Franklin is a trademark of Kids Can Press Ltd.
Text © 1997 by Contextx. Inc.
Illustrations © 1997 Brenda Clark Illustrator Inc.
Interior illustrations prepared with the assistance of Muriel Hughes Wood.
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Printed in Hong Kong, China, by Wing King Tong Company Limited
This book is limp sewn with a drawn-on cover.
CDN PA 97 0 9 8 7
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bourgeois, Paulette
Franklin’s new friend
eISBN 978-1-4532-1867-9
ISBN 1-55074-361-9 (bound) ISBN 1-55074-363-5 (pbk)
I. Clark, Brenda. II. Title
PS8553.085477F73 1997 jC813’.54 C96932539-8
PZ7.B67Fr 1997
Kids Can Press is a Corus™ Entertainment Company
Written by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
FRANKLIN had always lived in the same house in the same town. He had grown up with his friends, and each one had a special place in Franklin’s life.