Available on the RaC bookshelf in the school library.
Planet Earth Collection brings our incredible planet to life through four action-packed books filled with stunning photographs, mind-blowing facts, and exciting stories about weather, rocks and minerals, volcanoes, and storms.
The books inspire curiosity and wonder, inviting young readers to explore the forces that shape the world around them and discover the beauty and power of nature.
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need chronicles Bill Gates’ urgent and practical roadmap to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, drawing on conversations with scientists, engineers, and policymakers.
The book inspires clear-eyed optimism, showing us how innovation, smart policies, and collective action can turn the greatest challenge of our time into a solvable problem.
Everything: Volcanoes and Earthquakes explodes into action with thrilling facts, dramatic photos, and jaw-dropping stories about the fiery power of volcanoes and the earth-shaking force of earthquakes.
The book inspires awe and excitement, inviting young readers to discover the science behind nature’s most explosive and trembling phenomena.
Planet Earth II captures the breathtaking beauty and astonishing diversity of life on our planet, from towering jungles and vast deserts to frozen wildernesses and glowing oceans, as seen in the landmark BBC series.
The book inspires wonder and urgency, revealing the incredible adaptability of wildlife while reminding us how fragile and interconnected our world truly is.
The Diary of a Young Girl records the thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams of thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family as they hide from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam during World War II.
The book inspires profound reflection on courage, humanity, and resilience, reminding us of the power of the human spirit even in the darkest of times.
The Disappearing Spoon weaves captivating true stories of obsession, madness, and genius around the periodic table, revealing how each element has shaped history, science, war, and human quirks in astonishing ways.
The book inspires wonder and laughter, turning the often-feared chemistry chart into a treasure map of unforgettable tales and mind-bending discoveries.
Eyewitness Chemistry dives into the fascinating world of elements, reactions, and compounds with stunning photographs, clear diagrams, and bite-sized facts that bring the science of matter vividly to life.
The book inspires curiosity and confidence, transforming the invisible forces behind everything around us into an exciting, understandable adventure.
The Story of Science: Newton at the Center places Isaac Newton at the heart of a thrilling scientific revolution, tracing how his ideas about motion, gravity, and light reshaped humanity’s understanding of the universe and sparked the age of modern science.
The book inspires awe and excitement, turning the story of scientific discovery into a gripping adventure of curiosity, genius, and world-changing breakthroughs.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the astonishing true story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cells, taken without her knowledge in 1951, became the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture and revolutionized modern medicine.
The book inspires deep reflection on ethics, race, and the human cost of scientific progress, while celebrating the enduring legacy of one woman whose unknowing contribution continues to save millions of lives.