Most Popular Books by Franklin Watts

Find out all about Holi. Holi is a joyful festival that celebrates the arrival of spring. It is also known as the festival of colour! Find out about the food, games, stories and traditions behind this important festival. The Celebrate series explains how festivals are celebrated around the world for children aged 5+. Read the other titles in the series: Christmas, Chinese New Year, Diwali, Hanukkah, Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Fitr, Easter Full-colour photographs show the celebrations in action, covering topics such as clothes, food, places of worship, ceremonies, rituals and traditions.

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. This retelling of the original traditional tale is suitable for children aged 5-7, or those reading at book band Blue.

This series introduces the achievements of past civilisations through 12 structures or objects, each of which illustrates a key aspect or theme of that civilisation.

Discusses the sense of taste, including how the taste buds work.

Izzy doesn't like Danny. And Danny will be coming to live with them after his mum marries her dad. When Danny comes for a sleepover, things are very strained. Then Izzy starts to see things from Danny's point of view, and their relationship begins to change...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Magpie is the best at building nests and tries to show the other birds how it is done, but they soon grow impatient. One by one they leave before Magpie is finished, explaining why birds nests' all look different! Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. This retelling of an old English fairy tale is suitable for children aged 5-7, or those reading at book band Orange

Modern life can be complicated. As an older child or teenager you will experience lots of different social situations and encounter all kinds of people both at school, at home and in the wider world. Part of a four book series aimed at children 10+, 'Under Pressure' is a resource for children who are perhaps afraid or unsure of asking for help directly, or simply need some added reassurance or advice.

People whose power, influence, or perseverance have changed the world are the subjects of these candid biographies, which stress the impact of these individuals on the course of 20th-century events. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Describes ways in which electricity is used in the home.

Origins is an extraordinary series that looks at the historic, large-scale movement of people from one country or region to another.

Discusses the origin, characteristics, cultivation, and uses of the peanut.

This new series provides an in-depth look at the geography, economy, history, and physical regions of various places around the world and the people who live there. Also examines timely demographic, technological, and environmental issues. Includes maps, charts, a glossary, and an index.

Discusses the importance of wheat as a staple food and describes the different varieties and how they are grown.

Discusses the cultivation and harvesting of rice and its tremendous importance as a basic food for nearly half the world's population.

Super Scientists are first biographies introducing some of the world's great scientists, simply retelling their lives and explaining why their work was important. Illustrated with archive images and photographs, the chronology of each lifetime is emphasised by a timeline that runs through the book.Nicolaus Copernicus tells the story of this key scientific figure covering his origins as the son of a merchant through his education in Poland and Italy, his work in astronomy and mathematics, the development of his theories about the universe and his legacy today.

In this series scientists actively involved in the study of prehistoric life and renowned illustrators create authoritative, fascinating introductions to the most important animal species of the earliest eras of life on Earth.