Most Popular Books by Anna Claybourne

Features different science projects, including turning a penny green, making salt disappear and reappear, and making butter.

Presents simple experiments, with step-by-step, illustrated instructions, for studying the science of light, including how rainbows are made and how light can change directions.

Welcome to the world of Whiz Kid Science! Find out all there is to know about the science of sound with these fun and easy-to-do experiments. Make noise travel through a table, measure the speed of a boom, and make a cup squawk like a parrot all in the name of science!"

Do you have what it takes to be a science detective? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Find the clues in a picture to catch a thief; follow the instructions on the page to extract DNA from strawberries (yes, really!); learn all about fingerprints; and doodle your own super-science crime lab! While you''re drawing, making, and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of S.T. E.M - science, technology, engineering, and maths. This book supports the key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) curriculum and is great for home learning. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged 7+.

Do you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Doodle the designs for your own space launch; build a prototype rocket from a plastic bottle; and solve an awesome solar system wordsearch! While you''re drawing, making and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of S.T. E.M - science, technology, engineering, and maths. This book supports the key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) curriculum and is great for home learning. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged 7+.

Features sound-related science projects, including using a spring to show how sound waves work, measuring how fast sound moves, and making a paper cup phone call.

Features different science projects, including making a straw shooter, making a zero-gravity water squirter, and making a gelatin slide.

Do you have what it takes to be a maths magician? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Baffle your friends with mysterious number squares; measure the height of a tree using only shadows; and solve a mathematical spot-the-difference! While you''re drawing, making, and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of STEM- science, technology, engineering, and maths. This book supports the key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) curriculum and is great for home learning. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged 7+.

Highlights the world''s most incredible places, buildings, objects, events, and animals includes both natural and man-made wonders.

Presents simple experiments, with step-by-step, illustrated instructions, for studying how things change shape and grow, including how seeds become plants, the effect of temperature on expansion and contraction, and growing crystals.

Do you have what it takes to be an awesome inventor? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Doodle the designs for your own egg parachute before testing it out; fix the plans for an over-engineered car by crossing out the bits that aren''t needed; and build the world''s greatest marshmallow catapult! While you''re drawing, making, and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of S.T. E.M - science, technology, engineering, and maths. This book supports the key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) curriculum and is great for home learning. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged 7+.

Do you have what it takes to be a robot engineer? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Learn how to build your own battery, make a marvellous motor, and write a simple programme. You can even try taking a Turing Test, to see whether you can tell the difference between real humans and A.I.! Build up the real-life skills you''ll need to become an inventor of awesome automatons. While you''re drawing, making, and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of S.T.E.M - science, technology, engineering, and maths. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged seven and up.

The glamour and glitz of ice dancing is spicing up arenas and rinks all over the world. Make sure it''s on your radar! Inside you''ll find these features: Blog Spot Read about a week in the life of international ice skater Jono Partridge. Star Story Discover how the Olympic ice dance sweethearts Virtue and Moir found fame! Zone In Prepare to be amazed by dramatic lifts, jumps, and spins!

Describes how ants (and other insects) function in colonies.

Here''s an animal lover''s one-stop source for in-depth information on tigers! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about tigers, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these fearsome creatures.

Presents true stories about real-life monsters, doomed domains, and strange disappearances, many attributed to ghosts and other supernatural encounters.

Looks at how the brain changes during each stage of life, from birth to old age.

Do you have what it takes to be a dinosaur dectective? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Learn how dinosaur bones became fossils, how to recognise coprolites, and all the other real-life skills you''ll need to become a paleontologist. While you''re drawing, making, and playing, you''ll be learning all kinds of exciting facts and ideas about the world of S.T. E.M - science, technology, engineering, and maths. An awesome book for both boys and girls, aged seven and up.

"Amputating a leg! Discovering lost pirate gold! Pesky pirate parasites!"--Cover.

Offering a cross-curricular exploration, readers can discover all about airborne wildlife, weird weather, aircraft, stars and constellations, and their mythology.

Introduces mummies, discussing natural and man-made processes of mummification, famous mummies that have been found, and animal mummies.

Explains unusual feast customs from around the world, including those from the court of Louis XIV of France, where people ate meals of five courses and each course could include fifty dishes.

