Books with author Lisa Miles

Why do cliffhangers draw large audiences? What is a storyboard? How does location affect the atmosphere of a movie? The varied titles in the Culture in Action series build up into a comprehensive library, covering a range of arts topics. Each book contains activities with easy-to- follow instructions, designed to reinforce literacy skills and arts knowledge. With Culture in Action the arts are brought to life! Each Culture in Action book is packed with high-interest facts, imaginative activities, and fascinating photographs.

Some dinosaurs have undoubtedly earned their killer reputations. Reptilian carnivores used many different methods to catch and kill. Bone-crushing jaws, flesh-ripping teeth, and skin-slashing claws panicked prey during the age of the dinosaurs. Some carnivores hunted alone, and others worked in packs. Many were speedy, while others were wily or powerful. This mesmerizing book covers high-interest dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor, as well as future favorites, such as Utahraptor and Carnotaurus. Dinosaur lovers will discover lots to absorb in the detailed charts, labeled illustrations, and spellbinding sidebars.

Sauroposeidon, the tallest dinosaur at 34 feet (10 m), had a long, thin tail that could have been used like a whip. Luckily for other animals, it was a plant eater. The biggest meat eater was the Spinosaurus, which probably had the head of a crocodile and the body of a dragon. This beguiling book combines two high-interest topics: dinosaurs and record-breaking animals. The combination means a collection of the most fascinating beasts to ever walk Earth. Compelling text and vivid illustrations help bring these reptiles to life, while graphic organizers aid readers in organizing the information they'll want to remember.

The opportunity to go back in time and experience history as it's happening would be an invaluable way to understand ancient cultures. Readers of this creative text set in the year 415 BC are invited to the city-state of Athens while it's preparing for war. After helping a slave escape, the narrator is just one step ahead of an angry overseer. However, the chase allows for chance meetings with a whole cast of characters who shed light on the Greek culture of that time, including an actor, an athlete, a Parthenon priestess, and even the famous philosopher Socrates!

Imagine outrunning a superfast dinosaur, just to be plucked from the ground by a pterosaur in flight. That's probably just what happened to many small prey in the age of the dinosaurs. Pterosaurs were all sizes, from creatures as small as songbirds to the biggest flyer ever known, Quetzalcoatlus. It had a wingspan of 36 feet (11 m)! Readers will get to know much more about various kinds of pterosaurs in this brilliantly illustrated book. A timeline, world map, sidebars, and diagrams further enhance the intriguing text.