Being Frank

I just loved it! We (students and I ) watched on the YouTube channel for Sag Awards reading. Very cute and important.......more

I really enjoyed the message portrayed within this book. I think this could be a really relatable subject for early elementary children. This book could help show them how being bluntly honest could really hurt someone's feelings. They are more likely to learn that from real experiences, rather than......more

I met the author, Donna Earnhardt, online in a writers chatroom maybe three years ago when she was still hoping to write the children’s book that would be accepted by a publisher. Well, it has happened! Being Frank is her first picture book to be placed into the hands of eager children, and it is a......more

As a 31 year veteran teaching grades 1-5, I find this book to be a "top-notch" teaching tool full of teachable moments whether used in the classroom or with your own children. To begin with a "picture walk" for interactive read-aloud, the vivid illustrations are quickly engaging making the reader ea......more

Frank's motto was "Honesty is the best Policy". He always told the truth. He told his teacher she had bad breath, his mom that she had wrinkles, etc. Everyone was angry with him, except for the police men, because he told him the truth (yes, his mom knew she was speeding). Frank goes to his grandpa......more