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The Frances audio collection [sound recording (CD)] / Russell Hoban.

Hoban, Russell (Author). Johns, Glynis. (Added Author).

Summary:

In the 1st story Frances, a badger, finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark. In the 2nd, when things change around the house after her baby sister is born, Frances decides to run away--but not too far. In the 3rd, Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal, until to her surprise, her parents grant her wish. In the 4th, Frances is jealous of her sister's birthday, but birthday spirit moves her to reluctantly give her coveted gift.

Record details

  • ISBN: 006085281X
  • Physical Description: 1 sound discs (ca. 45 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Children's Audio, p2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Music by Don Heckman.
Previously released as Caedmon 1546, with title: Francis.
Read by Glynis Johns.
Target Audience Note:
Grades K-3.
Awards Note:
An ALA notable children's recording
Subject: Children's audiobooks
Infants > Fiction
Badgers > Fiction
Bedtime > Fiction
Birthdays > Fiction
Fear of the dark > Fiction

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch J CD FIC Hoban 31681001686914 JCDFIC Checked out 01/21/2026

  • Baker & Taylor
    Presents four tales featuring the irrepressible badger, Frances.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Four endearing favorites starring that adorable, irrepressible badger, Frances--Bedtime for Frances, A Baby Sister for Frances, Bread and Jam for Frances, and A Birthday for Frances--are captured in one compact disc compilation. Read by Glynis Johns. Books available.
  • HARPERCOLL

    This collection includes four endearing favorites, Bedtime for Frances; A Baby Sister for Frances; Bread and Jam for Frances; and A Birthday for Frances. Children will cheer for Frances as she cleverly avoids her bedtime, stubbornly refuses to eat anything but bread and jam, and struggles not to eat the tempting, chocolatey birthday present she has just bought for her younger sister, Gloria. These reassuring and funny stories are just right for those amazing days of childhood!


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