Books written by Sara L. Latta

  • Volcanologists: Examining Active Volcanoes
    Volcanologists: Examining Active Volcanoes

    Jim Kauahikaua and G. Brad Lewis, Volcano: Creation in Motion (Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing, 2004), 1. 2. Jim Kauahikaua, interview, September 21, 2007. Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes from Kauahikaua come from this ...

  • Exploring Constellations
    Exploring Constellations

    Explore the amazing science behind constellations.

  • Bees and Wasps: Secrets of Their Busy Colonies
    Bees and Wasps: Secrets of Their Busy Colonies

    A lot is going on inside their homes. Workers gather food and feed the young. The Queen lays eggs. Discover how bees and wasps build their homes, communicate, and depend on one another to survive in their colonies.

  • Investigating Cybercrime
    Investigating Cybercrime

    This book will introduce readers to the dark world of cybercrime, the various disguises cybercrime can take, and the increased need to combat cybercrime, as well as highlight the fascinating world of cybercrime investigation, including ...

  • Bees and Wasps: Secrets of Their Busy Colonies
    Bees and Wasps: Secrets of Their Busy Colonies

    A lot is going on inside their homes. Workers gather food and feed the young. The Queen lays eggs. Discover how bees and wasps build their homes, communicate, and depend on one another to survive in their colonies.

  • What You Can Do About Allergies
    What You Can Do About Allergies

    Understand how the immune system works and how different people react to allergens. Explore the history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and future areas of research for those with allergies.

  • Microwave Man: Percy Spencer and His Sizzling Invention
    Microwave Man: Percy Spencer and His Sizzling Invention

    It was not until 1967 that Raytheon was able to make a microwave oven small and cheap enough for use in home kitchens. The Radarange® sold for $495. It took several years for it to ... 33 Stay Safe 32 Microwave Man Microwaves in the Home.

  • The Woman Who Invented Windshield Wipers: Mary Anderson and Her Wonderful Invention
    The Woman Who Invented Windshield Wipers: Mary Anderson and Her Wonderful Invention

    The Picture History of Great Inventors. London: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2005. St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be an Inventor? New York: Puffin, 2005. Sussman, Julie. ... Hooray for Inventors! Cambridge, Mass.

  • Dealing with the Loss of a Loved One
    Dealing with the Loss of a Loved One

    Examines the challenges teens face in dealing with the emotional, mental, and physical changes experienced after the death of someone close to them.

  • Medical Serial Killers
    Medical Serial Killers

    ... Serial Killers True Crime Anthology: Volume 2 (Annual Serial Killers Anthology). RJ Parker Publishing, 2014. Websites. Crime Museum: Crime Library www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library FBI: Serial Murders www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications ...

  • Microwave Man: Percy Spencer and His Sizzling Invention
    Microwave Man: Percy Spencer and His Sizzling Invention

    Most people love microwave popcorn or a warm snack from the microwave, but before 1975, homes did not have this great device.

  • Who Invented Basketball? James Naismith
    Who Invented Basketball? James Naismith

    This book is a slam dunk for young readers.

  • Bones: Dead People DO Tell Tales
    Bones: Dead People DO Tell Tales

    "Uses true crime stories to explain the science of forensics and physical anthropology"--Provided by publisher.

  • Medical Serial Killers
    Medical Serial Killers

    ... 2015). “Efren Saldivar,” Murderpedia,http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/saldivar-efren. htm (accessed July 6, 2015). Ramsland, p.88. R.J. Parker et al., 2015 Serial Killers True Crime Anthology, Volume II (West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing ...

  • Investigating Cybercrime
    Investigating Cybercrime

    This book will introduce readers to the dark world of cybercrime, the various disguises cybercrime can take, and the increased need to combat cybercrime, as well as highlight the fascinating world of cybercrime investigation, including ...

  • What You Can Do About Allergies
    What You Can Do About Allergies

    Understand how the immune system works and how different people react to allergens. Explore the history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and future areas of research for those with allergies.

  • DNA and Blood: Dead People DO Tell Tales
    DNA and Blood: Dead People DO Tell Tales

    "Learn how blood and DNA are used to solve crimes, with real cases as examples"--Provided by publisher.

  • Why Is It Fall?
    Why Is It Fall?

    "Read about when fall begins, why leaves change color and what animals do during this season"--Provided by publisher.

  • Stella Brite and the Dark Matter Mystery
    Stella Brite and the Dark Matter Mystery

    Stella and her brother Max, of the Brite and Brite Detective Agency, put the mystery of Mayor Pickle's missing Pekingese on hold as they join the astronomy club in researching the problem of invisible dark matter in the universe.