# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulette-bourgeois
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:37:06.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulette-bourgeois"
name: "Paulette Bourgeois"
slug: "paulette-bourgeois"
description: "Paulette Bourgeois, is a Canadian writer best known for creating Franklin the Turtle, the character who appears in picture books illustrated by Toronto native Brenda Clark. The books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 38 languages. An animated television series, merchandise, DVDs and full-length films are based on the character."
tagline: "Canadian writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             9.139072847682119
  historical:           8.563681333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2306830/"
    handle:    "nm2306830"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulettebourgeois.ca"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9D%E8%8E%B1%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E4%B9%94%E4%BA%9A"
    title: "宝莱特·布尔乔亚"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "پوليت بورجيويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0"
    title: "Полет Буржоа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Bourgeois"
    title: "Paulette Bourgeois"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Bourgeois"
    title: "Paulette Bourgeois"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AA%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1"
    title: "Պոլետ Բուրժուա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Bourgeois"
    title: "Paulette Bourgeois"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Bourgeois"
    title: "Paulette Bourgeois"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Буржуа, Полетт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224738"
    title: "Paulette Bourgeois"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump