Books by Ruth Owen

Book SynopsisChocolate is a yummy treat, but how is this favourite food made and how do chocolate makers use science in their job? In this title for early readers, the Little Scientists discover how cocoa beans grow on trees. Then they take a step-by-step journey with a chocolate maker roasting, grinding and tempering the chocolate at a factory. They will also meet chocolatiers the inventors of the chocolate world who experiment with different flavours and ingredients to create delicious new types of chocolates for us to eat. This colourful, quirky and delightful first look at the work of a chocolate maker will help young readers develop a love of reading and of science.

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Book SynopsisEvery double-page spread in this high-interest Key Stage 1 science book includes an investigation, experiment or hands-on activity. Instead of just reading about this core curriculum topic, readers will work step by step through the fact-packed pages discovering the science for themselves. They will ask questions, discuss ideas and theories, investigate and experiment. The creative and innovative activities and projects will help budding scientists discover changing states of matter by heating, freezing or combining foods, how we can grow our own food, how new foodstuffs are invented and much more!The book includes accessible text and age-appropriate step-by-step instructions, opportunities to use science equipment and vocabulary, colourful designs and great photographic imagery. Perfect for both classroom and home learning.

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Book SynopsisEvery double-page spread in this high-interest Key Stage 1 science book includes an investigation, experiment or hands-on activity. Instead of just reading about this core curriculum topic, readers will work step by step through the fact-packed pages discovering the science for themselves. They will ask questions, discuss ideas and theories, investigate and experiment. The creative and innovative activities and projects will help budding scientists discover the properties of water, all about states of matter including freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation, the water cycle, how water is essential for all Earth's living things and much more!The book includes accessible text and age-appropriate step-by-step instructions, opportunities to use science equipment and vocabulary, colourful designs and great photographic imagery. Perfect for both classroom and home learning.

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Book SynopsisJoin a little dandelion as it grows a flower, produces seeds, and becomes a meal for lots of tiny minibeasts. This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully levelled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this little plant. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisJoin a worm as it wriggles through its muddy world searching for food and avoiding being eaten by hungry birds! This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully levelled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this fascinating little animal. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisJoin a hungry snail as it emerges at night from its daytime hiding place to forage for food and find a mate. But can it avoid becoming a meal for a hungry toad? This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully levelled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this fascinating little animal. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisJoin a busy ladybird as she hunts for aphids and searches for a safe place to lay her eggs. This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully leveled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this little beetle. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisJoin a busy ant as it forages for food and works as a team with the other members of its colony. This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully levelled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this tiny insect. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisJoin a leafy tree as it spends the day sucking up water with its roots, making food with its leaves, and becoming a home and meal for lots of its animal neighbours. This beautiful book for young readers uses stunning, detailed photographs and carefully levelled text to show a 24 hour period in the life of this amazing plant. The engaging text is perfect for building an enjoyment of non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisPacked with science, this title is a celebration of these chubby, eight-legged, moss dwelling, microscopic creatures that have incredible survival skills. Scientists have frozen tardigrades, boiled them, dried them, and even sent them into space with no air and extreme levels of radiationand they survived! Discover how scientists are studying tardigrades to learn more about the origins of life on Earth and how their survival skills could be used in human medicine. Using cool, superhero references, fantastic photos, 3D artwork, and microscope imagery, this book is a high-interest, non-fiction read for fans of science, nature, and factual books.

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Book SynopsisThis high-interest read takes kids on a fascinating underwater dive into the world of zooplankton and phytoplankton. These living things may be small, but without these microscopic superheroes, life on Earth could not exist! Readers will meet some weird and wonderful plankton species, they will see how many marine animals begin their life cycles as plankton, they will learn how plankton are essential to all marine ecosystems and food webs, and they will discover how plankton are helping us fight climate change. Stunning photos, 3D realistic artwork, and scanning electron microscope images support the science-packed text that includes lots of laughs and some cool superhero references.

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Book SynopsisThis big book of 96 info-packed pages introduces young readers to the subject of life cycles using a Question and Answer format. The animals featured in the book include wild mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders, and also familiar farm and pet animals. Understanding animal life cycles is a core science topic and this book gives students plenty of information for school projects and science lessons, while also being a high-interest read. The beautiful photos support the text, and labels, short captions, and diagrams help introduce newly fluent readers to non-fiction reading.

