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Match 15 'before' and 'after' nature moments. Then, turn the cards
over to play again - but this time, use your memory to find each
pair. This card game builds first literacy and sequencing skills
with all your favourite animals from Slow Down - an ideal game for
2-4 players.
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 outdoors with
more than 140 things to find. From buttercups to sycamore trees,
ladybirds to pine martins, they'll learn all about their
surrounding natural world. 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 outdoors check out i-SPY Birds
(ISBN 9780008386450).
Set your spirit of adventure free with this journey to the world's
great oceans, discovering the diversity of life that exists in the
deep blue sea. Whether you're travelling long haul with leatherback
turtles across the Pacific, snoozing with sea otters or ice bathing
with a walrus, this book celebrates the very prescient topic of the
world's oceans with LucyLetherland's animal characters. Each
section begins with an infographic map of the ocean it explores -
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic - followed by richly
detailed two-page spreads exploring its depths and the denizens
within, as well as seabirds, coral reefs and shoreline critters.
Discover saltwater crocodiles lurking in the Andaman Islands,
hammerheads gathering in the Atlantic, and the awe-inspiring
colossal squid that calls the Ross Sea home. Lucy Letherland's
illuminating artwork shows how these oceans teem with life, forming
part of complex and fascinating ecosystems, all in a quirky,
characterful style. Interesting facts and figures pepper the
scenes. Did you know that spinner dolphins can swim up to 400
kilometres a day? Or that some sea snails can grow up to half a
metre long? Or that in the deepest depths, fish can glow in the
dark? A natural history lesson in an adventure book, each spread
features 10 captions and and facts about every destination. The 5th
title in the best-selling Atlas of Adventures series that has now
been translated into 31 languages. A 'Can you find?' page at the
back challenges you to explore the pages even deeper by locating
the pictured scenes and scene-stealers. Children and adults alike
will be amazed by the incredible creatures that await in the
world's oceans.
With lyrical text, enchanting illustrations and a beautiful
fold-out scene to complete the story, this award-winning picture
book takes you on a journey through the seasons and years as you
follow a seed's transformation from a seedling to a sapling, then a
young tree, until it becomes a large tree with its branches and
roots filling the page. As the tree grows, it is joined by
well-loved woodland creatures - squirrels and rabbits, butterflies
and owls - who make it their home. A rhyming poem builds page on
page, echoing the rings of a growing tree. The story culminates
with a fold-out page showing a mature tree shedding seeds to
continue the beautiful cycle of life. At the back, find the full
poem and facts about the specific tree, a sycamore. Beautiful and
evocative, It Starts With a Seed is a factual story that will touch
children with its simple, enchanting message of life and growth. It
Starts with a Seed was the winner of the inaugural Margaret Mallett
Award for Children's Non-Fiction.
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Busy Puppies
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Yi-Hsuan Wu; Campbell Books
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Push, pull and slide the scenes to race around the dog park in Busy
Puppies! Teach all sorts of puppies how to play fetch, learn new
tricks and even make new waggy-tailed friends in this adorable
book. Young children will love playing with this bright and
colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful
illustrations by Yi-Hsuan Wu. Part of the popular Busy Book series,
this book is perfect for sharing with little dog-lovers. Introduce
your toddler to the Busy world around them with Busy Zoo, Busy Pets
and Busy Baby Animals.
This exciting and fact-filled title comprises all the best bits
from the popular Question Time series, giving lively, informative
answers to many of the WHAT, HOW, WHY and WHICH questions that
young children ask about the world around them. What? Where? Why?
Questions and Answers about Nature asks a variety of questions such
as 'How do caterpillars grow up?', 'Why are whales such whoppers?',
'How does the frilled lizard trick its enemies?', 'Why do peacocks
show off?', 'How can a shark drown?' and 'What is a rainforest?'
plus hundreds more. Containing information taken from the Question
Time titles Creepy-Crawlies, Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Sharks,
Seashore and Rainforest, with brand-new pages on fish, this bumper
volume is sure to delight the inquisitive reader. Carefully
researched and created to fulfil early-learning needs, the book
covers a wealth of popular natural history subjects that will
stimulate children's curiosity. The topics are explored in great
detail with engaging text, and supported by colourful and inviting
illustrations that bring the natural world vividly to life. with
eye-catching cartoons and a Now I Know feature reinforces the facts
that have been explained. This focused approach will provide a
solid basis of knowledge, as well as inspire and educate.
This nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain
science content knowledge while building their reading
comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text
features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color
images. Students will learn all about the four spheres of Earth
through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is
aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text
features like a glossary and index will improve students close
reading skills.
A world of knowledge in your pocket! Brilliant new mini information
books. Packed full of information about popular subjects, 'Hot
Topics' are great for easy access and instant reference. Great
value for money!
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Dig World
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Codie Wright; Illustrated by Madeline Husby
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This handbook enables readers to identify more than 40 wildflower
species. Working closely with the Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Watch
initiative, readers are encouraged to personalize their handbook by
adding photos, making notes, placing stickers and logging
sightings.
Players take it in turns to flip over tiles showing seasonal
things, from rabbits in spring to ice creams in summer, squirrels
in autumn to hot chocolate in winter. If they match the pictures on
their nature hunt list, they add it to their card. The winner is
the first player to fill their card with all the items on the list
and complete the nature hunt! This board game teaches word and
image recognition with all your favourite characters from Brown
Bear Wood - an ideal game for 2-4 players.
