Customer Reviews

Franklin In The Dark

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This is the best of all of the Franklin stories, and the first one published. It's a wonderful read aloud story, a great story for children to act out, and an easy way to begin a discussion of "things that scare us". Children are amazed to learn that grownups can be frightened of things too. This book should be in every child's home collection and in every elementary teacher's too!

I GIVE THIS BOOK A FIVE STAR BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOUNGER KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 1-6 ABOUT THE DARK AND HOW IT IS NOT SCARY.

This book is GREAT! It really helped my son overcome his fears of the dark. We noticed a huge difference after he started reading this book.

This is a book reminds me of all the things i was scared of when I was little, and how i overcame them with the help of my mom. I think that everyone has had their fears when they were little, and many still do. It's a cute book.

This was our first Franklin book and my son really, really likes Franklin now. I had never heard of him before this book, which was a "gift" from the pediatrician for my son's pre-preschool check-up.

The Franklin books are great.

This one, however, I wish we had skipped.

The thing is, my son was never afraid of the dark. I don't think it ever occurred to him that you *should* be afraid of the dark. But after reading this book, he started to have nightmares. We can't get him to tell us what they are about exactly but they have something to do with Franklin and his small, dark shell.

This might be a good book to help a child who is afraid of the dark get over it. But unless our child is some sort of anomoly, it could also have the potential of giving bad ideas to a child who is not afraid of the dark.

Consider your child when you purchase this book.

This was our first Franklin book and I think it's a nice story and the book has cute illustrations but I think the books is missing something important. While reading the story, Franklin NEVER says PLEASE when he asks for help and NEVER says THANK YOU when the characters in the book offer to help him. I insert these when I read to my daughter because at 2 she still needs the constant reminder that saying please and thank you are very important and books help to reinforce this. But, I suppose we, as parents, should look for important lessons and be the ultimate educator for our children.
I will be buying a few more of the Franklin books just add what I feel is important when reading.

We love all the Franklin books, we got the book very quickly from when we ordered it. I highly recommend this product and company!

My parents gave me this book when I was 3 or 4. I remember reading it over and over and over again for a very long time. The characters are very cute and very vivid. To this day, 20 years later, I still have my original copy that sits amongst the other classics in my bookshelf. It is even complete with my 4 year old handwriting on the inside cover: "This book belongs to..." written on the inside. I have loved this book for 20 years, hopefully you will too.

My [...] year old son loves Franklin. And reading this particular book to him was no exception. Book is about overcoming fear. Franklin is afraid of the dark, but everyone is afraid of something - so how do you overcome. Good book, fun reading.

I found this book to be helpful in getting my daughter to realize that everyone is afraid of something and that fear is a natural emotion. This books helps to show how the characters deal with their fears. If your child is very fearful of the dark, I would recommend you read the book before sharing with your child. I had no problems with an increase in fears after reading this book but neither of my children are very fearful of the dark.