This breathtaking new series from Crabtree brings to life the people and events of the Renaissance! Young readers will be enthralled as they follow Europe's cultural transformation through the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. Delightful drawings illustrate the artistic, scientific, and societal changes and developments of this amazing era. "Great Ideas of the Renaissance" surveys the major advances that were made in art, architecture, sculpture, science, medicine, transportation, and culture. Merchants, monarchs, and religious leaders all promoted and encouraged creativity, and artists, scientists, and great thinkers pushed back the frontiers of philosophy, the arts, mathematics, and technology....

This breathtaking new series from Crabtree brings to life the people and events of the Renaissance! Young readers will be enthralled as they follow Europe's cultural transformation through the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. Delightful drawings illustrate the artistic, scientific, and societal changes and developments of this amazing era. "Great Ideas of the Renaissance" surveys the major advances that were made in art, architecture, sculpture, science, medicine, transportation, and culture. Merchants, monarchs, and religious leaders all promoted and encouraged creativity, and artists, scientists, and great thinkers pushed back the frontiers of philosophy, the arts, mathematics, and technology....

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Uncover the secrets of sleep to find out how the body clock works, why the brain needs sleep, what happens during REM sleep and more....

In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them and how vaccines protect us against them. This unique series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities....

Following in the footsteps of the highly successful The Science Book for Girls and The Math Book for Girls, the newest book in this series looks at technology that girls encounter every day, such as CD players, microwave ovens and touchscreens. Filled with fun, easy-to-do activities, it encourages girls to experiment and explore. They are also introduced to eight women who work in exciting technological careers, including an astronomer, a radio frequency inspector and a plant physiologist....