Carmella Van Vleet: 13 books
Explore Electricity!
With 25 Great Projects
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Given the pace of how we harness and utilize electricity, as well as the importance of developing new sources of energy, electricity is a timely subject for kids to explore. In Explore Electricity! With 25 Great Projects, kids ages 6-9 will learn the basics of electricity: currents, circuits, power,...
Seven Wonders of the World
Discover Amazing Monuments to Civilization with 20 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Over 2,000 years ago, ancient Greek scholars named seven of the most wondrous monuments to civilization, including the Pyramids of Egypt and Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Through the centuries these treasures were known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Because all but the Egyptian pyramids...
Aviation
Cool Women Who Fly
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Have you ever looked up into the sky, seen an airplane, and wondered where it was going and who was flying it? Aviation is the study of the design, development and production, and operation of aircraft. In Aviation: Cool Women Who Fly, children ages 9 to 12 learn about this fascinating field and meet...
Amazing Arctic and Antarctic Projects
You Can Build Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Amazing Arctic & Antarctic Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the Earth's polar regions with 25 interactive projects, activities, and experiments. Kids ages 9 and up will discover that the coldest places on Earth hold fascinating scientific wonders and mysteries. Historical facts and anecdotes,...
Explore Ancient Rome!
25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiements
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Investigate the fascinating civilization of ancient Rome through 25 hands-on projects and activities for young readers ages 6–9. Kids learn about ancient Roman homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, gods, entertainment, and more. Activities range from creating an amphora and making a tunic...
Great Ancient Egypt Projects
You Can Build Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
From reed boats, papyrus, and amulets, to pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies, Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians through more than
25 hands-on building projects and activities. Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself gives...
Explore Ancient Greece!
25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Investigate the fascinating civilization of ancient Greece through 25 hands-on projects and activities for young readers ages 6-9. Kids learn about ancient Greek homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, arts and entertainment, gods, and more. Activities range from fashioning a model oil lamp from...
by Carmella Van Vleet
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Eliza has had many hobbies in her eleven years... and most of them haven't lasted very long.
After she and her friend Tony create a baking business for a class project, Eliza becomes certain that cake decorating is her destiny. Her parents insist that the summer "Cakes with Caroline" class...
Explore Ancient Egypt!
25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Pyramids, mummies, amulets, temples, and pharaohs— Explore Ancient Egypt! brings this fascinating civilization to young readers ages 6–9 with 25 hands-on projects, activities, and games. Kids learn about ancient Egyptian homes, food, money, toys, games, makeup, clothes, kings, mummies, and more....
To the Stars!
The First American Woman to Walk in Space
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn’t like the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren’t supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting...
Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions
You Can Build Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9 and up to the life and times of one of America's greatest thinkers with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. From his groundbreaking scientific discoveries and inventions to his career as a writer, printer,...
by Carmella Van Vleet
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
How will Eliza make it through the sixth grade? Her ADHD tends to complicate things. . . .
Eliza Bing stuck with taekwondo and earned her yellow belt even though her family expected her to quit. She's tough enough to break boards with her bare hands! Next up: middle school, and hopefully a...
Robotics!
With 25 Science Projects for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
Where was the last time you saw a robot? Did you read about one in a book or see one in a movie? Maybe you saw one in a video game!
Some people think robots exist only in our imagination, but actually, robots are all around us right now. Robotics! With 25 Science Projects for Kids offers readers...