National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's book authors across four reading levels. The cool story of volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike. Anne Shreiber's level 3 narrative gives readers a little of the science, a little of the history, and a lot of the action. National geographic photography fires the imagination on dramatic spreads alive with vivid images of lava, ash, molten rock, weird rocks, and steaming seawater. Level 3: Becoming independent Best suited to kids who are ready for complex sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but still draw on occasional support from adults. They are ideal for readers of Purple and Gold books.

This kit contains everything you need to grow glittering crystal worlds, and add these amazing crystals to illuminate your own world!

Be amazed as you create a growing crystal tree that blooms in front of your eyes, cool crystal artworks, dazzling decorations and fun, sparkly jewellery!

You’ll be part scientist, part artist and seemingly part wizard as you conjure up these amazing crystal worlds. What's Included:

- 120-g (4.23-oz) hard-crystal growing alum powder,

- 60-cm (23.62-in) nylon thread

- 60-cm (23.62-in) pink cord

- 20-cm (7.87-in) white ribbon

- 2 popsicle sticks

- pipe cleaners 9 x 15 cm (5.91 in)

- pipe cleaners 2 x 30 cm (11.81 in)

- 20-g (0.71-oz) bottle of soft-crystal-activating solution

- 1 crystal-tree with stand

- 48-page book

National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's book authors across four reading levels. Learn all about frogs in this exciting children's book. It's full of beautiful and interesting images that teach kids all about these amazing animals. This level 2 book is appropriate for the first steps of independent reading or for a reading-aloud experience, perfect for motivating future scientists and explorers! Level 2: Becoming fluent These books are a good match for kids who are developing reading stamina and enjoy a longer book. They are ideal for readers of Green, Orange and Turquoise books.

Go on a counting adventure with your favourite animals in this noisy board book for little ones. With six high-quality animal sounds to press and count, easy-to-grip tabbed pages, and lots of cute animals to meet, this interactive book will appeal to young children and encourage early learning skills. Give your child a head start before they start school with this fun and educational children's book. With this unique book children can count the animal sounds as they press each button. Learning to count abstract things such as sounds is part of the early years curriculum and this book lets your child practise this skill, getting them ready for school. Parents will love the other ways that this noisy book supports preschool learning; the tabs encourage little ones to turn the pages all by themselves, and joining in with the rhyme and copying the animal noises helps children get ready for reading. Children will love meeting the playful animals, including one tooting elephant squirting water, two oinking pigs splashing in the mud, and three lions playing chase. The lively pictures, together with the fun rhyme, ensure that children will be eager to return to this animal book again and again. Learning to count and name animals has never been so much fun!

This is a puzzle extravaganza! This landscape book is packed with brilliant, brain-scrambling puzzles that kids will love to solve. 128 pages are packed with over 240 perplexing puzzles. The puzzles are split into three levels of difficulty, getting harder as the book progresses and as kids improve their puzzle skills. All the answers are included at the back of the book, and the different types of challenges will test all areas of puzzle-solving.

With 5 fun surprises, your baby will love the bright photographs and pop-out characters, perfect for reading aloud, learning first words, and encouraging early word recognition.

Ideal for preschool play, Pop Up Peekaboo! First Words is full of bright pictures and common words from around the home such as teddy, dog, bird, sock, tree, flower, ball, and more. Read the simple rhyming text and lift the flaps to discover what - and who - is hiding underneath. Your little one will love recognising familiar objects on the page.

This delightful early-learning book is perfect to read together and the surprise pop ups will keep your little one entertained.

Go on a puzzle adventure with the masterful Sherlock Holmes. Step into the world of the famous sleuth and help him with his detective work by cracking the 38 captivating puzzles, codes, riddles and other mind-boggling quizzes.Children love mysteries, and this set of intriguing, brain-busting logic and number puzzles from the world of Sherlock Holmes is designed to inspire curious young minds. As well as fun puzzles, it is full of stunning graphics and illustrations that spark the imagination.

