With Special Thanks to the Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto – B.C.
Franklin is a trademark of Kids Can Press Ltd.
Text © 2000 by Contextx Inc.
Illustrations 2000 © Brenda Clark Illustrator Inc.
Story written by Sharon Jennings
Interior illustrations prepared with the assistance of Shelley Southern.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without, the prior written permission of Kids Can Press Ltd. or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from CANCOPY (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E5.
Kids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada, through the BPIDP, for our publishing activity.
Kids Can Press Ltd.
29 Birch Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4V 1E2
Printed in Hong Kong by Wing King Tong Co. Ltd.
This book is limp sewn with a drawn-on cover.
CDN PA 00 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Franklin goes to the hospital
Based on characters created by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark.
eISBN 978-1-4532-1862-4
ISBN 1-55074-732-0 (bound) ISBN 1-55074-734-7 (pbk.)
I. Bourgeois, Paulette. II. Clark, Brenda.
PS8550.F724 2000 jC813’.54 C99-931786-5
PZ7.F724 2000
Kids Can Press is a Nelvana Company
Story based on characters created by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
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