J.B. Frank author and speaker
J.B. Frank author and speaker
J.B. Frank author and speaker

ScHoOl VisitS

J.B. Frank school visits
School visit for Down on the Funny Farm
One after­noon at a camp, JB con­duct­ed a one writ­ing exer­cise. Using pic­ture prompts and a descrip­tion of types of jokes (at the back of her joke book, Down on the Fun­ny Farm with Cow and Friends) kids made up and pre­sent­ed their jokes. This can be your classroom! 

JB Frank would love to bring her books to your class­room, vir­tu­al­ly or in-per­son. Bring Count on Me 123 or Some­where In The City to your school today!

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TeStiMoNials

Chica­go Pub­lic School first grade teacher Stephanie Anderson:

These books were a joy to read! I would def­i­nite­ly love to share them with my classroom. 

Some­where in the City would be a won­der­ful text to use dur­ing my fam­i­ly unit or my urban/rural unit. I would also use this sto­ry to teach and prac­tice visu­al­iza­tion. The words she choos­es real­ly allow the read­er to “see” the city and feel the love between the child and father. I just loved it!

Count on Me 1 2 3 was also so remark­able in the sense that she not only focused on count­ing, but on so many impor­tant peo­ple / role mod­els and on the sig­nif­i­cance of their roles in soci­ety. The last page, with the mir­ror, made me a lit­tle teary-eyed! There are so many pos­i­tive mes­sages for kids in that book. 

K‑8 sub­ur­ban pub­lic school prin­ci­pal, Aman­da Stochl

Count on Me 123
Help­ing chil­dren learn there are lots of peo­ple they can count on at a young age can rein­force secu­ri­ty and con­fi­dence. The way the author scaf­folds down to the clos­est peo­ple they can rely on was a noticed struc­ture to the sto­ry as well. End­ing the sto­ry focused on know­ing you can always count on who you are was a won­der­ful con­clu­sion to a beau­ti­ful theme!

Some­where In The City
The sto­ry has a sweet sen­ti­ment and is extreme­ly relat­able to chil­dren and par­ents. As a teacher, it also pro­vides a nice spring­board to talk about voice and perspective.

Both books could be used in the pri­ma­ry class­room, address­ing some of the SS and SEL themes. Not to men­tion, mod­el­ing writ­ing attributes.