Books in Amazing Crime Scene Science series

This fascinating new book introduces children to the concepts of solid, liquid, and gas, as well as to the different kinds of materials that things are made from. Colorful photographs help show how things can change shape, which materials are natural and which are man-made, and which kind of materials can be recycled and why.

Named for the god of war because of its blood red color, Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system. Explore its cold canyons, ice caps, and more in this book about Mars.

Presents "astonishing" features of our planet such as geysers, caves, salt lakes, peat bogs, carnivorous plants, creeping swamps, and autumn colors.

Introduces natural and artificial light, shadow, and the human eye, and discusses rainbows, color, and reflection.

Introduces the characteristics of sound, vibrations, and hearing, and discusses the ways in which sound can differ under different circumstances, echoes, music, and sound transmission.

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Describes some of the biological and geological wonders found in the ocean depths, including electric creatures, poisonous fish, swimming reptiles, the longest mountain chain, and a river in the ocean.

Brief introductions to thirty animals with unusual and bizarre habits, such as the hognose snake who plays dead as a defense mechanism and the sand skink who can see through windows in his eyelids

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