SeaWorld Orlando donated 11,000 books to elementary school children throughout Orange County Public Schools Wednesday.
The “Franklin and Friends” books were donated as part of “Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida.”
A special book presentation was held at Fern Creek Elementary. More than 100 students gathered in the auditorium for a special “announcement,” and were surprised when Franklin the Turtle and SeaWorld’s Puck the Penguin were there to greet them along with some of SeaWorld’s Animal Ambassadors.
After the assembly, a SeaWorld educator and Franklin led an interactive storytelling session to a group of lucky pre-kindergarten students in their classroom.
The children also met an animal trainer who let them interact with Lucky the sloth. Once the Franklin and Friends story was over, each child was called up to Franklin individually and received a “Franklin & Friends” book to take home.