Betsy Franco

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

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 twenty-nine concrete poems celebrating a spectacular selection of sea critters.

A little boy finds different ways to make his baby sister smile.

Two friends celebrate the sounds and sights of summer.

Simple rhymes introduce different kinds of shells, from oyster shells and turtle shells to peanut and pasta shells.

Monkey friends Jill and Jake play together at recess, and each game they play provides practice in doubling. Each page displays the matching addition problem.

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

In the pond by Anna's house, a food chain begins with algae which is eaten by a mayfly nymph which is eaten by a beetle which is eaten by a bullfrog....