This delightful wordbook, filled with bright and busy scenes, is perfect for sharing with very young children. Babies and toddlers will learn new words on every page, for parts of the body, as well as actions, senses and emotions.

Take an illustrated ride through the wonderful world of curious words. Have you ever wondered what an Indri is, eaten a Clapshot, grown a Cloudberry or come across a Colugo? Do you always find yourself looking up CURIOUS WORDS? From Nefarious and Knots to Yuzus and Yews, this brilliant tour through over 1,000 wonderful words and their meanings, packed with awesome illustrations is the perfect book for kids who always want to know what EVERYTHING means! Colourful pages burst with curious words on subjects from space and dinosaurs to colours and actions, while language spreads explain how different types of words can do what you want them to do.

The Creative Writing series provides a complete and comprehensive course in creative writing. It prepares children for 11+, 12+ and 13+ state grammar entrance, Common Entrance and scholarship examinations for independent schools. This series of books is designed to be used in sequence from Workbook 1 onwards. A child should work through the exercises in each section and then apply the principles and techniques they have learnt in a draft of their own story. By the end of the course, children will have produced two drafts for each of their six original stories. A Score Chart and Certificate of Achievement are included at the end of the book. All our materials have been rigorously classroom tested. The methodologies have been successfully used in AE Tuition classes for over 20 years.

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Language Suitable for the 2023 exams Everything you need to revise for GCSE 9-1 English language reading papers 1 and 2 Let’s face it, exams can be tricky. Because everyone has different strengths when it comes to test taking, this new Snap Revision guide from Collins helps you focus on areas of your revision that you find tricky or need extra practice in. This is no ordinary GCSE Grade 9-1 English Language revision guide – it’s focussed revision designed to help you with the reading component of papers 1 and 2 in the AQA GCSE Grade 9-1 exam. Spaced practice opportunities allow you to test, revisit and review understanding throughout your revision. Ideal to use at home for extra practice, revising tricky topics is a snap with this Collins Snap Revision guide for writing. Need to brush up on your writing skills too? Writing for papers 1 and 2 (9780008242336) is another excellent GCSE Grade 9-1 revision guide that will get you ready for your AQA English Language exam.

If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun . . . Join Moomintroll and his friends in this brand new picture book based on the original stories by Tove Jansson. On a windy day in Moominvalley a frightened forest creature comes tap-tapping on the door of the Moominhouse. Little My is less than impressed when Moominmamma suggests the new guest could sleep in the spare bunk in her room. But Little My soon learns that a friend in need is a friend indeed . . . A gorgeous, brightly illustrated story about community and looking out for one another. More beautiful Moomin books: My First Moomin: Goodnight Moomin Moomin and the Wishing Star Moomin and the Birthday Button Moomin: The Very BIG Moominhouse Lift-the-Flap Book

Ontdek in Afrikaans: Amki en Zanda leesreeks

• Hierdie reeks het ten doel om Afrikaans vir kinders op 'n prettige manier deur middel van 'n oulike storie te leer en is veral gerig op Tweede Taal leerders. Amki en Zanda is van planeet Mars en neem elke kind saam op 'n heerlike avontuur om woordeskat en konsepte in Afrikaans te ontdek.

• 5 boeke in die reeks, elk met 2 stories.

• Kleurvolle illustrasies, 'n Afrikaans / Engelse woordelys en werksopdragte

• Die reeks is gemik op Tweede Taal leerders (Gr 3 - 6) wat Afrikaans as Akademiese taal moet leer. Ook geskik vir kinders (ouderdom 8 - 10) wat reeds goed Afrikaans kan lees.