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Book SynopsisAs aphids suck nectar from the stems of plants, a ladybird leaves its winter hiding place to start munching on aphids. As worms wriggle through the soil helping to bring nutrients and rainwater to the roots of the garden's trees, a robin hunts for worms to feed to its chicks. And when autumn arrives, seeds from the sunflowers and fruit from the old apple tree become food for birds and mice. Step by step, readers will explore a garden habitat and discover how all the living things form an ecosystem and rely on each other for survival.

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Book SynopsisAs fish and other rock pool animals feed on seaweed, crabs use the seaweed as a place to hide from predatory seabirds. As barnacles feed on microscopic plankton, dog whelks go hunting for barnacles. And after an oystercatcher eats a dog whelk, a hermit crab that's grown too big for its shell, moves home into the empty shell left behind by the dog whelk! Step by step, readers will explore a rock pool habitat and discover how all the living things form an ecosystem and rely on each other for survival.

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Book SynopsisHigh above the ground in an old oak tree, a woodpecker and a squirrel are raising their families. In autumn, acorns from the tree will become food for the squirrel family. A carpet of moss plants is home to microscopic animals called moss piglets and soft bedding for a wood mouse's nest. And when a deer dies in the forest, its body becomes food for a hungry fox and a host of different insects. Step by step, readers will explore a woodland habitat and discover how all the living things form an ecosystem and rely on each other for survival.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, readers will discover all about the basic structure of plants, including roots, stems, leaves and flowers. For example, how roots take in water and nutrients and how leaves make food for a plant. Packed with facts and information about familiar wild and garden plants, this title gets readers testing how water travels up plant stems, exploring how some plants grow from bulbs, and even going on scavenger hunts to find out all about leaves, tree bark and colourful petals. Look for the download button throughout the book. It shows there are free downloadable worksheets and other resources available for that topic.

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Book SynopsisHow does an acorn become a mighty oak tree? What does a tiny sunflower seed need to grow into a tall, yellow flower? Using examples of familiar plants (including vegetables), readers will investigate what seeds need in order to grow into plants. They will discover the different ways in which plants disperse their seeds, and explore how many of the foods we eat are actually types of seeds. Filled with ideas for activities and experiments, this title will give young science enthusiasts all the information they need to learn about different types of seeds and the processes they undergo. Look for the download button throughout the book. It shows there are free downloadable worksheets and other resources available for that topic.

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Book SynopsisHow is your body different and the same to a giraffe's? What characteristics make a mammal a mammal, or a reptile a reptile? In this title, readers will turn their investigative skills to studying animal bodies and learning how scientists group animals. Packed with fascinating facts and fun challenges, students will meet a host of animals including blue whales, the world's largest spider, great white sharks and colourful chameleons. How does a polar bear's fat help it survive in the freezing Arctic? Is a bat a mammal or a bird? And can you tell whether a minibeast is a spider or an insect? Look for the download button throughout the book. It shows there are free downloadable worksheets and other resources available for that topic.

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Book SynopsisHow do the changing seasons affect what time it gets dark and the type of weather we experience? How do plants and wild animals respond as the year passes by and the seasons change? From new green shoots pushing through the soil and warm sunshine in spring, to shorter days and frost and snow in winter, readers will discover how the world around them changes as the seasons change. This title is filled with critical thinking questions and ideas for activities and experiments to enable young science enthusiasts to learn about the seasons. It is supported with downloadable worksheets.

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Book SynopsisHearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling; all this is possible because of our senses. In this title kids will act as scientists and investigate our senses; how they can be useful to keep us safe. They will learn about our eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin and how these organs work with the brain to enable us to enjoy these sensations. This title is filled with critical thinking questions and ideas for activities and experiments to enable young science enthusiasts to learn all our their five senses. It is supported with downloadable worksheets.

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Book SynopsisYour body is amazing but how does it work and what does it need? In this title kids will discover more about what is inside their bodies. Muscles, bones, tendons and trillions of tiny cells; the brain the body''s control centre; the heart and blood; breathing and digesting. Kids will learn what their bodies need to stay healthy: different types of food; water; exercise; hygiene and sleep. With a multitude of ideas for activities and experiments young scientists will investigate their bodies and how to look after themselves. Downloadable worksheets will help parents, teachers and carers get the most out of this book.

