an honours diploma in 1977. Shortly afterward, Brenda found that there was plenty of work for a freelancer in educational publishing and her first jobs were for elementary school books. This experience gave her plenty of published examples for her portfolio and a better understanding of how to interpret a story with pictures.  Colour illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49310301454555,"sku":"9781771380102","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c540b913-409c-4d28-bbb9-faa915df2daf.jpg?v=1789468960","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781771380102-franklin-goes-to-school","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}