The Small and Mighty range is the ultimate pocket-sized collectible series for young readers who can't get enough of their favourite topic. The Small and Mighty Book of Bears is a treasure trove of brilliant bear information. Inside, readers will discover tons of original animal art, plus a wealth of fun and fascinating bear facts. Frightening and fierce hunters, yet who also have friendly faces, we find bears funny and adorable and so feature them as charcaters in stories. From an acrobatic bear that does handstands to a bear that won a medal for bravery, read about the large, intelligent animals that come in all shapes and sizes. With profiles of the world's most roar-some creatures, this is a book no young bear lover can afford to be without! The largest bear ever was the giant short-faced bear. It lived throughout North America from 1.6 million to 11,000 years ago. It stood as much as 180cm tall. Brown bears have huge shoulder muscles, which make them very strong. The muscles are so big they give the bear a hump, which is one way of telling them apart from other bears.

Shortlisted for the 2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. This magical and fun-filled story about how unicorns got their horns is the first in a new series about how magical creatures came to have their gifts.  Do you know how unicorns got their horns? It all began once upon a magic forest, when a little girl called June discovered tiny horses learning how to fly in her garden. But one of the poor horses couldn’t fly at all! So, with the help of her parents, June thought of a very sweet and very delicious way to make her new friend happy. I wonder what it could have been…  'A lovely, heart-warming story, beautifully illustrated, with warm, friendly characters' —Parents in Touch 'Themes of kindness, perseverance and never being afraid to ask for help are threaded into this joyful tale full of magic, colour and happiness' —Library Mice Don't miss Beatrice Blue's second book, Once Upon a Dragon's Fire, coming in March 2020!

See baby animals grow up in this adorable board book. The perfect first baby book to introduce infants to various wild animals and baby animals, this is a charmingly illustrated board book that will delight its readers. Featuring simple words and pictures for babies to begin making verbal and visual connections, each spread includes gorgeous photographs of the baby animal and name, followed by interactive die-cut elements for a peek-a-boo reveal of the animal all grown up with each turn of the page! From owlets to owls and cubs to sloths, this adorable baby book is an engaging approach to teaching your baby about animals and the concept of growing up. This board book includes rounded corners making this baby-proof book safe, fun, and educational.

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles An updated edition from expert crossword setter and experienced tutor, Tim Moorey, including 24 brand-new annotated practice crosswords. Cryptic crosswords are no longer the preserve of the elite: in this easy-to-use guide, Tim demonstrates that anyone who enjoys words and word play can learn to solve a cryptic crossword clue. With clear pictorially presented explanations for many clues, you can revel in the deep satisfaction that comes from finishing cryptic crossword puzzles. Designed to apply to the solving of any cryptic crossword, this book develops and expands Tim’s first book, How to Master The Times Crossword, and is designed to guide the cryptic crossword beginner to an enriched solving experience. 24 clearly annotated practice puzzles from different newspaper and magazine sources Many new hints and tips to help every solver Greatly expanded lists e.g. of those all-important abbreviations you should know 10 top tips from a champion solver on how to tackle a typical daily cryptic Up-to-date sections on the latest help available online eg smartphone and tablet apps In-depth and clear explanations of every clue and puzzle answer Suitable for children as an introduction to cryptics

Ontdek in Afrikaans: Amki en Zanda leesreeks

• Hierdie reeks het ten doel om Afrikaans vir kinders op 'n prettige manier deur middel van 'n oulike storie te leer en is veral gerig op Tweede Taal leerders. Amki en Zanda is van planeet Mars en neem elke kind saam op 'n heerlike avontuur om woordeskat en konsepte in Afrikaans te ontdek.

• 5 boeke in die reeks, elk met 2 stories.

• Kleurvolle illustrasies, 'n Afrikaans / Engelse woordelys en werksopdragte

• Die reeks is gemik op Tweede Taal leerders (Gr 3 - 6) wat Afrikaans as Akademiese taal moet leer. Ook geskik vir kinders (ouderdom 8 - 10) wat reeds goed Afrikaans kan lees.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start. Textbook 6 focuses on each key number concept, using engaging representations and explaining mathematical language in context to enable pupils to embed their knowledge and master their understanding of number. Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Pupil Books, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, this book is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start. Textbook 5 focuses on each key number concept, using engaging representations and explaining mathematical language in context to enable pupils to embed their knowledge and master their understanding of number. Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Pupil Books, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, this book is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

