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Books with author Franklyn Branley

  • What Makes Day & Night

    Franklyn Branley

    Paperback (HARPER TROPHY, )
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  • Sunshine Makes the Seasons

    FRANKLYN BRANLEY

    Library Binding (Harpercollins Juvenile Books, Sept. 16, 1985)
    Book by BRANLEY, FRANKLYN
  • Mickey's magnet,

    Franklyn Mansfield Branley

    Hardcover (Scholastic Book Services, March 15, 1956)
    Mickey's Magnet (1956) Originally included a real magnet (lightly glued to the inside of the back cover), this book tells the story of how Mickey learns about magnets -- what they pick up, what they don't, and why. The final page encourages the reader to use the enclosed magnet to experiment: "Here is a magnet you can use," it offers. "Mickey picked up pins with a horseshoe magnet," it continues. "Can you pick up pins with your bar magnet? ... What else can you find out about your new magnet?"
  • Flash, Crash, Rumble, And Roll

    Franklyn M. Branley, True Kelley

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 9, 1999)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explains how and why a thunderstorm occurs and gives safety steps to follow when lightning is flashing.
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  • Rain and Hail

    Franklyn M. Branley, Helen Borten

    Hardcover (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, March 15, 1963)
    The Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books series, originally published by Crowell, now HarperCollins, is an American children's book series designed to educate preschoolers and young elementary school students about basic science concepts. The author of RAIN AND HAIL, Franklyn M. Branley (b. 1915) was the originator of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series and the author of close to 150 popular books about scientific topics for young readers of all ages. He was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium. The illustrator, Harriett Barton, is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Harriett Barton include Deserts of the World, Maps & Globes, and Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary. Help your child learn everything they need to know about RAIN AND HAIL in this book.
  • Sunshine Makes The Seasons

    Franklyn M. Branley, Michael Rex

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Feb. 2, 2016)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explaining how the sun rotates completely in the course of one year, an informative picture book explains the importance of the sun in relation to the seasons around the world as well as to the maintenance of every living thing on the entire planet.
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  • Rain and Hail

    franklyn branley

    Hardcover (Crowell, March 15, 1963)
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  • What makes day and night

    Franklyn Mansfield Branley

    Hardcover (Crowell, Aug. 16, 1986)
    A simple explanation of how the rotation of the earth causes night and day.
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  • What makes day and night

    Franklyn Mansfield Branley

    Hardcover (Field Publications, Aug. 16, 1986)
    Nonfiction children's book, great science resource
  • Gravity is a Mystery

    M. Branley, Franklyn

    Hardcover (Thomas M. Crowell, Aug. 16, 1970)
    Book by Franklyn M. Branby
  • Columbia and Beyond: The Story of the Space Shuttle

    Franklyn M. Branley

    Hardcover (Philomel, Jan. 1, 1979)
    Discusses the space vehicle, "Columbia," the space laboratory, "Spacelab," and other proposed space projects.
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  • Down Comes the Rain

    Franklyn M. Branley

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Did you know that rain is recycled?After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor-it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air condenses to form new clouds. Soon the rain will fall again. Read on to find out all the ups and downpours fo the water cycle.Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science books help satisfy a young child's curiosity about how the world works. Each book in the series introduces basic science concepts and builds on them using a step-by-step method, based on theories about how young children learn best.Stage 2 books explore more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and include hands-on activities that children can do themselves.