AUTHOR: Russell Hoban
ILLUSTRATOR: Lillian Hoban
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins Publishing PUBLICATION DATE: 1970
GENRE: Fiction, Picture Book READING LEVEL: 2nd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Frances is told by her mother to “be
careful” when playing with her “friend” Thelma.
She must get clever once Thelma has tricked her again, but now, she has
a plan to get even and teach Thelma a lesson.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Choose 10 words from the story
and create 2 other words that rhyme with those 10 selected words.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Ashley January,
Valdosta State University ECSE
