A Bargain for Frances

We recently bought an I Can Read! Level 2 version of A Bargain for Frances in a splurge on my Frances books at my preschooler's request. Much like with [b:Best Friends for Frances 110611 Best Friends for Frances Russell Hoban http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1347938082s/110611.jpg 106596] in how Frances uses a bit of whit she is obviously paying attention to some calm methods learned from her parents. Going to spend the day with a friend that has taken advantage of Frances before, her mother warns her to be careful. She is tricked out of her money and into a tea set that she did not want while her friend goes and acquires the exact item desired and Frances then has to work it out to get both her tea set and her friend in the end. This is a funny one and a great discussion starter for what is honesty and how to be fair. The sing song poems in this edition are not in italics, but are however indented.