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Do you enjoy reading or writing? Do you think about the designs on
book covers? Read this book to learn about the different ways you
can work in publishing.
This is a bold, bright and educational bilingual board book that
introduces children to the concept of jobs and occupations in two
languages.
Describes some of the things that letter carriers do to make sure
people in the community get their mail.
Do you sing or play an instrument? Do you like listening to music
or writing songs? Read this book to learn about the different ways
you can work in music.
This is a bold, bright and educational bilingual board book that
introduces children to the concept of jobs and occupations in two
languages.
When Enola Holmes encounters her friend Lady Cecily hiding behind a
pink fan, she finds it peculiar. In fact, she realizes Cecily is in
danger! But what, exactly, is the matter? And how can Enola help?
After examining the clues, Enola discovers Lady Cecily is being
held hostage in an abysmal orphanage, and if she isnat rescued,
sheall be forced into a miserable marriage!
This complicated case has Sherlock and Enola (literally) running
into each other all over London. If Enola joins forces with the
brother she has fought desperately to elude, she risks her
freedoma]yet, if she doesnat, Lady Cecily could be doomed!
Edgar Awardawinning Nancy Springer offers the riskiest case yet
for our well-loved, critically acclaimed heroine.
In Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business, Sarah Breedlove (AKA Madam
C.J. Walker) reinvents and rebrands herself as a forceful
entrepreneur whose products still dominate the black hair care
industry today. Born on the same plantation where her parents were
once enslaved-Sarah is the first child in her family born free.
When Sarah is just a girl, she learns the value of hard work. She
cooks, she cleans, she picks cotton, she does laundry, and she
babysits. By fourteen, Sarah is a wife and by eighteen she is a
mother. From the stress of backbreaking labor and having to grow up
so quickly, Sarah's hair begins to fall out! Instead of falling
into despair, Sarah learns how to take care of her hair and invents
her own recipe to encourage her hair to grow. But Sarah has a
problem. She can't get people to buy her products at first. So, she
rebrands herself as "Madam C.J. Walker," a fancy high society lady
with the authority and know-how to help black women with their
hair. As Madam C.J. Walker, she builds a business empire, dominates
the black hair care market with her natural products, and offers
opportunities for other poor washerwomen in her community to have a
path to financial freedom. With her immense wealth, she treats
herself too. She buys herself cars, fancy dresses, and a mansion
with 34 rooms! This is the story of a leader in the hair care
industry, which is now a multibillion-dollar industry, but it's
also a tale of the importance of empowering women to become
economically independent. After Words includes text on Madam C.J.
Walker's lasting legacy today as well as educational activities on
entrepreneurship.
Energy For Everyone? explores one of the world's most profitable
industries. It discovers how the energy industry began and why
energy companies can charge so much for their goods. The book also
discusses the challenges the energy industry faces as our planet's
natural resources are depleted, and the genius solutions businesses
have in place to ensure they continue to make billions. Discover
the world's biggest money-making industries and the secrets of
their success in Big-time Business. From the pharmaceutical
industry and entertainment world through to the business of beauty,
banking, social networking and energy, find out why these
enterprising worlds have a grip on the global economy and are
considered the biggest money-generators on the planet. A
high-interest exploration of the business world for 9+ readers.
The Suez crisis was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 followed by
France and the United Kingdom. The purpose was to remove the then
Egyptian President and take control of the Suez canal, which was
vital to western Europe for moving goods. Egypts had just
nationalised the canal. This was a humiliating defeat for the
invaders and resulted in petrol rationing in the U.K. This then led
to a slump in the sales of large cars and the market for German
bubble cars boomed. This led to Leonard Lord, the head of BMC and
the man who detested these foreign small cars to call for a British
small car. This was the birth of the mini. This car became a
favourite with the swinging sixties celebrity set and was featured
in the famous Michael Caine movie The Italian job, where Caine's
character, Charlie Croker, utters the famous line ` you're only
supposed to blow the bloody doors off' The material in this book
should be accessible to an year 8 student and as such should be
ideal reading material for the vast majority of students in schools
and F.E. colleges. This book is in a series on old technology and
is specifically designed to develop reading in teenage males. We
were asked by a Midlands College to provide something that
encouraged young males to read, since they were literally not
reading anything. Since many of them will be weak readers, the book
also comes with an audio recording on a disc. The student can then,
if they need to, listen to the audio as they read. This will be of
interest to schools, colleges and academies where there are
reluctant readers.
