The Life Cycle Of A Crab - Tapa dura

Life cycles is a series of specially written first natural history books for the new reader, and this book looks at the life cycle of the crab, beginning with a clear description of what a crab looks like, and goes on to show us how the crab mates and produces its eggs. The different stages the eggs and larvae go through before the crab emerges as an adult after its last moult are described, and there is a section at the back of the book which gives further information about different kinds of crabs and how to look for them. The books are designed to be used in a number of ways - young readers can read or follow a text specially set in large type, while older children can read the more detailed smaller type. Jill Bailey, the author of this book has a degreee in Botany and an MSC in Ecology. She has also written six other books in the "Life Cycles" series.

Ruth Thomson is an award-winning educational author (with an MA in Museum and Gallery learning) , who specialises in writing books on art and history. Her art books include Grisly & Gruesome, Saints and Looking at Paintings for the National Gallery, London, a short biography of Georgia O'Keeffe and several hands-on art packs for Tate galleries. She has also co-written Posters and Propaganda in Wartime, published in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum. Her history books include a series about Victorian childhood and books about Plains Indians and Aztecs. Ruth's interest in Terezín was sparked during research for an educational pack on Holocaust art for the London Gallery of Jewish Art. The gallery owns a powerful series of prints by Leo Haas, one of the artists featured in the book, and Ruth became intrigued to find out more about the place that had inspired them. As well as writing educational books, Ruth travels widely, collecting recycled artefacts, which she has shown in bespoke exhibitions at major British museums and galleries for the past 7 years. In her spare time, Ruth enjoys long-distance walking, stone carving and reading modern American literature.