New Releases by Angela Royston

For the student who needs a hand getting their homework, project, or dream started, this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide is full of tips, tricks, and strategies. Readers will be top of the class with this essential skill-building book that explains how to manage time, plan, and more. Study skills are life skills, but sometimes they''re hard to pick up in the classroom. From explaining how to write, listen, plan, and research through how to give a speech and manage a social network, this funny, irreverent, and helpful series will guide every student through. Broken into digestible tips and tricks, the instructional text guides and supports students to encourage independent learning, and isn''t overwhelming or intimidating. Students can get skilled for life with these awesome study guides.

See how the body works its magic to help you move, hear, breathe, grow . . . and much more. Packed with facts, diagrams and photos, this is the perfect introduction to the amazing human body.

Why are many animals in danger? What is a habitat? How can we protect wildlife? People are doing things that are putting our planet in danger. Discover what they are doing and how other people are trying to make things better. Every person can make a difference. Find out what you can do to help protect our planet.

This series introduces simple science topics using everyday objects and situations that readers can recognize in the world around them. This title looks at sound: how sounds are made, how they travel, how we hear them, what makes a sound high or low, loud or soft.

This series introduces simple science topics using everyday objects and situations that readers can recognize in the world around them. This title looks at light: what it does, where it comes from, what materials it can pass through, shadows, reflection.

This series introduces simple science topics using everyday objects and situations that readers can recognize in the world around them. This title looks at forces: what they are, what effects they have, how friction affects them and what effects different surfaces have.

This series introduces simple science topics using everyday objects and situations that readers can recognize in the world around them. This title looks at magnetism: what it is, what materials are magnetic, uses of magnets including compasses and Maglev trains.

An introduction to plants including descriptions of their flowers and fruit, spores and cones, roots, stems, leaves, and methods for storing food.

Provides an introduction to how forces and motion work in sports, including how ice skating works, why some sprinters can run faster than others, and what makes a ball bounce.

Where is a chicken''s comb? What is a male chicken called? Why are chickens scared of foxes? Explaining concepts through stunning photographs and simple text, Life Cycle of a Chicken takes an indepth look at this familiar but fascinating animal.

Provides an introduction to how forces and motion work in vehicles, including what makes racing bikes extra-fast, how boats float, and what makes an aircraft take off.

This book is all about birds: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colorful photographs, the book shows many examples of different types of birds in their natural environment.

This fascinating series takes a very simple look at animal classifications, with each book focussing on a different group of animal. This book is about invertebrates: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colorful photographs, the book shows many examples of different types of invertebrates in their natural environment.

This book is about all fish: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colorful photographs, the book shows many examples of different types of fish in their natural environment.

"This fascinating series takes a very simple look at animal classifications, with each book focussing on a different group of animal. This book is about amphibians: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colorful photographs, the book shows many examples of different types of amphibians in their natural environment."--

"This book explores the rich food chains and webs that exist in a rain forest habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this."--

"This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in river habitats. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this."--

"This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in a mountain habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this."--

"This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in a grassland habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this."--

"Each book in the Adapted to Survive series looks at a selection of high-interest animals that share a common skill, examining how each animal has adapted to survive in its own particular environment. This book looks at animals that hunt, and includes chapters on lions, sharks, crocodiles, spiders, and more!"--

"Each book in the Adapted to Survive series looks at a selection of high-interest animals that share a common skill, examining how each animal has adapted to survive in its own particular environment. This book looks at animals that run, and includes chapters on horses, cheetahs, gazelles, ostriches, and more!"--

"Each book in the Adapted to Survive series looks at a selection of high-interest animals that share a common skill, examining how each animal has adapted to survive in its own particular environment. This book looks at animals that fly, and includes chapters on bats, insects, birds, and even flying fish and flying squirrels!"--

"Each book in the Adapted to Survive series looks at a selection of high-interest animals that share a common skill, examining how each animal has adapted to survive in its own particular environment. This book looks at animals that dig, and includes chapters on moles, prairie dogs, wombats, polar bears, armadillos, and more!"--

"Each book in the Adapted to Survive series looks at a selection of high-interest animals that share a common skill, examining how each animal has adapted to survive in its own particular environment. This book looks at animals that hide, and includes chapters on polar bears, sidewinder snakes, tigers, sharks, and more!"--

Written in the form of a first-person diary, this book takes a look at a typical week in the life of a firefighter.

Looks at the life of a dog walker, explaining the skills, dedication, and hard work necessary to get this job.

Introduces readers to the life of a circus performer using a diary format.

This book takes a fun look at a typical week in the life of a ballerina. It is written in the form of a first-person diary and looks at some of the key skills that a ballerina needs and how they became a ballerina. The endmatter includes a spread on how readers can start their own diary.

How many engines does a helicopter have? What is a winch for? How do some pilots help to fight fires? Read this book to learn the answers to all these questions and more! This book takes a fun look at a typical week in the life of a helicopter pilot. It is written in the form of a first-person diary and discusses how the narrator became a pilot and some of the key skills he needed. The concluding chapter gives suggestions for how readers can start diaries of their own. Book jacket.

Describes the history and styles of ballet, including steps, top dancers, and the clothes they wear.