You are about to embark on a dangerous adventure. With this game in
a book, use the pop-out Survival Spinner to learn your fate as you
face peril after peril in a wild, rugged landscape. You become lost
in the mountains after an emergency landing. Among the snowy peaks,
you are at risk from dangers including falling victim to
hypothermia, being buried by an avalanche or stumbling into a deep
crevasse. In your backpack, you have a sleeping bag, a thermal
roll-mat, a bottle of water, a bag of nuts, waterproof matches, a
pair of binoculars, a camera, a first aid kit and an old survival
journal belonging to your grandfather. As you confront each
life-threatening challenge in this adventure-filled game book,
place the Survival Spinner found inside the cover of the book on
one of the circles on your current page, and spin. The place where
the spinner points when it stops tells you if you have survived,
are still living but injured or that you have perished, with a
corresponding page number to turn to for each fate. Throughout, you
will learn about real-life survival techniques, including how to:
Make a snow shelter Build a fire Survive a bear attack Treat a
wound Use the sun and moon to navigate Cross a frozen lake
Harrowing tales of real-life wilderness survivors provide glimmers
of hope as you deal with the consequences of your choices. One bad
decision could lead to disaster... Frozen Mountain is the debut
book in the exhilarating Spin to Survive series. Discover real-life
survival tips and stories as you navigate your own perilous journey
through the wilderness guided by your decisions and the removable
Survival Spinner. Have you got what it takes to survive?
The purpose of this series is to show children the habitats around
them. The books will guide a child through their personal
exploration of different habitats. The reader will be encouraged to
use key science skills to plan, observe, collect, record and and
preserve their findings on their trail of nature. This title looks
at what can be found in parks, including trees, flowers, food
cycles and water.
100 Facts Plant Life is bursting with detailed images, fun
activities and exactly 100 amazing facts. Children will learn
everything they need to know about our green planet. 100 Facts
Plant Life contains key topics about the plant kingdom in
mind-blowing numbered facts. Each fact is accompanied by beautiful
illustrations and photographs, which add visual meaning to the
information for kids. This is a fascinating plant book for kids
aged 7+. Essential topics covered in 100 Facts Plant Life: - The
seven functions of a plant, which include photosynthesis and
pollination - Plants in different environments such as forests,
jungles and underwater - Animal friends, enemies and how plants use
their appearance as a trap Examples of 'I don't believe it'
fascinating facts: - Squirting cucumbers can shoot their seeds 5
metres away. Their seedpods are full of water and explode at the
slightest touch. - Nearly half of all the trees that are cut down
are used to make paper - more than 300 million tonnes every year. -
Sea otters wrap strands of giant kelp around themselves so they
don't float away while feeding on sea urchins or resting.
Activities to make learning accessible and interactive include: -
Sprinkle mustard or cress seeds on a damp piece of cotton wool and
leave on a saucer in a warm place - the seeds will start to
germinate after a day - Light and dark! Find out the effect of
sunlight and lack of sunlight on a living plant by placing a piece
of card on a leaf and looking at what happens after a few days. -
Quiz question: Roots grow towards light. True or false? Author:
Camilla de la Bedoyere Consultant: Barbara Taylor Pages: 40 Age: 7+
Dimensions: 9 X 12 Format: Paperback with holographic foil ISBN:
9781848106154
"Explore the incredible ways evolution works, from the beginnings
of life 3.5 billion years ago to the walking, talking super-apes
better known as human beings. Amazing Evolution is filled with
fascinating facts!" - The Week Junior Evolution can be a difficult
idea to wrap our brains around: it deals with random, unlikely
events, combined with vast lengths of time too enormous to
comprehend. But the evidence is all around us - in the fossils of
long-dead creatures, and in our genes and the relationships between
all living beings. Amazing Evolution shines a light on this
incredible process, from the beginnings of life around 3.8 billion
years ago, to the millions of different species alive today,
including the moon-walking, talking apes with super-powerful brains
- human beings! Filled with clear explanations, beautiful
illustrations and fascinating facts about the planet's strangest
and most spectacular creatures, Amazing Evolution will keep
children (and adults, too!) enthralled for hours. Delve into the
pages and learn what makes a fish a fish, why giraffes have such
long necks and how all living things, from cabbages to tigers, are
related! Amazing Evolution is the perfect first book about
evolution for young readers.
This award-winning, double-sided foldout book takes you on a
fascinating journey down through the layers of the Earth, all the
way to the planet's core and out the other side. *Picked by the
Guardian as one of '15 Modern Classics' books* When you're out
walking around, whether on the city streets or a country trail,
there's always so much to see and hear. But do you ever stop and
look down? Have you ever wondered what's going on deep in the
ground under your feet? There are so many amazing sights to see!
One side of the foldout shows the ground beneath the city, whilst
the reverse side shows the ground beneath the countryside. The
underground scenes include tunnels and pipes, creatures' burrows,
layers of rock and the planet's molten core, each running
seamlessly into the next. Mixing urban and rural settings, covering
subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The
Street Beneath My Feet offers children the opportunity to explore
their world through a detailed learning experience. And its
foldout, laperello (or concertina) style, which extends to 2.5
metres in length, is ideal for spreading out on the floor to pore
over for hours. Explore even more of the world with The Skies Above
My Eyes (August 2018) and The World Around Me (October 2020),
companion books from the Look Closer series.
Open the gates of the Wonder Garden to explore five of Earth's most
extraordinary habitats, each filled with incredible creatures and
epic scenery. Trek through the Amazon Rainforest, travel to the
Chihuahuan Desert, dive in the Great Barrier Reef, delve deep into
the Black Forest and stand on the roof of the world - the Himalayan
Mountains - to see nature at its wildest. Breathtaking, engraved
illustrations bring to life Earth's spectacular Wonder Garden in
this stunning book which takes you on an adventure around the
world. A must for all young nature lovers!
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