Chris Oxlade

Discusses the tools, vehicles, and equipment firefighters use to put out fires; how they stay safe on the job; and how they help the community.

A simple presentation of information about soil, including its composition, properties, and some of its uses.

Shares information about rocks, minerals, and fossils, describing their different types, where they are found, famous gems, and how fossils were originally formed and are unearthed and preserved in the present day.

Learn all about the history, science and technology behind cameras from film to digital and recording images, with hands-on projects to try yourself. With 9 easy-to-do experiments and 230 exciting pictures, this book tells the history, the science and the technology behind photography and film-making. It investigates all kinds of cameras, with inside-view illustrations of how they work. It features practical projects to do at home that explain the...

"This book introduces Big Construction Machines by looking at the different places they are used and different purposes they are used for. These include: At the quarry, making a road and building skyscrapers. Some of the big construction machines in the book are a bulldozer, a road roller, a roadheader and a concrete breaker"--

"Kingfisher Readers are developed with literacy experts to span five levels, from Level 1 (beginning to read) to level 5 (reading fluently). Robots introduces children who can read alone with some help to these incredible inventions. It includes facts about different types of robots, such as automatons, humanoids, androids, drones, factory robots and domestic robots. Children will read about robots that have gone to space, robots that can play sports...

This book is packed full of cool photos and fascinating facts about monster trucks.

Looks at legends about vampires and werewolves in different cultures, their reputed appearance and behavior, similarities between the two creatures, and possible scientific explanations of the old stories.