I Can Read! - Level 1: A Birthday for Frances (Hardcover)

from allawishus

A sweet Frances story about her coming to terms with being generous on her sister's birthday. Frances is sort of unabashedly selfish, as I think most kids are, and it's hard for her to give up her allowance to buy her sister a present. Then she almost demands part of the present for herself! But ...

from wendyfincher

Frances is jealous of her sister Gloria's birthday party that is coming up. Frances makes comments about how unfair it is that Gloria is getting so much attention. She said she wanted to buy her sister a birthday present but, after she bought it she wanted it for herself. It is not until Frances ...

from rpazmino-calligan

This book is about Frances having to exert self control and not eat her sister's birthday gift, a chompo bar. Frances has to spend her allowances on this gift, and in the end sings her sister happy birthday and lets her eat the whole candy bar.

from conuly

Birthdays can be HARD when you're not the birthday child. Frances realistically is upset that her baby sister gets cake and presents and SHE DOES NOT. So she eats her sister's present. Whoops. There's a moral in here, though a bit of an inexpressible one, and there's a lot of realism. What more c...

from allawishus

A sweet Frances story about her coming to terms with being generous on her sister's birthday. Frances is sort of unabashedly selfish, as I think most kids are, and it's hard for her to give up her allowance to buy her sister a present. Then she almost demands part of the present for herself! But ...