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.

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 fascinating series takes a very simple look at animal classifications, with each book focusing on a different group of animal. This book is about fish: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colourful 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 fascinating series takes a very simple look at animal classifications, with each book focussing on a different group of animal. This book is about reptiles: 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 reptiles in their natural environment.

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 mammals: 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 mammals in their natural environment.

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 an ocean 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.

"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!"--

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

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

Describrs for young readers the art and sport of ballroom dancing.

John has a special delivery today. But there is trouble ahead. Will he make it on time? For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary, these Level 1 books-about everything from tadpoles to puppies-use word repetition and simple sentences to convey meaning. Picture dictionary boxes with word labels "show" the meanings of words. These books contain between 400 and 450 words each, and they are 80 percent pictures and 20 percent text. The DK Readers combine an enticing visuallayout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children''''s authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4. This Level 1 book is appropriate for children who are just beginning to read.

Explains basic facts about different types of houses, including bits of trivia about the ways people live in movable structures around the world.

Describes the life cycle of sockeye salmon, as they swim from the river in which they were hatched to the sea and back again.

A simple introduction to the life cycle of a red delicious apple, from the blossoming of a flower bud in the spring through the development and ripening of the fruit to its harvesting in the fall.

Introduces the life cycle of an oak tree, from the sprouting of an acorn through its more than 100 years of growth.

An introduction to the life cycle of a frog from the time it is a tiny egg laid in water until it is two years old.

Introduces the mating, hatching, life cycle, eating, predators, and lifespan of chickens.

Introduces the life of a Monarch butterfly, from its beginning as a tiny egg laid on a milkweed leaf through its metamorphosis from a caterpillar to an adult butterfly.

Introduces the life cycle of a mushroom, from formation of spores through underground growth of the mycelia to formation of mature mushrooms.

Discusses how human-related activities are contributing to the warming of the Earth''s climate, describes the effects of climate change on people and the environment, and outlines measures that can be taken to help manage the problem.

Discusses what water and fiber are, what foods they can be found in, and how the body absorbs, digests, and uses these ingredients.

"Looks at where electricity comes from, batteries and flashlights, electrical circuits, switches, and conductors and insulators"--Page 4 of cover.

This series introduces simple science topics using everyday situations and objects that readers can recognize in the world around them. Activities and questions are presented to encourage active thinking about concepts. Captions and labels support the presentation of key ideas.

Provides a simple explanation of the differences between things that are living and nonliving, and includes examples of each.

Provides a simple explanation of what makes different materials soft or hard and how they are used for different jobs because of their hardness or softness.