Frances the (Adorable) Badger

Bread and Jam for Frances and A Birthday for Frances are two of the titles in the amazing Frances series of books written by Russell Hoban. Frances is an irrepressible badger girl who likes to make up her own songs, and knows that ice cream is spelled q-p-m.

While these gems are in picture book format, the stories are quite long and the vocabulary is not dumbed-down for the pint size crowd. This makes the books perfect for reading practice for kids who are reading on their own, but still not ready for full-length chapter books.

The Labbits think Frances has all the good adventures.