For over 25 years, Betsy Franco-Feeney has visited schools, nature centers and libraries presenting workshops and assemblies based on her environmental books.

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STEAM Programs for Young Students!

Take whimsical picture books and imaginative songs by award-winning singer/songwriter Christine Lavin, add a GIANT book, a one-song musical with dancing parameciums, top it off with a bucket of swamp water and a microscope, and you'll have the ingredients for wildly 'edutaining' school programs! Literary Artist Award recipient Betsy Franco-Feeney, aka "Patti Pirate", "Wanda Wanna-Bee Scientist" and "Little Girl Under the Umbrella" will have your students excited to explore nature and become better stewards for our planet. Trying not to freak out about global warming, Betsy 'plants seeds' with her books, hoping to grow a scientist or two. She recently found proof that it worked! Watch the video and find out how. Filmed at schools in Rockland and Westchester Counties in New York State, Betsy looks forward to inspiring a new crop of young minds every year. She's been visiting schools in the tri-state area and beyond for almost twenty years. To BOOK A SCHOOL OR LIBRARY VISIT, contact Betsy at 914-645-6551 or email betsfeeney@gmail.com. Block-booking discounts are available as well as discounts for underserved communities.

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On a warm July day, author/illustrator ( & part-time pirate) Betsy Franco-Feeney visited Star Island. A fun, time was had by all treasure-seeking vacationers!