Books with author Felicia Lee

What is a blunderbuss? How did musketeers get their name? Would you know how to assemble a complete suit of armour? Who invented the atom bomb? What’s in a Molotov Cocktail? Did you know that a modern machine gun can fire up to 1,600 rounds of ammunition a minute? What kind of vehicle runs on caterpillar tracks? Find the answers to all these questions, and more, in this title of the Crafty Inventions series. Then go on to craft a jeweled scimitar, construct a grenade desk tidy, launch a volley of paper rockets, build a camouflaged tank and fire a mega pea-shooter.

This title of the Crafty Inventions series sees the space race gathering momentum as the Apollo program counts down to lift off. Artificial satellites Sputnik and Vostok are sent out to explore, the first 3-stage rocket, Saturn, takes off, followed by the space shuttle, Columbia; a lunar rover with wheels made from piano wire is let loose on the moon, solar-power propelled probes go ever deeper into space and Mariner sends back the first ever photos of Mars’ strawberry sunsets. Find out about the stars and space junk, then be a space engineer and construct an astro helmet, a star-gazing telescope, a 3-stage rocket and a moon mobile.

Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about buildings and structures by applying his knowledge of science to their stone age world. Engaging illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to science concepts, including ramps, forces and loads, tension, and more. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of buildings and structures in the natural and designed world.