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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Natural history & pets
Forty-five magnetic pieces featuring all kinds of animals -
including penguins, elephants, giraffes, fish, and birds - provide
kids with hours of fun as they fill the five dramatic oversize
scenes in this engaging playset. An all-in-one-package with
exceptional play value, the book has magnetized pages and
fascinating tidbits of information, just right for its audience,
about the animals that live in the rain forest, savanna, coral
reef, and ice sheets.
This fantastic colouring book is packed with illustrations of
farmyard scenes to bring to life with colour. From incredible farm
vehicles hard at work to adorable baby animals frolicking in
fields, this friendly book will keep young colourists entertained
for hours - whether that be on long car journeys, on holiday or at
home on rainy days.
Get babies and toddlers talking all day long with a colourful board
book of first words and phrases created by the experts at
Britannica. This engaging large-format board book encourages
toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words
and phrases for everyday objects and activities. Take a trip around
the world by following nine children through their daily routines.
Under speech and language therapist Claire Laties Davis's sure
hand, dressing, mealtime, playtime, bath time and more become
opportunities for little ones to learn new words and phrases. Each
illustrated spread also includes photographs of everyday objects
drawn into the art - creating a search-and-find on every page to
allow more time for families to connect.
This truly beautiful and wonderfully illustrated book introduces
children to the magic of nature, through the stories of 48
fascinating life cycles. Every story has a beginning, middle and
end and so does everything in our world. From a frog, to a cloud in
the sky to a twinkling star at night, discover the stories of the
most amazing of life cycles between you and outer space. This is a
book to show children that the world is always turning, and change
is happening all the time, it's in the turning of the season,
sometimes its as fast as a hatching egg and sometimes it's a slow
as a growing mountain. 48 story spreads tell fascinating stories of
all sorts of lifecycles, from very small, to out of this world.
This captivating book will transport children across the globe,
teaching them about just how mother nature keeps everything in our
world turning round, and round.
Have you ever looked up and wondered what's going on high up in the
skies above your eyes? Take a journey up into the air, through the
atmosphere, way out into space and back down to Earth in this
richly illustrated concertina book. Zoom past the technology that
fills our skies, from helicopters, fighter jets, weather balloons,
to satellites, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons. Discover the
insects and animals that whizz through the skies, explore the
layers of the atmosphere, and travel through the solar system and
out to the galaxies far beyond. The follow up to The Street Beneath
My Feet, which dug down to the center of the Earth, this expansive
concertina book opens out to an impressive 2.5 metres, perfect for
inquisitive young minds. Begin your journey from the sidewalk of a
busy city. Look up beyond the traffic lights, utility wires, and
skyscrapers. Unfold the connected pages to reveal the incredible
man-made sights that you would see 20 kilometres above (a weather
balloon), 50 kilometres above (a rocket blasting a capsule into
space), 100 kilometres above (a space plane and satellites), 400
kilometres above (the International Space Station), 380,000
kilometres above (the Moon) and through our Solar System. Turn to
the top of the other side to make your way beyond the Solar System
to the hundreds of billions of galaxies filled with stars and
planets we haven't discovered yet. Then start your journey back
down through the amazing natural wonders you would see 10,000
kilometres above (a comet), 85 kilometres above (meteoroids burning
up as they enter Earth's atmosphere), 11 kilometres above (a
cumulonimbus cloud bringing thunder and lightning), 8 kilometres
above (migrating storks), and down through the mountains, past
trees, bats and butterflies to finally reach the ground again -
this time in a grassy clearing of a forest, where you can imagine
yourself lying on your back wondering at the thought of the whole
universe above your head. From jet trails to comets' tails, enjoy
amazing sights as you journey through the skies. Explore even more
of the world with The Street Beneath My Feet (March 2017) and The
World Around Me (October 2020), companion books from the Look
Closer series.
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Hurricanes
(Hardcover)
Martha Rustad
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R671
R596
Discovery Miles 5 960
Save R75 (11%)
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Wind and waves come rolling in. Warnings sound. A hurricane is
coming Discover the wonder and science behind these spinning storms
and how to stay safe
A detailed chronology of developmental milestones drives this life
study of sharks, including their habitats, physical features, and
conservation measures taken to protect these cartilaginous fish.
Underscores the importance of conservation, pointing out where
people can see the animal in both captivity and the wild.
When it comes to survival, appearances are everything A harmless
animal can frighten predators away by appearing dangerous. A
dangerous animal can lure prey by appearing harmless. Discover the
disguises of some of your favorite animals.
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I Am Sunday!
(Hardcover)
Renee Prewitt; Contributions by The Paper House
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R553
Discovery Miles 5 530
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The Sky
(Hardcover)
Helene Druvert; Text written by Juliette Einhorn
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R562
Discovery Miles 5 620
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This gorgeous, large-format book is filled with clever cutouts that
take readers on a soaraway journey up, up and away through the
clouds, through the atmosphere and to the planets, the stars and
beyond. On the way they'll learn about birds, insects and
pollination, witness a tornado and an eclipse, and see all kinds of
flying machines. This fact-filled journey is by Helene Druvert, the
acclaimed creator of many laser-cut books for children.
_______________ 'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairy-tale
... She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and
captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who
lives happily ever after' - Brigid Kemmerer 'Brings much-needed
inclusivity and contemporary flavor to the teen fantasy genre' -
Kirkus Reviews 'A delicious mix of intoxicating fantasy and coming
of age, steeped in Greek mythology and peppered with references to
the Jordan Peele films Get Out and Us' - Observer New Review
_______________ Ever since she can remember, Briseis has had power
over plants. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face
her as though she were the sun. It's a power she and her adoptive
mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. And then Briseis
inherits an old house from her birth mother and suddenly finds
herself with the space and privacy to test her powers for the first
time. But as Briseis starts to bring the house's rambling garden
back to life, she finds she has also inherited generations of
secrets. A hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches
stretching back to ancient times, and a hidden garden overgrown
with the most deadly poisonous plants on earth. And Briseis's
long-departed ancestors aren't going to let her rest until she
accepts her place as the keeper of the terrible power that lies at
the heart of the Poison Garden. Cinderella Is Dead author Kalynn
Bayron brings a message of proud inclusivity to this empowering
fantasy about a young woman finding the strength to challenge
everything she has been told is true. Don't miss the sequel, This
Wicked Fate, where to save the people she loves, Briseis must
change the most dangerous of fates ahead of her ...
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