Bridget Heos

Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public’s imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives studied dead bodies for signs of foul play, and in Victorian England, officials used crime scene photography and criminal profiling to investigate the Jack the Ripper murders. In the intervening decades, forensic science has evolved to use the most cutting-edge, innovative techniques and technologies. In this book, acclaimed author Bridget Heos uses real-life cases to tell the history of modern forensic science, from the first test for arsenic poisoning to fingerprinting, firearm and blood spatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the important milestones in between. By turns captivating and shocking, Blood, Bullets, and Bones demonstrates the essential role forensic science has played in our criminal justice system.

The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA

Blood, Bullets, and Bones

"A picture book about baby Billy, who is born with a mustache, and his parents, who must figure our if it's a Good-Guy mustache, or a Bad-Guy mustache"--Provided by publisher.

Mustache Baby

Stegothesaurus has little in common with his fellow dinosaurs until he meets an allosaurus that seems as hungry for synonyms as he is.

Stegothesaurus

A play date goes awry when Baby Billy and his mustache meet Beard Baby in this hilarious sequel toMustache Baby.

Mustache Baby Meets His Match

An introduction to the field of genetics is told through the story of Randy Lewis and his work with golden orb weaver spiders as well as his subsequent creation of artificial spider silk that can be used to save and improve lives. 20,000 first printing.

Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope

Stronger Than Steel

Explains the life cycle of marsupials using format of a question-and-answer guide written about human pregnancy.

A Guide for Marsupial Parents (And Curious Kids)

What to Expect When You're Expecting Joeys

Explains the characteristics of alkaline earth metals, where they are found, how they are used by humans, and their relationship to other elements found in the periodic table.

Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium

The Alkaline Earth Metals

Introducing an essential addition to the 5-million-copy bestselling Brain Quest Workbook series! 5th graders can reinforce what they learn in school with a workbook from Brain Quest. The book boasts 300 pages jam-packed with curriculum-based activities and exercises in every subject, with a focus on math and language arts. Original full-color illustrations throughout give the book a bright, lively style that will appeal to older kids. It is engaging, user-friendly, and written to make schoolwork fun. Fifth graders will enhance their skills in reading comprehension, multiplication and division, fractions and decimals, algebraic thinking, and probability and data. The workbook covers spelling and vocabulary, writing, social studies, science, and more. Written in consultation with the Brain Quest Advisory Panel of award-winning teachers specific to each grade level, and with all content aligned with Common Core standards. Plus fun stuff: Each workbook comes with a mini-deck with 100 all-new Brain Quest questions and answers.

Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 5

In a pickle Apple of my eye Take the cake Have you ever heard these crazy expressions? People use them even when no pickles, apples, or cakes are around! That's because these sayings are idioms—phrases that mean something different from what the words in them actually say. But don't let idioms leave you with egg on your face. Let's explore a variety of food-related idioms and figure out what people really mean when they use them.

And Other Expressions about Food

Cool as a Cucumber

A child tosses old homework paper into a recycling bin and the story follows that paper through the process of recycling until it becomes usable paper again. Includes Recycle it Yourself activity and further resources.

A Paper Recycling Journey

Follow That Paper!

This book describes the life and career of Rihanna, a singer, model, and former beauty queen, who is the first Barbadian artist to win a Grammy award.

Rihanna

Profiles the wrestling star, from his childhod and early career to his work with the WWE, his signature moves, and some of his most famous matches.

Giant Killer

Rey Mysterio

A biography of the California-born Mexican-American wrestler who has helped popularize "lucha libre", the masked Mexican style of free wrestling.

Profiles the wrestling star, from his childhood and early career to his work with the WWE, his signature moves, and some of his most famous matches.

No Mercy

Triple H

For all Crocodilian parents-to-be! Discover where to lay your eggs, how to know when your hatchlings are ready to hatch and what you and your babies will do all day long.

A Guide for Crocodilian Parents (and Curious Kids)

What to Expect When You're Expecting Hatchlings

Get the scoop on some of nature's most fearsome predators and discover the unexpected ways humans and crocodilians are similar in the sixth installment in the Just Like Us! series. Fun facts and a hilarious mix of photographs and full-color cartoon illustrations combine to captivate reluctant readers.

Just Like Us! Crocs

Everyone's favorite baby-with-a-mustache dons shining armor in hopes of staving off sleep in this hilarious bedtime book. Knights in shining armor go full baby (and full mustache) in this silly and soothing bedtime adventure. Young knaves will fall blissfully asleep after hearing the tale of two brave knights: Baby Billy, House of Mustache, and Baby Javier, House of Beard, and how they fought to conquer their biggest foe: bedtime! The babies fight their enemy valiantly, but eventually even gallant Baby Billy falls victim to sleep, foiled by, of all things, an enchanted book. Though Billy succumbs to the magic of the story, in his dreams, he rejoins his bearded co-knigh . . . and they became the stuff of legend.

Good Knight, Mustache Baby

In this Britannica guide to the human brain, the complex biology behind thought and sensation is explained in a way that is clear and comprehensive for lower elementary readers. Each part of the brain and its function is presented with diagrams and eye-catching images that help navigate the anatomy of the brain. Most important, Compare and Contrast and Think About It sidebars invite readers to connect ideas and make logical inferences based on the text—both key components of the Common Core Readiness standards for reading.

The Brain in Your Body

Katya Longhi

"A young monster who takes her sister's tablet computer without asking gets a lesson in online etiquette and appropriate use of electronics"--

Manners with Technology

"A comparison of the life of a fairy tale princess vs. that of a real medieval princess"--

Bridget Heos

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