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Through an exciting combination of fascinating facts and fun narrative, award-winning author Richard Platt examines how people in history used technology to overcome challenges and create useful inventions.
Easy-to-follow instructions, compelling images, and helpful tips and techniques make these drawing and painting books excellent guides for even beginning artists.
Travel "long ago and faraway" to see what daily life in an interesting time and place was like. Readers will interact with a friendly kid narrator to discover what types of work they would have done, what tools they would have used, and what dangers they would have faced if they lived during that period of history. Both entertaining and useful for compare-and-contrast discussions, this series helps readers see history through a different perspective.
Writing is an important skill that kids use almost every day. They use it in school, with friends, at home—almost everywhere! Whether they are working on a school report or writing about their day, the How to Write (Language Arts Explorer Junior) series has tips and tricks that will help them become writing experts.
The secrets of the human body are exposed within the pages of these books to teach children about the science of their bodies. Diagrams and labeled pictures supplement the clear text descriptions to demonstrate what goes on under their skin. Perfect for reports or lessons, this series will give readers a thorough understanding of how their bodies work.
Pharaohs, shoguns, kings, and emperors were some of the most powerful people of their time. This series takes a humorous, tongue-in-cheek, "how-to" approach to introduce readers to the life and times of various kinds of rulers. From advice on dressing the part to tips about how to hand out horrible punishments, the instructions in these guides will bring history to life in a fun and fiendish way.
From cochlear implants and pacemakers to bionic arms and legs, pioneering technological breakthroughs have changed lives. For some people, particularly those with disabilities, recent advances have crossed the realm of imagination into reality. People with paraplegia can walk again, those who are hearing impaired can listen to even the faintest sounds, and people with missing limbs can create beautiful works of art. This phenomenal book is a celebration of all that has been achieved so far, and
Take a journey inside the bodyÑas an alien! Hop aboard a flying saucer and travel alongside your alien guides who are on a mission to understand the wonders of human body systems. High-impact graphic art explores the circulatory system, the digestive system, the skeletal system, and more. Get a close-up view of how a healthy body works to fight invaders like viruses . . . or spaceships. A raucous graphic-format exploration of body systems with a twist.
Explore human history from the birth of civilization through to the millennium. A continuous timeline calls out cultural periods, major events, and scientific advances that happened simultaneously across the globe. Illustrations, maps, and interesting callouts draw readers into the presentation.