Franco - Zero Is the Leaves On the Tree

Text copyright 2009 by Betsy Franco
Illustrations copyright 2009 by Shino Arihara All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Tricycle Press, an imprint of the
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Design by Florence Ma
The illustrations in this book were rendered in gouache.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Franco, Betsy.
Zero Is the Leaves On the Tree/ by Betsy Franco ;
illustrations by Shino Arihara.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Zero (The number)Juvenile literature.
I. Arihara, Shino, 1973- ill. II. Zero is the shape of an egg. Zero is the shape of an egg.

Zero is a number. Zero is the balls in the bin at recess time. 0 balls Zero is the leaves on the bare, brown arms of the oak tree. 0 leaves Zero is the ducks on the pond when the air says winter is coming. 0 ducks Zero is the sound of snowflakes landing on your mitten. 0 sleds Zero is the kites in the sky once the wind stops blowing. 0 kites Zero is the blossoms in the garden just before the buds open. 0 blossoms Zero is the bikes in the bike rack on the last day of school. 0 bikes Zero is the ripples in the pool before the first swimmer jumps in. 0 ripples Zero is the footprints on the beach when the waves come in and in and in. 0 footprints Zero is the sound of stars filling the night. BETSY FRANCO has written over eighty books for children and young adults, including picture books, poetry collections, and novels. BETSY FRANCO has written over eighty books for children and young adults, including picture books, poetry collections, and novels.

Among her acclaimed math-themed titles are Mathematickles! and Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails. Betsys feline poetry collection, A Curious Collection of Cats, was her first book with Tricycle Press. She lives in Northern California with her husband, Doug, and gets tremendous inspiration from her three creative sons. Visit Betsy at www.betsyfranco.com.