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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bourgeois, Paulette
Franklin wants a pet
eISBN: 978-1-4532-1874-7
ISBN 1-55074-247-7 (bound) ISBN 1-55074-249-3 (pbk.)
I. Clark, Brenda. II. Title.
PS8553.O85477F72 1995 jC813’.54 C00-931831-0
PZ7.B68Fra 1995
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Written by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
FRANKLIN could count by twos and tie his shoes. He could sleep alone in his small, dark shell. He even had a best friend named Bear. But Franklin wanted something else. He wanted a pet.