Books in The Life of Ty series

Part of a series which aims to bring alive a historical period by focusing on a key figure and looking at people's daily lives; work, play, politics, art, religion and military organization. To develop historical study skills each book considers the wide variety of source materials and their reliability. The question of how to interpret evidence is also touched on, and the concepts of chronology, cause and effect are also central. The authors are established writers in the field of history for children. This book tells of life in Central America before, during and after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores and of the fall of the Aztec Empire.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Meet Ty, a little guy with a big heart! Winnie Perry's sweet baby brother, Ty is full of awesome ideas and wacky plans that only a seven-year-old boy could hatch. Whether it's battling the family cat with a Dustbuster or smuggling a baby penguin out of the aquarium, Ty is always in the middle of a well-intended, kind hearted scheme.

Why do tigers have stripes? Do they choose to have them, or is that just how they are? Adaptation and Survival explains what is meant by the fitness of an organism and shows how adaptations improve a plant or animal's chances of survival to have offspring. It tackles common confusions about the science and shows how topics are relevant to the reader.