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Franklyn M. Branley (1915–2002)

Author of The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

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The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 484 copies, 2 reviews
What Makes Day and Night? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 439 copies, 10 reviews
Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 400 copies, 11 reviews
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 381 copies, 10 reviews
Snow is Falling (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 330 copies, 1 review
What Makes a Magnet? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 296 copies, 7 reviews
Sunshine Makes the Seasons (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 261 copies, 5 reviews
The Moon Seems to Change (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 260 copies, 2 reviews
Air is All Around You (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 215 copies, 5 reviews
The Sky Is Full of Stars (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 195 copies, 1 review
What the Moon Is Like (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 186 copies, 5 reviews
Earthquakes (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 181 copies, 1 review
The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 179 copies, 3 reviews
Volcanoes (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 176 copies, 3 reviews

Is There Life in Outer Space? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 173 copies, 2 reviews

Tornado Alert (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 155 copies, 4 reviews

Mickey's Magnet 153 copies

The Sun: Our Nearest Star (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 146 copies, 3 reviews

Gravity is a Mystery (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 117 copies, 3 reviews

Floating in Space (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 116 copies, 1 review

Day Light, Night Light (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 105 copies

What Happened to the Dinosaurs? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 86 copies

The International Space Station (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 80 copies

Mission to Mars (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 80 copies

Eclipse: Darkness in Daytime (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 68 copies, 1 review

Shooting Stars (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 57 copies

Rain and Hail (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 46 copies

Journey into a Black Hole (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 44 copies, 1 review

Oxygen Keeps You Alive (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 38 copies

Comets (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 33 copies, 1 review

Rockets and Satellites (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) 30 copies, 1 review

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Branley, Franklyn Mansfield

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New Rochelle, New York, USA

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Brunswick, Maine, USA

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He began the Read-and-Find- Out series of science books for young children.

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