Skyhorse Publishing Fact Atlas Bundle Contains:

Fact Atlas Dinosaurs: Walk in the Footsteps of the World's Largest Lizards

With each step you take, whether it’s outside your back door, at the edge of a nearby pond, or along a path in a national park, you may be setting down your foot in the same place that a dinosaur once did. Just imagine, dinosaurs roaming the same earth we live on today! What an amazing place our planet must have been during the time of those mighty creatures. There were enormous plant-eating dinosaurs, perhaps gathered in herds, grazing in a forest-surrounded meadow. And there were packs of small but fast and smart meat-eating dinosaurs that searched for an opportunity to attack their prey. And there was the ultimate predator in the Tyrannosaurus rex, causing other dinosaurs to flee wherever he went.

Leslie Mertz is an experienced environmental, science, technology, medical, and general writer who has written for nonprofit institutions and organizations, for businesses, and for numerous magazines as well as publishing outlets. She has also authored nine books, coauthored a tenth, and written a wide variety of articles and chapters for additional books. She holds a PhD in biology and teaches at Eastern Michigan University. She currently resides in Saginaw, Michigan.

• Age Range: 8 - 12 years
• Grade Level: 2 - 7
• Series: The Fact Atlas Series
• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: Sky Pony Press (July 7, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1632204363
• ISBN-13: 978-1632204363
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.6 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

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Fact Atlas Robots: Explore the World of Robots and How They Work for Us

Robots exist for so many different reasons. Many robots replace humans, whether it’s because a situation is dangerous or just tedious. There are rover robots to explore space and drone robots that play a part in our military today, but then there are also vacuum robots available for the average household’s chores. In Japan, there is a robot teacher that can mimic a wide range of human emotions—including anger at uncooperative students—thanks to eighteen small motors hidden beneath the latex skin covering her face. The Japanese government hopes to use robots to fill jobs left vacant by an anticipated labor shortage due to an aging population. In the United States, robots even help with surgery, allowing for incisions to be cut much smaller than they would be otherwise—meaning fewer complications and faster recovery times.

Rick Allen Leider is an author, a film reviewer, and the editor in chief of the online review site The Black Cat Review, part of the telecommunications company Black Cat Media. He lives in New York City.

• Age Range: 8 - 12 years
• Grade Level: 2 - 7
• Series: The Fact Atlas Series
• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: Sky Pony Press (July 7, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1632204398
• ISBN-13: 978-1632204394
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.6 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds

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