Looking for a children's book about a girl called Frank (not that one)

February 14, 2023 2:28 AM

Asking on behalf of a friend, who writes: "In my youth I found a book that had the covers ripped off, and the last few pages torn out. It was about a girl called Frank, who never listened."

"The chapters featured different "morals" she learned like: brushing her teeth before bed with the help of a toothless dream tiger, wearing dresses / dressing up for parties, cleaning her room etc
i've been trying to google this but all that comes up is Anne Frank, and it's definitely not her."

posted by snarfois to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

One Mrs Piggle Wiggle character is a girl whose last name is Franklin, and the books are all about learning life lessons through unusual situations. I don't remember the dream tiger but there was one chapter about dressing up, I think, and definitely one (or several) about cleaning one's room.
posted by The corpse in the library at 4:54 AM on February 14, 2023

Any ballpark timeframe on when it might have come out?

There were English-language variants of Struwwelpeter printed in the late 1800s and early 1900s like Slovenly Kate and Slovenly Betsy. I can't tell if there's any Franks in there.
posted by adekllny at 7:29 AM on February 14, 2023

Not Mrs Piggle Wiggle, unfortunately.
"The main character is one child (i think had one sibling) but more modern family and setting.
the tiger/large cat in her dream is definitely a major point in the story. The tiger is toothless and because of this toothless tiger the young girl learns to brush her teeth in the real world before bed.
it must've been published after 1995.
I remember reading it in year 2004 / 2005"
posted by snarfois at 8:28 AM on February 14, 2023