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Franklin

Franklin's Easter: A Sticker Activity Book (Feb-2004)

Book List in Order: 26 titles





  • This Franklin Activity Book features more than 30 stickers for kids to help Franklin and his friends decorate Easter eggs, dress up for an Easter parade and celebrate the season with an Easter egg hunt!...



  • Author-illustrator Matt Hammill has created a tongue-in-cheek adventure story where fantasy and reality merge, with hilarious results. The eponymous hero is an armchair explorer on a quest for a Lost Tablet of Illusion, stolen by an elusive beast. Si...



  • Mr. King is a cat who likes new things. In fact, ?LOTS of new things. As soon as one of his things becomes the tiniest bit old, he tosses it into the nearby pond and replaces it with a new one.? Happily, this works just fine for a while. But then one...



  • A fastidious fellow, Lester likes everything just so. So when Cousin Clara moves in and knits him truly dreadful sweaters as fast as he can surreptitiously dispose of them, Lester must think of a way to get rid of them for good -- or be doomed to loo...



  • 'Tis the season for worrying, planning, decorating, wrapping, entertaining, carolling and, worst of all, fruitcake! Scaredy Squirrel returns with a quirky safety guide filled with practical tips and nutty step-by-step instructions to help readers pre...



  • Young readers can follow along as two children perform an experiment in which they create a new planet, replicating in ten steps the exact processes that formed Earth. Within that context, author Scott Forbes manages to clearly explain basic concepts...



  • In the Tales of Prehistoric Life series, award-winning author and illustrator Daniel Loxton uses stunningly realistic, state-of-the-art, computer-generated images to vividly re-create the undersea world of the Jurassic period. Featured here are creat...






  • This playful, rhyming picture book offers a fresh and fun new take on the song "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." In Claire Saxby's telling, a white-bearded, big-bellied sailor sets things in motion by swallowing a krill. He then goes on to...



  • Franklin gets a great idea when he hears that Fox and his dad are spending the day doing "special stuff." "Coolio!" he says. "I'm going to have a Day with Dad today, too!" His dad, Mr. Turtle, thinks this is a splendid idea, but first they have to ge...



  • Franklin is excited because his friend Rabbit is coming over to spend the night with him in his backyard. Franklin's dad has set up an amazing rocket ship tent, and Franklin can't wait to play space travel with Rabbit and use all the cool equipment h...



  • In this truly original picture book, a fish named Glub ponders the big questions ("Who am I?" "What do I need?" "Where do I belong?") as he looks out from his fishbowl at the end of the counter at Foster G. Willikers's diner. For every one of his que...



  • In this fourth installment of the Three Thieves fantasy adventure series of graphic novels, Captain Drake's quest to find Dessa, Topper and Fisk has led him to a remote healing monastery where he believes they have gone to tend Dessa's broken leg. Wh...



  • Each of King Neptune's 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, includi...



  • Innovations in the world of robotics are multiplying, with many cutting-edge breakthroughs, and this exciting and timely new book for young readers explores one particularly intriguing area: the world of robo-animals, or zoobots. In an attempt to des...



  • A very big story about a very small girl. Mimi is so much littler than everyone, “I might as well be called Mini,” she says. Everyone is taller than her, even the family dog! Though there are advantages -- like fitting into the best hiding plac...



  • The delightful follow-up to Kiss Me in New York. Serena Fuentes won’t waste one moment of her whirlwind trip to Paris. She has it all mapped out, right down to the photos she will take, and the last thing she wants is a change in plans. Yet suddenl...



  • A sexual assault survivor seeks to find her truth, face her truth and speak her truth. Grace once spent the best summers of her life in New Harbor. Now that she’s returned, though, the place just reminds her of all she’s lost: her father, her bes...






  • Big word coming! Big word coming! This collection of five stories follows the misadventures of a boy named Cris, who “likes things all in a row,” and his cat, Crat, who “likes to mix things up.” The two are visited along the way by the Sprink...



  • A boy’s school club turns into something unexpected. When Rory can’t find a school club that suits him, his parents suggest he start his own club about something he loves. Rory knows exactly what it will be: a Reptile Club! He sets up his first m...



  • It’s Steve for the win -- again! It’s time for the annual Race-a-thon, and Steve the horse is excited! After all, he’s got the longest legs in the forest. No wonder he always wins! But Steve soon finds out that the rules have changed. This ye...



  • A hotel like no other, filled with fantastic creatures. From superheroes and mermaids to dragons and aliens -- everyone is welcome at Hotel Fantastic. Whether you’re a robot needing to recharge or a giant looking for extra legroom, there’s some...



  • How far would you go for your best friend? Raquel’s lifelong best friend, Sasha, has just died of cancer, and Raquel is overcome with grief … until she discovers that Sasha spent her final weeks planning an elaborate scavenger hunt for the friend...



  • A mind-bending novel from Alice Kuipers, expert chronicler of the teenage heart. It’s a perfect day for Lark’s dream date with Alec from school. Blue skies, clear water, a canoe on the lake. Alec even brought flowers for Lark’s birthday. Everyt...



  • It’s time for bed! … Or is it? Duncan does not like going to sleep -- and he’ll do anything to avoid it. Until one day, his mom has had enough of his stalling and leaves him to figure it out on his own. “Try counting sheep,” she suggests....


Award-Winning Books by Kids Can Press

Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
2013 Golden Kite -- Picture Bk Illustration


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Kids Can Press has published 26 books.

Kids Can Press does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Hotel Fantastic, was published in October 2018.

The first book by Kids Can Press, Franklin's Reading Club, was published in August 2003.

No. Kids Can Press does not write books in series.