Franklin and his friends Bear, Snail, and Rabbit form the Secret Club, but are limited by the size of their hideout from letting anyone else join, but when Beaver starts a club of his own, Franklin and his pals begin to feel left out.

In order to match his friends' boasts, Franklin the turtle claims that he can swallow seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye, but then he has to prove it.

Franklin can count forwards and backwards. He can zip zippers and button buttons. He can slide down a riverbank by himself. He can even sleep alone in his small, dark shell. And ever since he was small, he really wanted a pet.

Told from the perspective of both the girl, Nia, and her pet turtle, Alfie, and describes what happens when he disappears on the eve of her seventh birthday to find her a special present.

Franklin and his friends are very excited about this year's Halloween party, haunted house, and costume parade. Bear dresses up as a ghost every year; but if Bear is home sick with a cold, who is in the ghost costume?

"Franklin is afraid of small, dark places. This is a real problem because Franklin is a turtle. And he is afraid of crawling into his small, dark shell. What will Franklin do?"

When Franklin and his friends play hide-and-seek, Franklin gets lost in the woods.

"Franklin the turtle helps his best friend Bear overcome anxieties about spending a night away from home" Cf. Our choice, 1996-1997.

Franklin the turtle finds that when he must have his way all the time with his friends, his friends do not want to play with him.

Someone lost a camera, and Franklin found it. Is it "finders keepers," or should Franklin try to find the owner?