The fastest police cars and motorbikes. . . The most powerful
trucks . . . Firefighting helicopters . . . A thrilling book packed
with full-colour technical illustrations and information about
emergency vehicles from around the world. Featuring various
emergency scenarios, and fully researched to be up to the minute,
this book is already a hit in-house .
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Lockdown Hair
(Paperback)
Linda Steinbock; Illustrated by Alexandra Rusu
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This series provides fun and accessible careers information for
young people choosing what to study post-14. Each title offers a
behind-the-scenes tour of a high-interest job typically entered
through a vocational route. Snappy, easy-to-digest information and
case studies are supported by a comprenhesive guide to training and
entry routes. At the end of year 9, pupils must choose course
options that will determine whether they take a vocational or
academic route through the rest of their education. These titles
will help readers relate the huge range of vocational courses
available to exciting jobs in the real world.
A picture guide to the work of an American cowboy, reflecting the
increasing diversity in society, changing technology and the lives
of adults that children see on television. This best-selling series
of 17 titles has sold more than 800,000 copies since publication
and earned excellent reviews and praise for the range of
occupations it features. With vibrant colour pictures and plain
text, the I Want To Be series is an appealing introduction to a
broad spectrum of occupations, from Pilot to Chef to Cowboy, making
them ideal for inclusion in Community Helpers and other Common Core
Correlations Social Studies and Language Arts units. New photos
show Policewomen with contemporary uniforms and stateof-the-art
equipment. Firefighters' uniforms protect better; builders are
women as well as men; many of the Nurses are male. This reflects
the society that kids are seeing now. Mainly, children will enjoy
the I Want To Be books for the pictures, reading to themselves,
seeing everyday people doing important jobs, like the adults in
their family and in their dreams and aspirations.
This is a bold, bright and educational bilingual board book that
introduces children to the concept of jobs and occupations in two
languages.
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of
English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new
illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition
also includes instructions to access supporting material online.
Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and
thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to
bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of
Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference
for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader
help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key
exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test
readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. No Rules
Rules, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is
made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more
complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and
simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations,
which appear regularly. Reed Hastings started Netflix with Marc
Randolph in 1997. Their company has completely changed how we watch
TV and films. In this book, Reed explains the secret to the
company's success and how at Netflix, there really are NO rules.
Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print
edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital
book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.
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Pilots
(Paperback)
Mary Meinking
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Do you see that? It's a plane! Find out about the people who fly
them. Readers will learn what pilots do and how people get this
exciting job.
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My Job in Maths
(Hardcover)
Joanna Brundle; Designed by Drue Rintoul
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Are you a maths whizz with terrific timetable skills? Or are you a
science star who knows everything there is to know about the animal
kingdom? Or maybe you're an engineering hero who loves to take
things apart and put them back together again? Whether you dream of
diving with whales as a marine biologist or flying rockets into
space with NASA, going from classroom to career is easy if you know
what jobs are out there!
Be inspired by 20 of the world's most famous advocates for peace.
Discover the lives of ten female and ten male peace-makers from
throughout history and from around the world. This book is the
perfect introduction to some of the most dramatic and
world-changing lives of people who have made a huge impact through
the advocation of peace. Stunning artwork brings to life ten male
and ten female peacemakers from across history and from around the
world. Clear, concise text presents their significant contribution
to our world alongside the stand-out biographical information from
their fascinating lives.
Early readers will be engaged as they find out how a skyscraper is
built and what goes inside when it's completed. This nonfiction
title features detailed, vibrant images, helpful definitions and
diagrams, and simple, informational text. Readers will be eager to
learn all they can about the architecture that goes into building
these amazing skyscrapers!
Cause, Effect and Chaos! explores the relationship between things,
their actions and reactions, and what happens when processes don't
go according to plan. From the unfortunate to the truly
catastrophic, discover how things work in the world and beyond.
Each spread follows a narrative chain with fun illustrations and
arrows leading the reader through a different action, process or
phenomenon. This highly visual approach, with simple text, makes it
the perfect series for imparting STEM and geography concepts.
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