Discover a new and improved version of the original bestselling My Hand Art (Chicken Socks), which includes more projects and art supplies than ever before! The book comes with everything you need, including 25 sheets of quality art paper, crayons, pompoms and an easel stand to display finished art for everyone to admire. With 25 amazing things to make, from penguins to puppies to rocket ships, there are endless ways for children to be entertained.

Danny works at Belle Vue Zoo, where - alongside training the famous elephant Maharajah - he helps out with the day-to-day tasks of caring for the animals. But when animals start escaping, Danny is the prime suspect: after all, he was a former street urchin and pickpocket. When a man turns up claiming to be his father, the plot thickens. Can Danny untangle the mystery of the animal escapade - and find out where he really belongs - in order to clear his name?

National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's book authors across four reading levels. From geckos to iguanas, komodo dragons to chameleons, lizards are about the most awesome animal around! They inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Some are lethal. Some change colour. Some have suction cups on their feet. There is enough fascinating information about these animals to fill an entire library of readers! But we've taken the absolute coolest information about the coolest animal and compacted it in this fascinating level 3 reader, perfect for anyone who loves slippery, slimy, creepy, and crawly. Level 3: Becoming independent Best suited to kids who are ready for complex sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but still draw on occasional support from adults. They are ideal for readers of Purple and Gold books.

HORRIBLY HILARIOUS JOKE BOOK is full of hundreds of horribly hilarious historical jokes and illustrations in one laugh-out-loud book. A must-have book for any Horrible Histories fan, you'll literally laugh your head off at this comical collection of nasty bits.

Learn how to draw your favourite characters from the world of Ninjago (R). Get started with beginner-friendly draw-in-the-blank pages, tracing activities, and easy inking and colouring practice sections, then advance to step-by-step instructions to draw each hero and villain from all of the Ninjago seasons. The book includes all the art materials you need to start right away!

Welcome to Elvendale . . . When Emily Jones was walking through her grandmother's garden, she never dreamed she would end up in another world. But after crossing through a secret portal, Emily finds herself in Elvendale, the land of the elves . . . with no way to leave! Luckily, she meets the elves of fire, earth, wind, and water. Together they set off on a quest to find four legendary keys that have the power to open the portal to Emily's world. But it will take imagination and courage for them to succeed as they encounter riddles, talking animals and powerful magic on their way. Can they unlock the mystery and get Emily back home?

New to Scholastic for 2016 - Enter the World of LEGO (R) and see the REAL world on a LEGO (R) adventure. LEGO Deep Dive is a nonfiction reader sure to engage even the most reluctant readers! Complete with super facts, incredible images and even a sticker sheet that can be used to make a fun sticker scene! Other books in the LEGO nonfiction programme include: LEGO: Knights and Castles LEGO: Planets LEGO: Dino Safari

This bulging compendium is loaded with jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts and bright, bold photography! Based on the popular National Geographic Weird but True! Series, this new annual pairs the planet's quirkiest, wackiest facts with the coolest and strangest true stories. Ranging from geographical curiosity to animal wonders, gross inventions to weird food, the Weird but True! Annual 2018 sparks children's natural curiosity about the world around them. Features include: * Facts and stories about geography, biology, the animal kingdom, social sciences, human achievement and innovation (Did you know the world's biggest passenger jet weighs as much as 100 hippos?) * Infographics and fact files * Bright, bold photography and illustration * A fact-finding index

Join Poppy and Sam for a wander around Apple Tree Farm to meet all the animals who live there, including favourites Rusty the dog, Dolly the horse and Woolly the sheep. There are lots of scenes to decorate, including the stables, snowy fields and a summer show, and over 150 stickers to bring the pages to life.

Vanaf die vroegste tye verken mense al die aardbol op soek na nuwe plekke om te bewoon, verleidelike skatte, asemrowende vergesigte of die roemryke voorreg om die eerste mens op ’n hoe bergpiek te wees. Hierdie boek vertel die verhale van onverskrokke ontdekkingsreisigers wat dit tot by die ysige pole gewaag het, bloedig warm woestyne oorgesteek het, riviere vol krokodille trotseer of vir die eerste keer reg rondom die aarde geseil het.