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Book SynopsisWhat are materials? Everything around us is made from a material from glass to wood, plastic to rock and metal to wool. In this title the reader will learn to identify different materials; where they are found; what they are used for and their properties. Filled with ideas for activities and experiments, this title will give young science enthusiasts all the information they need to learn about everyday materials for the key stage 1 curriculum.

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Book SynopsisImagine working in a laboratory that''s 200 miles above Earth''s surface. You perform experiments on microbes, metals and even your own body. You travel to work on a spacecraft, work alongside robots and drink your own recycled urine! It''s all in a day''s work for Tim Peake and other astronauts who live and work aboard the International Space Station. This fascinating look at the life of an astronaut introduces readers to the real-life applications of STEM subjects and includes a Q&A for any reader who feels that a career in space science could be for them!

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Book SynopsisThe fantasy world that started out in your imagination is slowly coming to life. That new level is looking great on you computer screen. And after playing for hours, you have finally fixed that frustrating glitch! It''s all in a day''s work for a video games designer. This book explains the step-by-step process of creating a video game and shows readers the real-life applications of STEM subjects. It also includes a Q&A for any reader who feels that a career in video game designing could be for them.

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Book SynopsisHuddled in tense silence, a team of scientists watches a bank of flickering screens. Years of design and engineering work, tests, failures, redesigns and successes are bound up in this moment. Finally, a grainy picture appears on screens. Cheers erupt as the men and women realise their robot has landed safely on Mars! In this title, readers will meet the scientists who design and build robots, send them into space, and even drive the rovers that are exploring Mars today. There is also a fun Q&A to help readers decide if becoming a robot engineer could be the career for them!

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Book SynopsisA powerful telescope has discovered a giant object speeding through our solar system. Is it an asteroid? Will its orbit bring it close to Earth? Is there a chance it could one day collide with our planet? It''s time for a team of asteroid hunters to go into action and track the object as it hurtles through space! In this title, readers will meet the scientists who use high-powered telescopes and super computers to watch for dangers from space. There is also a fun Q&A to help readers decide if becoming an astronomer or space scientist could be the career for them!

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Book SynopsisThere''s trouble in the garden! Two male robins are fighting over territory. The winner will get to live in the gaden and raise a family. In this blue-level reader, kids will discover how a little robin wins his territory and mate by singing and collecting worms for her. Watch as the pair build a nest and collect food for their young. And find out what happens when the robin chicks are ready to flap their tiny wings and jump from the nest to begin their grown-up lives!

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Book SynopsisIt''s summer in the garden and a pair of blackbirds are hard at work! In this orange-level book, readers can watch as a female blackbird builds a nest from mud and grass, while her mate defends their territory. Readers will discover how hard the parents work to feed their hungry chicks. And they will learn how the brave father bird defends his family against a pet cat on the hunt for baby birds. Stunning up-close photos chart the chicks'' development from eggs to fledglings and will gain these popular birds a whole army of new fans.

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Book SynopsisImagine having 10 babies to care for . . . It''s all in a day''s work for a pair on long-tailed tits! Not all kids will get to see one of these birds, so this book gives them an up-close peek into the lives of these little hedgerow animals. Discover how the parent birds weave a nest from moss, sheep''s wool and spiderwebs. Watch as the chicks grow bigger and bigger in the nest, which thankfully stretches to accommodate the growing family. And learn what happens when disaster occurs and a magpie attacks the long-tailed tit''s nest.

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Book SynopsisThis new series of book-banded reading books gives young students a fascinating peek into the secret worlds of some much-loved, native wild animals. Written in an engaging narrative style, students will discover all about the little creatures that live in our gardens, school playgrounds, parks, hedgerows and woodlands. Features include High frequency words / Unfamiliar vocabulary supported by images and labels / Picture glossary / Quiz questions and notes for teachers and parents

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Book SynopsisThis new series of book-banded reading books gives young students a fascinating peek into the secret worlds of some much-loved, native wild animals. Written in an engaging narrative style, students will discover all about the little creatures that live in our gardens, school playgrounds, parks, hedgerows and woodlands. Features include High frequency words / Unfamiliar vocabulary supported by images and labels / Picture glossary / Quiz questions and notes for teachers and parents

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