Most Popular Books by Chris Oxlade

Introduces the continent of North America, including its weather, people, and animals.

Learn survival skills like, building a shelter from sticks, lighting a fire without matches, and sending signals to call for help.

What is wool? Where do we get it? How do we use wool? Each title in the Materials, Materials, Materials series takes a close look at an important material. Read about what the material is, where we get it, and other interesting facts. Learn how we process the material, how we use it, and how we can all help to recycle it.

Learn about the different types of materials and appliances that are in the many different types of homes.

How do wheels work? Why are doorknobs shaped like wheels? Why do buses have big steering wheels? For the answers to these and many other questions, read ''Wheels''. Find out why cars have rubber tires. Learn about a kind of wheel called a gear. Discover how wheels can be used to measure lengths. This book describes what wheels are and how they work, different types of wheels and their uses, and other facts about wheels.

What is metal? Where do we get it? How do we use metal? Each title in the Materials, Materials, Materials series takes a close look at an important material. Read about what the material is, where we get it, and other interesting facts. Learn how we process the material, how we use it, and how we can all help to recycle it.

What are vibrations? How do musical instruments make sounds? Why do we have two ears? ''Investigate'' encourages science enquiry with an interactive, investigative, and visual approach to a wide range of core curriculum topics. The format allows students to use scientific processes such as prediction, hypothesis, and inference in answering a series of questions on important topics throughout the book.

Discover the science of growth, life cycles and what types of animals lay eggs.

How does a car move? Do all cars run on gas? How does a dragster slow down? This book looks at types of cars that are used for travel, work, and fun. People collect and display classic cars. Four-wheel-drive cars work hard driving over muddy or icy roads. Some special cars can go faster than a plane!

This book looks at water, and examines how we use it, how it gets to our homes, what happens to dirty water, and environmental issues arising from the ways we use water in our homes.

This book briefly describes the functions of conductors and insulators in electricity.

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A guide to understanding the properties of paper, how paper and printed material are manufactured, and the materials made from paper.

Read this book to find the answers to all these questions, and more. It is packed with information, facts, photos, charts, and diagrams to help you find out all there is to know about skyscrapers. Book jacket.

Presents an overview of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and their properties, formation, and uses.

Using simple text and pictures this book explains how the act of heating a material can change its form and properties.

Using simple text and pictures, this book introduces readers to the concept of electricity.

Introduces electricity, discussing what it is, how it works, and how it is used.

Discusses the invention and evolution of the automobile.

Each application of materials acts as a starting point for learning about the properties of each material. For example, why is glass used in windows but not used to make shoes? For a unique perspective, "Don''t Use It" boxes describe how the matieral shouldn''t be used.

This book provides a simple and fun introduction to rocks, discussing different rocks, exploring how and why they have formed, how they have changed over time, their appearance and properties. With the help of some Rock Solid! facts that provide cool examples, the book will show you how amazing rocks can be: from the Grand Canyon and hot lava to the world?s biggest cave.

What is cotton? Where do we get it? How do we use cotton? Each title in the Materials, Materials, Materials series takes a close look at an important material. Read about what the material is, where we get it, and other interesting facts. Learn how we process the material, how we use it, and how we can all help to recycle it.

Describes what levers are and how they work.

Reveals the stories, people, and equipment behind the world''s most dramatic rescues at sea while looking at the essential skills required by lifeguards and lifeboat crew.

Describes such trucks as flatbeds, snow plows, and mobile cranes, and explains how they are used for work and fun.

Provides information on mountains, including block mountains, fold mountains, and volcanic mountains.

Each application of materials acts as a starting point for learning about the properties of each material. For example, why is glass used in windows but not used to make shoes? For a unique perspective, "Don''t Use It" boxes describe how the matieral shouldn''t be used.

Presents experiments that demonstrate the properties of sound, including how sound waves work, the speed of sound, and modern sound recording.

This book describes the early development of bicycles, different kinds of bikes, and how they are used.

Reveals the stories, people, and equipment behind the worlds most dramatic rescues while looking at the essential skills required by mountain rescuers, how readers can pursue a career as a mountain rescuer, and what they should do in the event of a real-life emergency.

Why is a spring like a simple machine? What forces do you need for a spring to change shape? How do springs store energy? Look at everything from historical examples of springs, such as a ballista, to the role of levers in complex machines, such as racing cars.

Using a question and answer format, explains what gravity is and what it does.

This title explores the principal of one life changing invention the computer, and traces its story from conception and prototypes, to revisions and the modern day.

Introduces electrical circuits, discussing what they are, how they work, and how they are used.

This volume provides an overview of the history and uses of nuclear power.

Introduces batteries, discussing what they are, the different types, and how they are used.

Explains how scientists learned about atoms; describes atomic structure, how atoms combine into molecules, and how they respond to changes around them; and suggests related activities.

What is a water bomber? Where can you find a flying doctor? Why do airports need special fire engines? This book looks at vehicles that rescue people in different situations. Lifeboats travel across rough water to sinking ships. Helicopters rescue people that ambulances can''t reach. Special planes fly people in remote areas to the hospital.

A hands-on approach introduces young scientists to pulleys. Science theory and practical, fun projects teach the physics and the technology behind this simple machine. Important science curriculum is explained through historical and contemporary examples of pulleys. Step-by-step projects range from the simple to the more challenging.