Bourgeois, Paulette

Franklin is very sad because he does not have any teeth and the tooth fairy will never leave him any presents. Then he discovers that he does not need a tooth to get a present, he just needs to be himself.

Franklin the turtle is afraid of the darkness inside his shell, so he asks other animals how they overcome their fears, and eventually uses a night light inside his shell.

Franklin the turtle learns that how big you are does not have anything to do with how you feel when he is assigned to be a buddy to Moose, a frightened new student at school.

Franklin has no valentines to give at the party after they are ruined on the way to school, but he makes new ones and gives them the next day.

Franklin tries to live up to his claim that he can swallow seventy-six flies.

Franklin the turtle searches his room desperately to find his cardboard sword so he can go play Knights in Armor with his friends, but his room is so messy he can't find it. His parents make a suggestion that will help young Franklin be cleaner and neater in the future.

On the class trip to the museum, Franklin worries about real dinosaurs until he understands they are real dinosaur bones.