If countless books and movies are to be believed, America's Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain men—a man's world. Here, Chris Enss, in the latest of her popular books to take on this stereotype, tells the stories of twelve courageous women who faced down schoolrooms full of children on the open prairies and in the mining towns of the Old West. Between 1847 and 1858, more than 600 women teachers traveled across the untamed frontier to provide youngsters with an education, and the numbers grew rapidly in the decades to come, as women took advantage of one of the few career opportunities for respectable work for ladies of the era. Enduring hardship, the dozen women whose stories are movingly told in the pages of Frontier Teachers demonstrated the utmost dedication and sacrifice necessary to bring formal education to the Wild West. As immortalized in works of art and literature, for many students their women teachers were heroic figures who introduced them to a world of possibilities—and changed America forever.

In this exciting new study of a largely overlooked but nevertheless extremely important figure in American music, author Allen Cohen explores the relationship between theory and practice in the works of Howard Hanson, a prominent twentieth-century composer, conductor, and educator. In Hanson's book Harmonic Materials of Modern Music, he proffered a theory of classification of all possible pitch-class collections in the chromatic scale, showing ways of deriving larger collections from smaller ones, and demonstrating significant relationships among them. This theory anticipated in many ways the standard formulations of music set theory, while also influencing Hanson's own compositions. Following an introduction and biographical overview, Howard Hanson: Theory and Practice summarizes its subject's theoretical writings, examines their usefulness for both musicologists and composers, and analyzes in particular two of Hanson's musical pieces. In this way, Howard Hanson represents an exciting and highly educational look at a man and his work, both unacknowledged for too long.

Explore seas, swamps, deserts and mountains, from the earliest life on Earth to our present day, and get up close to our planet's all-time deadliest predators. Join the hunt with Velociraptor, defend your prey with mighty Smilodon, see how you measure up to the biggest shark of all time and take to the skies with some of the world's most incredible birds of prey. A stunning central gatefold opens to reveal a timeline of life on Earth and the size of these incredible hunters.

With Minecraft still the most popular children's videogame title worldlwide, this expanded and updated edition of How to Beat Minecraft contains absolutely everything a player could possibly need to know about how to finish the game in single-player survival mode. Starting from the very first moment you begin the game in a completely new world, the book will show you the best methods for mining, crafting and creating a shelter, then lead you through farming, making enchanted objects, interacting with villagers, and exploring. Finally, you'll learn how to enter the dangerous world of the Nether and survive there, and how to beat the Ender Dragon and complete the game. It's packed full of info on the very latest completely new elements in Minecraft, including pillagers, pandas, shipwrecks and more. New additions to this edition include biomes like mangrove swamps, the Deep Dark, ancient cities, and mobs including tadpoles, frogs and the ominous Warden. This epic book has everything that a player needs to beat Survival Mode and become a Minecraft champion!

An ESSENTIAL book for anyone who wants to pass the Numeracy Skills Test for Teachers. You must pass this test before starting your course, and this up to date text tells you exactly what to expect and how to prepare for the latest version of the test. There is an emphasis on support and clear guidance throughout, along with plenty of practice material, so you can face the test with confidence and succeed in your application. It provides: a guide to the variety of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provision and routes into teaching a preparation timeline comprehensive coverage of the numeracy test an audit of your strengths and areas for improvement in numeracy example questions and answers, highlighting common errors, providing top tips for success, with theories and methods fully explained full practice papers plus test-taking and revision strategies discrete topics enable focused learning, with explanations and hundreds of examples larger format pages for ease of use and more memorable learning.

The Dr. Seuss classic about the irrepressible Fox in Socks gets a brand new look – bringing his hilarious tongue-twisters and rollicking rhymes to a new generation of readers. The classic story from the one and only Dr. Seuss, now with a brand new look! Fox in Socks teaches a baffled Mr. Knox some of the slickest, quickest tongue-twisters in town, and you can read along too – if your tongue can manage it! The perfect book for budding readers, the new style brings an old favourite to a whole new generation.