New Releases by Louise Spilsbury

This book explores what causes floods and how people can prepare for them.

Teaches about tsunamis including the causes, after effects, and major storms in history.

Teaches about earthquakes and how scientists detect these natural disasters.

Examines the threats to the world's supply of freshwater, including the impact of pollution, wetlands drainage, global warming, and population growth on this valuable natural resource.

Geography is covered in an interactive, investigative and visual way.

Discusses how people make sense of Earth by making maps and introduces globes, flat maps, and scale.

Presents information about the meat and protein food group of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, describing different sources of protein, their preparation, nutritional value, and recipes.

Introduces how to grow and maintain plants and flowers, covering tools, planting, and projects.

Provides a series of questions and answers describing the importance of vegetables products in a balanced diet; and includes photographs, diagrams, and charts to encourage readers to cook and eat smart.

Working in a group or team is a fact of life for most people-whether at school, in the workplace, or on the sports field. Together as a Team! will help you understand team dynamics and recognize the best ways to use the skills and interests of every person in the group. With tips for organizing strategies, team-building exercises, preventing arguments, and getting your group motivated, this book demonstrates how great teamwork can really make things happen! Book jacket.

Do you need to improve your study skills? Or learn how to manage your money? Maybe you'd like to know how to be a great babysitter, or a poised and perfect public speaker? Life Skills is here to help! Packed with expert advice, valuable tips, real-life case studies, and quizzes, this series encourages the development of a wide range of practical and personal skills that will help you to move confidently into the adult world and achieve success in the 21st-century workplace. Do you want to take control of your emotions? Maybe you are unsure why you get really angry with your sister or when your team loses a game? Cool That Anger! will help you to understand how the physical and chemical changes your body is going through can influence the way you deal with frustration and anger. Learn about some of the triggers that may be affecting your emotions, from internal hormonal changes and mood swings to external pressures, such as bullying and difficult family issues. This book is packed with real-life quotes and tips to help you recognize anger flash points in yourself and others, why you feel the way you do, and how to gain control and keep your cool. Book jacket.

How can a flower melt snow? Where do pebble plants live? What kinds of grasses grow on prairie? Plants grow almost everywhere in the world. Where a plant lives affects what it has to do to survive. 'Plant Habitats' looks are the different ways plants adapt of life in the many different habitats found on Earth. 'The Life of Plants' series explores the amazing world of plants. Learn about the different elements of plants, including plant structures, life processes, plant classification, and plant uses. Examples range from familiar plants to fascinating plants. Activities and experiments are included in each book to give you a chance to apply what you have learned.

An introduction to daily life in India.

Describes the world of plants and the various parts of specific plants, such as flower, seed, roots, trunk, and more.

This book surveys the many uses of plants, including nutrition, fuel, building, gardening, and medicine.

Contents include: What are Entomologists?; How do Entomologists study insects?; What have Entomologists discovered?; How do people become Entomologists?; an insect key.

What is cartilage? Why do we have joints? How does exercise help bones and muscles? The Human Machine asks the questions that young people want answered. Each chapter contains a different question, so readers can develop their knowledge.

This book describes how food is broken down so the human machine can get nutrients for the energy it needs to live, grow, and repair itself and how the human machine's waste disposal system works.

Contents include: What do Archaeologists do?; How do Archaeologists find clues?; Where do Archaeologists study their finds?; How do Archaeologists reconstruct the past?; What does it take to be an Archaeologist?

Explores the different ways plants scatter their seeds by using insects, animals, and the wind.

Discover what are paleontologists, what do they do, and how to become one.

Which plant has flowers up to three feet across? How do plants give us energy from sunshine? How is VIADOCS helping scientists? How are plants organized into different groups? Can you easily name plants? Do you need a microscope to identify a plant? 'Plant Classification' provides the answers you want.

Readers will learn about how mixtures and solutions are made and measured; what makes dissolving easier; how we can separate mixtures and solutions; what air is made from; and more.

Readers will learn what chemical reactions are, how they work, what changes happen during reactions, and how we can stop reactions.

A description of life in the Islamic empires written in the form of a travel guide.

Bengal tigers are in danger of dying out. Read this book to learn where Bengal tigers live and what they eat. Discover why Bengal tigers need our help and how you can help save these tigers. Age-appropriate text introduces new concepts gradually for young children. This book features fantastic photographs, explanatory diagrams, a glossary, an index and information about more books to read.

Describes the characteristics and habitats of manatees, and explains what is being done to save them from extinction.

This book explores the fun parts about keeping cats, and looks at their natural behavior. It describes how to properly care for a cat including feeding, grooming, and health problems. The book also contains expert tips on cat care.

This book explores the fun parts about keeping dogs, and looks at their natural behavior. It describes how to properly care for a dog including feeding, grooming, and health problems. The book also contains expert tips on dog care.

Examines how people use the earth's natural resources such as water, trees, air, and oil.