New Releases by Beverley Birch

Two beautifully told traditional tales by Beverley Birch. ‘The Water Thief’ is about the mischievous antics of Hyena and how crafty Tortoise plays him at his own game. ‘Lumbwi and the Gazelle’ is about a moving friendship, but when Lumbwi embarks on a new life he seems to forget about his old friend, to dreadful consequences.

YA. Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. In a vast African landscape four teenagers and a journalist vanish without a trace from a camp below a steep rock ridge, Chomlaya. As Ella, the sister of one of the missing girls, helps Inspector Murothi piece together what happened, she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister and the others. 12 yrs+

Recounts the life story of Alexander Fleming, his study of medicine and bacteriology, and his discovery of penicillin.

A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.

Radio ; Geschichte ; Lehrmittel.

The story of a man who helped save millions of lives through his discovery of the process of pasteurization.

Tells of the history behind the discovery of radio waves and the eventual developments of the radio, television and laser communication.

Explores the life of Marie Curie and her efforts to understand the principles of radioactivity, which ultimately led to her discovery of radium

Vertelling over het onderzoek van Pasteur naar microben. Met gekleurde tekeningen. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar..

Vertelling over de proeven die Benjamin Franklin nam om erachter te komen hoe elektrische energie opgewekt kon worden. Met aquareltekeningen. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

A must for every family bookshelf. Highly regarded as one of the most popular poetry anthologies ever published, this collection includes poems by Blake, Emerson, Dickinson, Longfellow, Stevenson, et al.

Recounts the life of the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King.

Presents a biography of the priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, Hawaii.