Toasters, toilets, and televisions, computers, cars and chocolate bars, flying machines and even your jeans ... All these everyday things, and many more, are only here because someone bothered to invent them. this book reveals the real-life stories and bright sparks behind dozens of brilliant ideas - from ancient advances such as the wheel to the hi-tech gadgets of the modern world. [back cover].

Which fat is healthy fat? Why is vitamin C so important? What is yogurt? The ''Do It Yourself'' series offers an exciting new approach to understanding and investigation. Each book helps you to conduct your own experiments and activities, and to learn more about the world around us.

Discusses diseases that kill millions of people, what causes them, and how to prevent them.

Perhaps the most successful way to truly grasp an important science concept is to see it in action. This awesome book invites readers to put on their lab coats and transform into scientists. They’ll perform several simple experiments by following step-by-step instructions, accompanied by helpful images, and are encouraged to reflect on their results. By each experiment’s end, they’ll have discovered an essential principle of science for themselves in an entertaining and unforgettable way, such as creating rainbow-colored celery with food coloring to show how water moves through plants. Additional activities provide for more learning opportunities—and another chance for fun!

Describes the special abilities that help orcas, or killer whales, survive in their environment, what humans have trained them to do because of their special skills and intelligence, and ways in which their abilities are superior to those of humans.

Read this book to find out the answer to these questions and more. Each title in the Animal Abilities series looks at the amazing and often unexpected abilities that animals possess. The books also explore the ways humans use these extraordinary animals to help them, and how scientists have tried to replicate their abilities using technology. Book jacket.

How many giant pandas are left in the world? Why is so little known about the giant panda? Why do giant pandas have black-and-white fur? Giant Panda answers these and many other questions about this endangered species. Find out where giant pandas live and why they breed so slowly. Learn about their favorite food, bamboo. Read about how the growing human population of China has affected giant panda habitats, and what the Chinese government has done to save the pandas. See how the giant panda has become a symbol for conservation efforts around the world.

How small is a bacterium? What is a protist? Which microorganisms move around like animals? Investigate the curious world of life science. Find out for yourself about microlife through experiments and demonstrations that you can do at home. Discover a kind of microorganism that lives in boiling hot water. See how some microorganisms are harmful to humans. This book will show you the importance of investigating and understanding the world around you.

Real life stories and fascinating facts about the origins of some of the most important scientific discoveries in history. Internet links to encourage further study.

Presents facts about disgusting things, organized into such categories as animals, food, and the human body.

Striving readers will enjoy these "travel guides" to ancient civilizations. They will learn what to wear, the best and worst times to travel, and pick up valuable historical detail on the way. Additional fact boxes provide exciting and unusual details about each culture.

Everything changes. From the birth of new stars to the endlessly shifting tides and tiniest life cycle. Some change happens right before your eyes, while other transformations happen so slowly that you won''t notice them in your lifetime. And you change too, just like everything else in Nature - growing, learning and changing your thoughts and feelings. All Things Change is a lyrical and beautifully illustrated book looking at the many different processes of change in the natural world, covering geology, ecology, biology and more. It also embraces the philosophical topic of change - how do we approach changes that make us feel sad? How do we cope with changes we can''t control? Ideal for children to explore independently or with parents, it holds a special appeal for anyone struggling to find stability in a rapidly changing world.

Learn how to survive in 100 real life dramas, from natural disasters and dangerous weather to fighting off dangerous animals.

Chemistry has never been so fun—and so accessible—as it is in the bright pages of this invaluable volume. While following step-by-step instructions, with the aid of colorful illustrations, readers find themselves in control of their own laboratory, exploring such significant scientific topics as changing states of matter, chemical reactions, and crystal formation. Each experiment, using common materials, highlights a need-to-know concept as well as thoroughly explains what each result means. A vivid design and accessible text make this high-interest book even more inviting to future scientists.

Provides information about dolphins, including habitat, life cycle, eating habits, and intelligence.

Defines insects and details their way of life, discussing strange shapes, daring disguise, super senses, weird weapons, cool colonies, and more.

This book looks at the amazing life of Martin Luther King, whose message of peace changed American history. Born in 1929, King was a Baptist preacher who went on to fight racism and segregation in an unfair American society. Readers will follow the struggles and triumphs that eventually led to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and more equality for all citizens. The book provides a fascinating look at what life was like in America at this time. Containing quotation panels, including letters and diary extracts. Also includes a date chart, glossary and index.

Explains the life cycle of the cheetah and its physiology, habitat, mating behavior, food sources, and threats both natural and human.