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| A Birthday for Frances | 
| Author: Russell Hoban
Creator: Lillian Hoban
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 97316
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.1
ISBN: 0064430073
EAN: 9780064430074
ASIN: 0064430073
Publication Date: April 28, 1976
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great children's story May 2, 2008
I remember my mother reading Frances books to me when I was little, and I couldn't wait to read them to my daughter. The Frances books are wonderful children's stories.
 Great book for tutoring reading! February 22, 2008
I work in a tutoring program for elementary children. Birthday for Frances is a good book to reinforce what the kids are learning at school.
I loved this book as a child November 29, 2007
Frances was a favorite of mine as a child, so I bought the books for my daughter who is 2yrs old. She doesn't quite get it yet, but likes listening to it nonetheless, and I've discovered that these stories are fun for the grown-up reading them too.
A wonderfully whimsical read, hilarious sub-text, great for kids February 17, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful story, I love Hoban's books as they work well on both the adult and the child levels. This is bascially the story of Frances, a badger who is struggling with the fact that her little sister Gloria is having a birthday. Frances does not say it out loud, but rather through her actions and her little rhymes we realise that she is unhappy about it, that her sister seems to have all the birthdays and she doesn't have as many. Something which almost all children struggle with at some stage or another.
The lovely hting about this book is that the parents are so lovely and patient, and the sub-text is really fun for adults reading it. What Frances does makes for great fun. She borrows two weeks pocket money from her mother to buy Gloria a present, but then she ends up 'accidentally eating half of it - and the other half looks distinctly threatened by her justification.
I will guarantee your family will enjoy this story, and the other Frances stories as well - they are highly recommended as great good fun.
We love the book January 19, 2007
Our daughter is planning to be an elementary school teacher, so we are building her a children's book "library"
A Birthday for Frances by the Hobans is a magnificent addition to that collection!
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