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Electric Circuits

Christina Earley (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781638973775

Do you wonder about the world around us? In this book, learn about electrical circuits and why they make a difference in our daily lives.

Changes in Matter

Christina Earley (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781638973782

Do you wonder about the world around us? Matter is all around us. In this book, learn about the different ways matter changes and how that impacts our daily lives.

Think Like an Engineer

Alex Woolf (author) David Broadbent (illustrator)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652309

Have you ever wanted to design a building or a machine? You may want to become an engineer. Engineers train their brains to think in a problem-solving way. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like an engineer too.

Think Like a Coder

Alex Woolf (author) David Broadbent (illustrator)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781039652293

Have you ever wanted to create your own app, game, or website? You may want to become a coder. Coders train their brains to think in a logical way, step-by-step. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like a coder too.

Gross and Disgusting Smells

Julie K. Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427154620

Learn all about different kinds of stomach-turning smells. Discover fascinating facts, from the gases that make up farts to skunk behavior before a spray. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.

Code Monkeys Write Algorithms

John Wood (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125866

Find out how code monkeys build sets of instructions called algorithms using flow charts.

Code Monkeys Use Technology

John Wood (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125859

Find out how code monkeys must talk in a special code so that computers and smart devices will understand.

Code Monkeys Fix Bugs

John Wood (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125835

Find out how code monkeys find and fix bugs - the part of an algorithm, or set of instructions, that does not work as it should.

Code Monkeys Use Logic

John Wood (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427125842

Computers cannot think for themselves. Find out how code monkeys must tell computers exactly what to do.

Go Quiz Yourself on Science

Izzi Howell (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427128850

Read all about science--super sound and light, exciting energy and electricity, incredible living things, fascinating forces, amazing inventions, and much more. Then see if you can answer questions, such as: What was the loudest known sound on Earth? Which animals can sense Earth's magnetic field? How can a solid be changed into a liquid?

Let's Investigate Materials

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127877

What are materials? What are the properties of a material and how do these vary? What is the difference between natural and human-made materials? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Let's Investigate Solids

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127884

What are solids? How are they different from liquids and gases? How can they be changed? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Let's Investigate Light

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127853

What is light and how does it help us to see? What is reflection? How does light form shadows? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Let's Investigate Magnets

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127860

What is a magnet? Why are some materials magnetic? How does a compass work? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Let's Investigate Electricity

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127839

What is electricity? How does a circuit work? Why do batteries only work if you put them in the correct way? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Let's Investigate Forces

Jacqui Bailey (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427127846

What is a force? How do forces make things move--or stop? How does the force of gravity affect life on Earth? Find out the answers to these questions and much more.

Burning Out: Energy from Fossil Fuels

Nancy Dickmann (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427117564

This important book shows how the use of fossil fuels is changing Earth’s climate and what scientists are doing to find sustainable forms of energy that will secure our planet’s future. We live in an energy-rich age that relies heavily on the burning of fossil fuels. We burn fossil fuels to power our vehicles, factories, and even our power stations, which burn fossil fuels to create the electricity needed to light and heat our buildings. The result is a buildup of carbon dioxide into Earth’s atmosphere. Find out how carbon dioxide overload is making our planet hotter and hotter and what is being done to fight global climate change.

People Who Changed the World: Science and Arts

Grace Jones (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427122391

This intriguing title combines the work of groundbreakers in science and the arts, with mini-biographies of the innovators behind them. Historic and contemporary images plus graphic timelines help show readers what inspired notable scientists, writers, and singers, such as Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and William Shakespeare.

Mysterious Predictions

Brian Innes, Kathryn Walker (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427174673

A popular story tells of President Lincoln predicting his own assassination, but not knowing where or when it would take place. This intriguing new title from Crabtree examines real-life cases where dreams appear to have been predictions of events yet to happen. Scientists and believers in this phenomena explore whether we really can see into the future, or if these happenings are just coincidences.

Why Do I Sneeze?

Madeline Tyler (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121752

Is it the cat, a dandelion, or just a common cold? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of the everyday mechanisms required to create a sneeze. Readers will also love the everyday trivia pages that provide weird and wonderful facts about sneezing.

Why Do I Poo?

Kirsty Holmes (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121745

The human body is amazing, and at times, disgusting. Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of bodily functions related to the digestive system, as well as useful facts about how the body works.

Why Do I Itch?

Madeline Tyler (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121738

Have you ever wondered how your body sends you itchy signals? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of how insect bites, dry skin, and allergies cause itching sensations and how our brains are in on the action.

Why Do I Grow?

Madeline Tyler (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121721

Want to know how bones, fingernails, and hair form and grow throughout our lives? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of how our bodies grow and change throughout our lives.

Why Do I Drool?

Harriet Brundle (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121714

Want to know why you drool on your pillow or what your taste buds are for? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of the form and function of the mouth, tongue, and teeth.

Why Do I Bleed?

Kirsty Holmes (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427121707

Want to know how arteries carry oxygen-rich blood throughout our bodies and what blood type means? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of the blood and circulatory system.