A dazzling collection of poems by Nicola Davies, featuring over fifty different kinds of animals – beautifully illustrated by Petr Horacek.

Nicola Davies, the award-winning author of A First Book of Nature, presents a spellbinding treasury of poems about the animal world, illustrated in breathtaking detail by Petr Horacek. Polar bears playing on the ice, tigers hunting in the jungle, fireflies twinkling in the evening sky and nightingales singing in the heart of the woods – there are animals everywhere. From blue whales to bumblebee bats and everything in between, A First Book of Animals takes you all over the planet to visit all kinds of different creatures. This book is a glorious celebration of life in the wild in all its variety and splendour, and belongs on every child's bookshelf.

Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Ware heldeverhale – perfek vir beginnerlesers.

Ontmoet ’n paar van die dapperste Suid-Afrikaanse helde! Leer ken ’n dapper mynwerker wat kaalvuis teen tonne rots baklei het om sy kollegas te red; lees die storie van Klara Majola wat een nag in die Koue Bokkeveld na haar blinde pa gaan soek het; en ontdek die ongelooflike verhaal van Hector Pieterson wat die wêreld se oë oopgemaak het vir die gruwels van apartheid. Hierdie boek bevat ses verstommende ware heldeverhale:

1. Sultan, die koning van sy baas se hart

Sultan is ’n dapper hond wat sy baas gered het toe hy op ’n dag deur ’n elektriese kabel geskok is.

2. Die bushelde van Westdene

In 1985 beland ’n skoolbus in ’n rivier – en terwyl die bus in die water wegsink, word ’n paar skoolkinders helde.

3. Hector Pieterson maak die wêreld se oë oop

’n Onskuldige skoolseun se dood het wêreldnuus geword – en gehelp om ’n einde aan die gruwels van apartheid te maak.

4. Duisend kilometer deur die wildernis

Ontmoet die dapper John Ross wat selfs koning Sjaka se respek gewen het nadat hy meer as 1 000 kilometer deur die wildernis gereis het om hulp vir sy mense te ontbied.

5. Kaalvuis teen tonne rots

Ná ’n rotsstorting in die City Deep-myn het Richard Simelane besluit om nie moed op te gee nie – hy het die rots met sy kaal hande begin weggrawe.

6. Klara Majola, kind van die kapok

Een stormnag het ’n dogtertjie genaamd Klara Majola die ysige koue van die Koue Bokkeveld getrotseer om haar blinde pa te gaan soek.

Die stories word op ’n toeganklike manier met eenvoudige taalgebruik vertel sodat beginnerlesers dit maklik self kan baasraak!

Put together this 500 piece puzzle from Mudpuppy to reveal an array of animals in frames, an eye-catching and iconic design by Liz Mytinger. - Package: 8 x 8 x 2" - Complete puzzle: 20 x 20" - Includes insert with information about the artist and image

Be FIERCE, be BOLD, be INSPIRED ... DREAM BIG! 100 people,100 ways to change the world. The ultimate empowering guide, Dream Big! Heroes Who Dared to Be Bold introduces fearless men, women, boys and girls whohave spoken out and changed our lives for the better. They did it, so why can't you! From Emma Gonzalez to Nicola Adams, Adwoa Aboah to Muhammad Ali, this book celebrates sung and unsung heroes, reaching across all areas of life and to all four corners of the globe. Each personality is given a short biography detailing the inspirational things they have achieved by speaking out, highlighted with striking colour illustration. With a call to action for each profile - something YOU can do to make your dreams come true.

National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's book authors across four reading levels. Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world? In this level 4 book, kids will be fascinated by 12 species that you hope you'll never come across! Sharks, snakes, jellyfish and more - these creatures are among the most threatening - and interesting - in the world! Level 4: Independent reader Perfect for kids who are reading on their own with ease and are ready for more challenging vocabulary with varied sentence structures. They are ideal for readers of White and Lime books.