Franklin's School Treasury

Paulette Bourgeois. Kids Can Press, $15.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-1-55074-877-2

Franklin's School Treasury by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brenda Clark, gathers the previously published Franklin Goes to School, Franklin's School Play, Franklin's Class Trip and Franklin's Neighborhood in one handy paper-over-board volume. ( Mar.)

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