Jennings, Sharon

Franklin finds a stopwatch and proceeds to drive his family and friends crazy by timing them at whatever they're doing.

Franklin has difficulty adjusting to his old friend Otter because they have grown older and don't share the same interests. Can they be friends again?.

Sam and Simon are hired as extras when a movie is being made in their town, but they soon find themselves in trouble.

Sam and his new friend Simon, charter members of the newly formed Bat Club, inadvertantly become local heroes when their plan for scaring off their rivals, the Gorillas, ends up catching real burglars.

A brave little boy assures his timid father that there is nothing to fear in this role-reversal story where the monsters are more interested in cookies than giving anyone a real scare.

Franklin finds a lucky penny and uses it to buy bubble gum for himself, but when he puts the penny in the machine, he gets more than he expected.

Franklin and Bear decide to build a soapbox car in hopes of winning the prizes at the Soapbox Derby.

Franklin is thrilled when he finds a giant pumpkin in his backyard, until he discovers that the competition at this year's fair is for the biggest zucchini.