Most Popular Books by Anna Claybourne

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

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 turning a penny green, making salt disappear and reappear, and making butter.

Introduces the music, moves, and prominent people associated with ice dancing.

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!"

Make a glowing jar lantern, take glow stick photos and peek through your own periscope - all in the name of science!

Readers learn about tigers.

Find out what it takes to become a rocket scientist! With this out-of-this-world activity book, you can make a scale model of the solar system, build a prototype rocket from a plastic container, and try real astronaut fitness exercises. You''ll discover Earth''s place in space, fun facts about the other planets in our solar system, how gravity works, and lots of other fascinating cosmic information.

Put on your thinking cap and get inventive! Make a musical instrument from glass bottles, use a drop of water to create a microscope, develop your own computer programming language, and more! Filled with interesting fun facts and entertaining activities, this book will inspire you to create your own inventions.

Describes what a mummy is, how one is made, and the different types of mummies.

This book examines how living things function.

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.

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

How do orcas find their prey? What does an orca use its melon for? How do young orcas learn to hunt? Read this book to find out the answers 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.

Discover the mind-bending, super-weird science that they don''t teach in school! Young readers will love this awesome collection of science tricks - including incredible optical illusions, cool experiments, sneaky hacks, hilarious pranks, and awesome magic - using objects from around the home. Written by award-winning science writer Anna Claybourne, this brain-boosting book uses principles from biology, chemistry and physics and supports STEM learning with a fun twist. Readers will learn to: • Create the world''s most slippery slime with a secret recipe • Draw a 3-D picture that will mess with their mind • Make an instant soap monster in the microwave Presented in a neat format with rounded corners, colour illustrations and a glossary of key scientific terms, this book is perfect for readers aged 8+.

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

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Two families at war, and a pair of young, star-crossed lovers caught in the crossfire... Discover the tragic story at the heart of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare''s most famous play. The age-appropriate text in Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories: Romeo and Juliet introduces readers to the play by re-telling the story in modern English. It''s an ideal introduction to Shakespeare for children of 9 and above, and perfect for fans of the Tony Ross and Andrew Matthews series Shakespeare Stories. The book also contains information about the background to Romeo and Juliet, its major themes, language, the Globe theatre, and Shakespeare''s life during the time he was writing the play, so is a useful resource for project work, or for anyone studying the play itself. Poisons, and their application in 16th century England, are also examined, to give the play a factual grounding. Anna Claybourne''s concise, witty text really brings out the humour and the drama of the stories, rendering them as relevant today as they were in Shakespeare''s time. Comparisons with themes in modern life: love, revenge, family relationships, political power struggles, etc., serve to reinforce this. The text is supported by Tom Morgan-Jones'' fantastic artwork, giving the series real visual appeal. Short, Sharp Shakespeare Stories allow children today to be as enthralled by Shakespeare''s tales as audiences were 400 years ago. Publishing to coincide with the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare''s birth, they are the ideal resource for project work connected to this, or to Shakespeare Week 2015. Other titles in the series include Macbeth, A Midsummer Night''s Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet.

Presents information on ancient Greece in the form of a travel guide, covering such topics as food, shelter, government, things to see and do, and health and safety.

Math is magical with this colorful activity book! It''s easy to entertain family and friends as you complete mysterious number squares and "Magic Multiples," play a prime number card game, and draw fractal trees. This book offers a fun and meaningful way to explore how math is an important part of everyday life.

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