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Discover cool cars with i-SPY - facts, photos and fantastic spots!
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this
pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for
hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points with more than
120 cools cars to find. From Chevrolets to Chryslers, Rolls Royces
to Porsches, they'll learn all about the model range and origins
along the way. And once they've scored 1000 points, super-spotters
can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge. With more
than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there's something for everyone! For
even more fun check out i-SPY On a Car Journey (ISBN
9780008386504).
On 10 April 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. This “Ship of Dreams” was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world. It was claimed she was unsinkable. But four days later, when the ship struck an iceberg, the loss of Titanic and over 1,500 passengers would become one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history.
In this fact-filled retelling of its construction and doomed maiden voyage, David Long brings Titanic’s tragic tale to life.
Join Thomas and friends for a fun-filled journey in this All
Engines Go picture book! Thomas and Kana spot a rainbow and decide
to find out where it leads, eager to find the prize that's always
at a rainbow's end. But, as they chug along, the rainbow keeps
moving. What will they discover along the way? Thomas has been
teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 75
years. He ranks alongside other beloved characters such as
Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential
part of our literary heritage.
Book 6 in the hardback series - Racing Trains Peter's Railway is a
story about a young boy who lives at Grandpa's farm. After building
a miniature railway across the farm and then completing an amazing
5 mile extension to the line, Peter is ready for some more
thrilling adventures. As their engineering skills progress the
children are given more responsibility on the railway, and are
delighted when they are given the task of completing a model
Stirling Single locomotive - a perfect project for the summer!
After watching the mainline train thunder past their miniature
railway, the children were asking how fast was it travelling, and
how fast could Fiery Fox go? Peter, always one for tinkering and
creating things, comes up with just the ticket to measure speed - a
computer-powered speedometer This leads to all sorts of adventures
and the inevitable races along the track to test out Peter's new
invention and to find out how fast trains can go! As in the
previous books in the series, there is technical information and
diagrams at the end of relevant chapters. In this book the topics
explored are: how wheel size affects speed, pistons speed, work,
power, computer programs, boilers, and much more...
From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner
Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating
the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel - all seen
through the world's most epic train journeys. So climb on board and
travel across six continents, 34 countries and numerous cities via
twelve of the world's most awe-inspiring railways. Bestselling
author Sam Sedgman brings to life these astonishing feats of
railway engineering, including the Eurostar (London to Amsterdam),
Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental
Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco) and the Rejuvenation Express
(Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals some of
the rich history, culture, landscape and wildlife of the countries
travelled. Take in the safari sights of Southern Africa, wrap up
warm in the Arctic Circle, cross scorching deserts on the
California Zephyr, and taste tea in India whilst on a toy train -
there's a whole world to discover when travelling by train!
Detailed, colourful illustrations by Sam Brewster bring the facts
and journeys to life. Epic Adventures will appeal to culture-,
travel-, locomotive-fans of all ages.
Our new Activity Book is packed full of trains, colouring and
engineering puzzles. Some of the activities are easy, others are
more challenging. There's something for everyone: colouring, maths,
crossword, anagrams, spot the dangers, join the dots, brain
teasers, terrible train jokes, and a fabulous, new Spot the
Difference! 32 pages of easy to follow activities, some more
challenging than others but all great fun, combining learning,
problem solving and creativity. The colouring pages bring the
Peter's Railway books to life and you can be as creative as you
like! Beware the "Most Dangerous Railway Station in the World" see
if you can spot all the dangerous things that shouldn't be
happening!! Keep the kids busy with this great new activity book
from Peter's Railway.
Frank's long-suffering parents decide it's time for a holiday - looking
after a whole zooful of animals is VERY hard work. Leaving Gran in
charge, they set off. But the further from home they get, the more
anxious Frank gets.
What if Gran can't cope? What if his animals need him? He decides to
take drastic action - with dire consequences!
A nail-biting follow-up to the bestselling Baby's First Bank Heist and
Baby's First Jailbreak.
Enter the super-fast and furious world of supercars
A World of Supercars is crammed with amazing, up-close photographs of some of the most famous supercars in the world, and all the top facts and figures about their performance. Get up to speed on engine types, aerodynamics, handling and other tech topics, and meet the stars of the supercar world.
Perfect reading for petrol-heads aged 9 and up.
Discover and finish 20 of the fastest, toughest, most hi-tech
supercars on the planet with this spectacular colouring book. Use
your pens to bring grappling hooks, hover wheels and rocket
boosters roaring to life as the cars race across gleaming cities
and scorching deserts. Then read the descriptions, compare the
stats, and use them to decide who wins...
The perfect book for any child who is fascinated by big machines.
Children will enjoy bringing scenes to life and seeing their
favourite vehicles in action. Hundreds of stickers are provided to
fill scenes such as `Monster trucks', `Mountain rescue' and
`Harvest time', with characterful animals busy at work driving
tractors and trucks.
There's work to do! No time to waste! All year the farm's a busy
place! Six hardworking trucks-with help from brand-new farm
vehicles-have work to do in each of the seasons: planting in
spring, building a barn in the summer, harvesting in fall, and
finally tucking the animals in for a cozy winter. Construction
enthusiasts will love this look at a farm through the year, and all
the rough, tough work there is to do! Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG
Ford, the author-illustrator team behind the many New York Times
CONSTRUCTION SITE bestsellers, bring their playful rhyming text and
vibrant illustrations to another exciting tale of teamwork, sure to
delight little construction fans everywhere.
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Noisy Digger
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Lauren Crisp; Illustrated by Thomas Elliott
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Discovery Miles 3 670
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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Join Thomas as he discovers animals from all over the world. With gentle learning through fun facts and easy activities, pre-schoolers will find out about tigers, pandas, parrots and many more creatures.
This book is filled with sticker scenes, mazes, colouring and puzzles and features favourite friends Thomas, James, Percy and a whole host of new characters from around the world. This activity book is perfect for little fans of the series. Includes over 100 stickers.
Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 70 years. He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.
The history of boats is intertwined with our own - since the
earliest times, humans have found ways to cross the bodies of water
that cut them off from further exploration and expansion. From the
woven rafts of ancient Mesopotamia, to Native American log canoes,
through to Dutch merchant ships and onwards to today's modern
sailing hydrofoils, trace the fascinating story of boats and their
place in our culture.
Peter is on holiday with his family in Scotland when Grandpa learns
of a spectacular train crash. It happened nearby so they go
exploring to find the exact spot. To add to the adventure they
discover some evidence still lying on the ground - It's a true
story where a crazy mistake led to disaster, but luckily no-one was
hurt. To show how easy it is to make a blunder like this, Grandpa
tells another story which ends with a Bang!
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