There are a lot of well known children books but in this article we will talk on short about 2 famous books series for kids after which some very popular cartoons appeared.
The first is “Franklin the Turtle” by Paulette Bourgeois, that contains a lot of stories created between 1986 and 2002, starting with “Franklin in the dark” and finishing with “Franklin says I love you”. The books are full of illustrates and became very popular having over 60 million copies sold worldwide in 38 different languages, even if initially the first book was rejected by 6 different publishers. The stories are geared towards helping children with their anxieties, fears, and insecurities. The endearing turtle enables the kids reading the book to identify their own feelings and helps solve their problems, either if they are real or only imagine.
Some of the most known books in the series are without doubt: “Franklin In the dark”, “Franklin goes to school”, “Franklin goes to the hospital” or “Franklin and the Thunderstorm”. The things that make these books so important is that they put Franklin in situations where a lots of kids also face for the first time. For example “Franklin goes to the hospital” is a great book to prepare a kid for his first hospital visit, or “Franklin goes to school” talks about the excitement and emotion of the little turtle in his first school day, a situation in which every kids finds himself. Another important title of the series is “Franklin Is Bossy” where Franklin becomes a little bully along his friends, and eventually remains alone without friends.
Another very well known book series is “Spot the Dog“, written by Eric Hill. A very popular carton appeared based on the book idea, appearing in more than 60 different languages. Of course, the star of the series is Spot, which is a yellow puppy with a brown spot on each side of his body and a brown tip on his tail. He has small and rounded ears, plump body and a short tail. The other characters are his family: his parents: Sally and Sam, his brother and sister: Susie and Smith, and his grandparents. Also Sam has a lot of friends: Helene that is a blue hippopotamus, Steve- a brown monkey, Tom- a green crocodile, Clare- a green turtle, Tina- an elephant, Betsy- a bear, but also many others.
The most important books in the series are: “Where’s Spot”, “Spot goes to school”, “Spot goes on Holliday”, “Spot’s Baby Sister” and “Spot’s visit his grandparents”. Per total, is a great book for your kids to read, but also the tv series is very fun to watch. Because of its success, a lot of cd’s with Spot also appeared.