Graham, Ian

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of glass and how important it has become.

Readers experience what it was like to be a member of the crew on the spacecraft Apollo 13.

"A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik 1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Discover how we use satellites every day to talk on the telephone, watch TV, use the internet, predict the weather, and run businesses"--Provided by publisher.

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy play in which two sets of lovers, lost in the woods outside of Athens, Greece, get caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local thespians.

Examines how people coped in the past without plastic and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant.

These two-wheelers are monsters of speed, sports and fun. They can be as quiet as a racing bike or as loud as a roaring Harley-Davidson or a screaming superbike. There are motocross bikes, BMX stunt bikes, trail bikes, and off-road bikes.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of seventeenth-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton.

Monster trucks are noisy, roaring monsters! They crush cars, jump in the air, ride over ramps, and do wheelies and spin. But there are more monster trucks. Road giants haul the biggest, heaviest and longest loads, like a house or an airplane. Monster miners are the biggest trucks in the world, so big that they would crack an ordinary road, and NASA's crawler-transporters carry the space shuttle!.

What kid doesn't love dump trucks? And diggers, loaders, bulldozers, and big spinning concrete mixers? There are also mighty machines that kids might not see. Rock-eating tunnelers used underground, roadbuilders and pavers used at night, and enormous flat-bed trucks that carry the supertall cranes used to build skyscrapers.