{"product_id":"hurry-up-franklin","title":"Hurry Up, Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin sets off to Bear's house for a birthday party, but it's far from a straightforward journey. Like most preschoolers, Franklin is a dawdler, slow even for a turtle. The trip becomes an opportunity to play leapfrog with Rabbit, slip and slide in the mud with Otter, and maybe even play hide-and-seek with Fox. But just in time, Franklin remembers that he mustn't be late for Bear's special day. AGES: 3-8 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 honors 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":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51834841956654,"sku":"9781554538195","price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/1385\/1694\/files\/9781554538195.jpg?v=1773168226","url":"https:\/\/www.thebeeskneesemporium.ca\/products\/hurry-up-franklin","provider":"The Bee's Knees Books \u0026 Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}