Books with author penny-clarke

How are mountains and volcanoes formed? Do scary creatures live in mountains? What happens when a volcano erupts? Are there mountains under the sea? This book takes an in-depth look at mountain environments all over the world, from how mountains and volcanoes sustain life, to the creatures that live and hunt in them. "Scary Creatures of the Mountains" is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format. Special x-ray pages enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance. The book features startlingly realistic illustrations and impressive photographs. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal educational text.

Young readers will enjoy browsing through this heavily illustrated capsule history of the human race. It opens in the time before written history— approximately 1,800,000 B.C.—when the first human beings are known to have lived in Africa. Moving rapidly on, boys and girls will find dates for the beginning of farm communities (c. 6000 B.C) in what is now Turkey, the dawn of Egyptian and Sumerian cultures beginning some 3,000 years later, the development of civilizations in Greece, Rome, China, and the Indus Valley, the rise and feudal wars of European kingdoms, the age of world exploration in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the rise of America, the wars of the twentieth century, the race to the Moon, and the world after 9/11. Hundreds of important dates are listed that mark major historical events, life spans of world leaders, major catastrophes, and great human achievements. The illustrations on every page are lively and in full color, and the book’s endpapers display dated tables of ruling dynasties around the world.

This title looks in-depth at significant figures, aircraft and events in the history of aviation by placing them in a historical context which is easily understood. Clearly labelled illustrations to accompany the text make this an ideal learning resource. Hot-air balloons, bird-men, flying boats, helicopters, jet-fighters, passenger airliners, record-breakers and even space travel are all covered in this book. A complete glossary and index make this title ideal for use both at home and at school. It is an ideal text for shared and guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils. It helps achieve goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.