Franklyn M. Branley

Franklyn M. Branley has written at least 64 books. Their most popular book is Down comes the rain with 3 saves with an average rating of 4.5⭐.

Author Bio

Franklyn Mansfield Branley was born in New Rochelle, New York, the child of an insurance salesman and his wife. While he was still a toddler, Branley's mother died of influenza, and he and his two brothers went to live with a farm family near Newburgh, New York. His father visited them on the weekends. Branley contracted polio at a young age.

After graduating from the New Paltz Normal School (now SUNY), he married Margaret Lemon, who became a grade school teacher. He became a science teacher educator at the New Jersey State Teachers College. In 1956, he joined the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium to run the Planetariums education program. While working there, he also earned a Masters degree from New York University, followed by an Ed.D. from Columbia Teachers College. In 1968, he became the chairman of the Hayden Planetarium, where he served until his retirement in 1972.

Over the course of his career, Branley was a prolific writer, specializing in books that make science accessible to grade-school children. He wrote over 200 books.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Down comes the rain Franklyn M. Branley	4.5	3 reads
The planets in our solar system Franklyn M. Branley	5	1 read
Air is all around you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
what makes day and night Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Volcanoes Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The sky is full of stars Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The Big Dipper Franklyn M. Branley	4	1 read
Floating in space Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Floating and sinking Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Black holes, white dwarfs, and superstars Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Mysteries of the universe Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Comets, meteoroids, and asteroids Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Columbia and beyond Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A book of flying saucers for you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Sunshine makes the seasons Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Keeping time Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Water for the world Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A book of Venus for you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
What makes a magnet? Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
How little and how much Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The moon: Jack and Jill and other legends Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Mickey's magnet Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Experiments in the principles of space travel Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Shakes, quakes, and shifts: earth tectonics Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Sun dogs and shooting stars Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Measure with metric Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The moon seems to change Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Age of Aquarius Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A book of satellites for you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The nine planets Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Pieces of another world Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A book of stars for you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Rockets and satellites Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
What happened to the dinosaurs? Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The sun Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Weight and weightlessness Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Think metric! Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A book of moon rockets for you Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Is there life in outer space? Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Day light, night light Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Feast or famine? Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
It's Raining Cats and Dogs Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Energy for the 21st century Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The sun, our nearest star Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Solar energy Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The mystery of Stonehenge Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Earthquakes Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Light and darkness Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Color, from rainbows to lasers Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Man in Space to the Moon Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Rain and hail Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The sun and the solar system Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Roots are food finders Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Hurricane watch Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Mysteries of life on earth and beyond Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Comets Comets Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Shivers and goose bumps Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
The end of the world Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Oxygen keeps you alive Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Snow is falling Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
A Book of Outer Space For You Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
From Sputnik to space shuttles Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
What the moon is like Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads
Dinosaurs, asteroids, & superstars Franklyn M. Branley	0	0 reads