Book recommendation: Franklin’s Valentines

Buy it: Franklin’s Valentines

Franklin’s Valentines (By Paulette Bourgeois) – I’m a big fan of all the Franklin books because they always include a lesson. This one is no exception and features a great lesson about friendship. As Franklin is rushing out of the door on Valentine’s Day, his fails to notice when the cards he made for his friends fall out of his backpack and land in a puddle. Franklin is crushed when he realizes he doesn’t have any valentines to hand out at school. He’s even sadder when his friends give him their valentines. But his friends let him know they don’t need a valentine to know that they’re his friend. The next day, Franklin brings cards for his friends and explains that these cards are for Friendship Day, which can be any day of the year.

The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!