Betsy Franco
Children's Book Author

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Future Books and Events

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

FALLING HARD, 100 Love Poems by teenagers, Candlewick Press (2008)

BEES, SNAILS, AND PEACOCK TAILS, Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster (2008), illustrated by Steve Jenkins, Caldecott Honor winner! (2008)

METAMORPHOSIS, Ovid's Notebook Junior Year (YA novel), Candlewick Press (2009)

MESSING AROUND ON THE MONKEY BARS, Candlewick Press (2009)

POND CYCLE, McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster (2009)

A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF CATS, Tricycle Press (2009)

ZERO IS THE SOUND OF SNOWFLAKES, Tricycle Press (2009)


TALKS AND EVENTS
Online panel with Richard C. Owen Publishers, Sept. 15, 16, 17, 2008

Kidlit in San Francisco, October 8, 2008, author panel

Had a blast at the Pineapple Express premiere!

BEA, BookExpo America, Los Angeles, May 30, 2008, signing Falling Hard and participating in a reading from the Newbery award winner by Laura Amy Schlitz.

ALA, American Library Association, annual conference in Los Angeles, signing FALLING HARD and BEES, SNAILS, AND PEACOCK TAILS.

Parties at the Firehouse Collective, East side, West Side Art Studios in Berkeley, organized by my sculptor son, Tom Franco

Just finished being an extra in the movie MILK, which was filmed in San Francisco. My son James has a role, and my son Dave has a small part as well.


Selected Works

1. Picture book
Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails
"Franco's spirited poems...Jenkins' masterful collage work."
--Booklist, starred review
2. teen-written poetry anthologies
You Hear Me? poems and writing by teenage boys; Things I Have to Tell You, poems and writing by teenage girls
"...honest, raw and sometimes tender selections..."
-School Library Journal
3. picture book
Birdsongs
"Celebrate the free concert that birds perform..."
--Publisher's Weekly, starred review
4. picture book
Mathematickles!
"Word lovers might stand a better chance of becoming math lovers..."
-Horn Book, starred review
5. children's poetry
Counting Our Way to the 100th Day
"the bouncy, humorous poems include an amazing variety of math concepts ...delivered with a light touch"
--Kirkus Review



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