Books written by Franklyn M. Branley

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll

Storms can be scary, but not if you know what causes them. Before the next thunderstorm, grab this book by veteran science team Franklyn Branley and True Kelley and learn what causes the flash, crash, rumble, and roll of thunderstorms!
What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

In this enlarged edition, distinguished writer Franklyn M. Branley and award-winning artist Marc Simont provide the perfect introduction to an always fascinating subject - the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
What Makes Day and Night

‘Accompanied by NASA photographs and Dorros’s colorful, lively drawings, the text explains the Earth’s rotation in clear and simple terms.
Volcanoes

Volcanoes are one of nature's great wonders.
Air Is All Around You

In fact, a regular room holds about 75 pounds of it! This Level 1 book, reillustrated with John O'Brien's clever, eye–catching illustrations, tells you how to discover the air that's all around you.
Floating in Space

Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? Wondered what it might be like to see the sun set sixteen times in one day? Open this book and be transported on an information-packed voyage aboard the space shuttle.
Floating in Space

Floating in Space
The Planets in Our Solar System

This book also includes instructions for making your own solar system mobile, and on the new "Find Out More" page learn how to track the moon and visit the best plant web sites.
Sunshine Makes the Seasons (reillustrated)

Describes how sunshine and the tilt of the earth's axis are responsible for the changing seasons.
Volcanoes

When Mount Vesuvius blew up in A.D. 79, ash, cinders, and stones buried a great city below the mountain. Volcanoes are dramatic and powerful. There are thousands of them all over the earth.
Journey Into a Black Hole

Takes the reader on an imaginary journey to a black hole.
Sunshine Makes the Seasons (reillustrated)

The sun shines down on us, giving warmth and light.
Snow Is Falling

Snow is falling.
Mission to Mars

Let's-read-and-find-out about Mars Someday people from Earth may live on Mars. In this century, we will go to the planet to learn more about it. It will become our outpost in space -- our space colony.
What the Moon Is Like

Imagine that you're walking on the moon. What is it like? For thousands of years people looked up at the moon and wondered about it. Now we know what the moon is like.
Day Light, Night Light: Where Light Comes From

Veteran science author Franklyn M. Branley's lively text and Stacey Schuett's new illustrations combine fun facts and hands-on activities in this accessible introduction to the science of light.
The International Space Station

The International Space Station races through space at 17,500 miles per hour. How do people live there? What may they discover? Find out the story of the twenty-first century's great scientific adventure.
The Sun: Our Nearest Star

The sun brings heat, warmth, and energy to the Earth. What is the sun made of? How big is it? How far away? Read and find out!
Gravity Is a Mystery

What goes up must come down.
Gravity Is a Mystery

What goes up must come down.