Most Popular Books by Louise Spilsbury

Looks at how health and the ability to react to disease change during each stage of life, from birth to old age, including the impact of different lifestyle choices on the body.

Discusses meat and protein as one of the five groups on the food pyramid, explains where meat and protein foods come from, what they look like, how they taste, and why they are healthy, and suggests meat and protein foods for every meal.

Presents an introduction to the changing role of women, discussing how to research basic facts, find a topic, evaluate sources, use tangible evidence, and write a presentation.

Here's an animal lover's one-stop source for in-depth information on walruses! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about walruses, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these fascinating creatures.

Looks at the impact of tourism around the globe and in such specific places as Mexico, Cyprus, and Kenya.

To reach certain places on Earth, we must cross miles of open water. Whether by plane or boat, there's always a chance of disaster, and the ocean is a dangerous place to be alone without transport. Readers learn what to do should they be left in open water or stranded on an island, including how to get food and water. True stories of those who have survived shipwreck exemplify the courage and resourcefulness needed in scary situations. Readers use their critical-thinking skills to answer multiple-choice questions about similar situations as they learn about the ocean ecosystem, including its hidden dangers.

All materials can exist in different states, but what are the differences, and how do materials change from one state to another? This book explores solids, liquids, and gases, looking at their properties and the processes involved in changing state.

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

Explores how to survive on a mountain, including what to eat and drink, health and safety issues, and more.

Introduces sound and how it is made, explaining how sound waves travel through the air, and includes activities to help readers understand how to make sound.

Describes how lions live, hunt, and raise their young in Africa.

Search and rescue pilots do a tough and dangerous job. They fly into risky situations and put their lives on the line to save others. Search and rescue pilots must be team players, trustworthy, and brave. Readers will learn this and more as they are introduced to these community heroes. Readers get a glimpse at a day in the life of a search and rescue pilot and the requirements one must meet to become one. The text covers flying techniques, specialized equipment, and tasks such as search missions, sea rescue, and flying into combat zones. Readers can evaluate the risks and rewards of this career to determine if they want to pursue this heroic job one day. Fascinating photographs, sidebars, and fact boxes supplement the text’s information-rich content.

Giving a speech doesn't have to be scary. Find out how to confidently give a speech and learn an amazing skill for life in this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide. Full of great tips, tricks, and study-busting scoops, readers will be top of the class with this essential skill-building book. 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.

Everyone is familiar with magnets, but how much do we know about how they actually work? This book explores the basics of magnets, looking at topics such as poles, electromagnets, and how we use the Earth's magnetic field to find our way.

Introduces jellyfish, describing their physical characteristics, feeding habits, senses, and defense mechanisms.

What are food chains like in different habitats? Who eats whom in forests? Why are decomposers so important? Investigate the curious world of life science. Find out for yourself about food chains and webs through activities that you can do at home. Learn about where all food chains and webs start. See which animals are at the top of a tundra food web. This book will show you the importance of investigating and understanding the world around you.

Explains what earthquakes are, what causes them, and where they occur; discusses what happens during an earthquake and who helps afterwards; and considers whether earthquakes can be predicted or prevented. Includes case studies.

Even though natural disasters often seem inexplicable, this text takes these destructive events caused by forces of nature and describes the fundamental science behind their occurrences. Captivating diagrams and photographs show what natural disasters such as volcanoes, hurricanes, and avalanches look like, while text boxes encourage readers to compare and contrast the causes and outcomes of these devastating incidents. Information about historic natural disasters, as well as preparedness and rescue methods, benefits any reader who seeks to understand these global happenings.