Best Selling Books by Betsy Franco

This picture book beautifully explores the important math concept zero in a way that will inspire children to find zero everywhere--from the branches of a tree by day to the vast, starry sky by night.

Clackity-clack, clackity-clack. A skateboard flies over sidewalk squares. Whoosh pumf, whoosh pumf. Water balloons tossed through the air. Bizzle-bzzz, bizzle-bzzz. A bumblebee comes zipping by. Tzooooooooooo bang. Tzooooooooooo bang. Fireworks start for the Fourth of July! The sounds of summer sizzle and pop in this bouncing, swinging tribute to the best beats of every child''s favorite season.

20 titles at the late kindergarten level.

When Jesse Lucas, a troubled, magnetic acting major, touches the sculpture Meditation in Stanford''s Rodin Sculpture Garden, he burns his finger on the bronze. By the time he returns to the garden that night, an eighteen-year-old girl has emerged from the statue, naked and disoriented. It is 2008, yet her mind is swimming with vivid, fractured memories of her volatile past in nineteenth-century Paris--of serving as Rodin''s muse, of her passionate affair with the acclaimed artist, and of her own creations. So begins Betsy Franco''s extraordinary and imaginative novel, Naked. Stranded in the sculpture garden, Camille--or Cat, as she insists on being called--forms a deep bond with Jesse, who is soon leaving for college and is as lonely and disturbed as she. As Jesse encourages Cat to confront the sinister memories that afflict her, she helps him overcome the fury he has toward his abusive father and find peace within himself. Rich, inventive, and told with a compelling mix of grace and wry humor, Naked is a bold debut that explores love, loss, and the power of art, and brings to mind the magical realism found in The Time Traveler''s Wife and Midnight in Paris.

Practice pages to help kids master essential math skills--and succeed on tests!

So much can happen in three years in a teen''s life. Help them record it all with this daily journal. The perfect gift for a teen, Q&A a Day for Me is a one-sentence diary that prompts any teen to record best friends, worst haircuts, favorite outfits, and embarrassing moments. Filled with 365 questions, one on each page for every day of the year, a teen has the space to write down a short response every year for three years. It’s easy to get started—just turn to today’s date and take a minute to answer the question at the top of the page. As the years pass, he or she will have a keepsake time capsule that shows how much his or her answers change (and which ones remain the same)!

This stunningly redesigned edition of the bestselling Q&A a Day for Kids is the perfect family keepsake: a place for parents and children ages 4 to 10 to share their thoughts, feelings, and dreams over the years. Children’s author Betsy Franco poses a question each day with only a few lines provided for a response, making this journal the ultimate no-fuss record keeper. Simply turn to today’s date and record your child’s answer. When you finish the year, move on to the next section. The diary can be started on any day of the year and makes a terrific gift for parents and a perfect time capsule of a child’s whimsical thoughts and serious ideas about the world. As the years go by you’ll notice how your child’s answers evolve—sometimes silly, sometimes precocious, but always interesting.

High school artist Ovid''s journal recasts his classmates'' lives and loves as modern-day Roman mythology, while slowly revealing his own struggles with parents who need him to be the perfect son in the wake of his meth-addicted sister''s disappearance.

A fable explaining how a staring contest left frogs with large eyes.

Award-winning author Betsy Franco is back with another performance that explores a range of math topics--from fractions and time measurements to geometry and graphs--in a way that relates math to the daily lives of children.

From the award-winning team behind A Curious Collection of Cats comes a new collection of visual poems celebrating all things canine—from obedience school, to backyard break outs, to flatulent Fidos. Whether your best friend is a plucky Jack Russell, an indecisive basset hound, or a poodle with an indiscriminate appetite, you''re sure to find this dazzling display doggone delightful.

The poems in this personal poetry collection, written by the author of the popular Poem of the Week series, have taken into account themes and topics for second graders: poems about "me" and life at school; social studies poems about families, maps, and famous Americans; math poems about sharks teeth and fractions of a pie; science poems about food chains, clouds, and liquids; silly poems; special poems written in particular genres, and much more. They''re full of unusual words and fun new vocabulary. Each poem has a student poem page with an engaging illustration. This enables children to create their own personal poetry collections. For group and center work, we''ve provided strips that fit into a Desktop Pocket Chart.

Young readers can celebrate the birds in their own neighborhoods with this lyrical picture book that helps them learn to count backwards from ten to one. Full color.

A child describes some of the ways that show how much he has grown.

What might you see if you swam in the sea? Dive on in to encounter everything from dolphins and octopuses to sea turtles and squirrel fish. This clever book features concrete poems about a spectacular selection of sea critters. The award-winning duo behind A Curious Collection of Cats and A Dazzling Display of Dogs created this collection of twenty-nine visual poems celebrating creatures of the sea. Ocean observers and animal aficionados are sure to find these selections sensational!

Presents nineteen poems about daily life in school, including the school library, recess, and boring homework, with each poem designed to be read by two distinct voices.

This book explores the concept of estimating when it comes to measurement, temperature, time, and amounts.

Simple text and photographs show the different ways of counting to 100.

How do you eat a fraction? How many ways can you make 100? Young readers learn math and reading skills with these beginning books.