A Birthday for Frances (I Can Read Level 2)
A Birthday for Frances (I Can Read Level 2) book cover

A Birthday for Frances (I Can Read Level 2)

Hardcover – September 4, 2012

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Price
$14.39
Format
Hardcover
Pages
48
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0060837952
Dimensions
6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
Weight
8.2 ounces

Description

Russell Hoban was the author of A Bargain for Frances , A Baby Sister for Frances , Best Friends for Frances , A Birthday for Frances , and Bread and Jam for Frances , all illustrated by Lillian Hoban. He also wrote Bedtime for Frances , illustrated by Garth Williams. Lillian Hoban was the author and illustrator of many favorite I Can Read books, including Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur , Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving , and a series about Arthur the Chimpanzee. She also illustrated many picture books, including the classic stories about Frances.

Features & Highlights

  • Gloria's birthday is tomorrow, and everyone is looking forward to the celebration—except Frances. Frances can't help but think that it always seems to be someone
  • else
  • 's birthday. To make matters worse, Gloria's birthday present costs Frances a whole two allowances! Is there anything that can turn this disastrous day around?
  • Full of warmth and humor, this new edition of Russell and Lillian Hoban's beloved classic is perfect for beginning readers.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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The book has the “I Can Read” logo printed on the cover—not pictured.

We love A Birthday for Frances (and all the Frances books!) and decided to order a copy to gift to my daughter (Frances)’ kindergarten class in honor of her birthday. This version does say that it is an I can read book in the description but the photo of the product didn’t show that this logo would be on the book cover. I’ve attached a photo of the traditional copy (that we already owned) alongside the version that arrived today. The text is the same but printed larger in the “I Can Read” version. The book itself is a bit smaller. I just wish it didn’t have the logo on it.
7 people found this helpful
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Wonderful Book

I just love these Frances books that I purchased! I had them as a small child because my Mom thought it would be cute to buy them for me since my first name is Frances. Just a personalize thing I guess at the time. I learned to read very early in life because of these books. Well my Mom never saved these original Frances books for me. But to my delight I saw these Frances books on Amazon & I was ecstatic! I bought these Frances books for my young child so the books could be passed on from generation to generation (heirloom).
My family love these books!!!!! 💝
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One of the best Frances books

I loved _A Bargain For Frances_ as a kid, so naturally I bought it for my son when he was born. After reading it several times, I decided to pick up the other books in the series, even though I wasn't familiar with them. Some of them are great, and some of them haven't aged well. _A Birthday for Frances_ is in the former category. Spoilers follow.

This is one of the top three Frances books, as far as I'm concerned (the other two being _A Bargain for Frances_ and _Bread and Jam for Frances_), and focuses mostly on Frances being kind of sour about having to celebrate Gloria's birthday and spend her own money on a birthday gift. It's a cute story, and it resolves in a mostly positive way, and provides ample fodder for talking with kids about sharing and doing things for other people.
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ADORABLE

Such a cute book and makes a great gift. I gave this to my niece for her 3rd birthday and she loves reading it.
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Four Stars

My great granddaughter loved it. She was able to read it by herself!

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