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Meet the National Animals is a playful and humorous look at the
animals all around the world who represent their country. Why do
they represent the particular country and what is so special or
symbolic about them? Featuring over 35 amazing animals, from the
mystical Scottish Unicorn to China's much-loved Giant Panda and the
wonderful, but extinct, Dodo from Mauritius. The witty text brings
each animal to life and celebrates their quirks and
characteristics. Includes a playful, charming narrative along the
bottom of each spread, which sees Brown Bear gradually bringing all
the animals together as they travel the world, celebrating each
country as they go. Filled with fascinating facts about each animal
and country, the text also touches gently on conservation issues
related to each animal and their habitat. The illustrations inject
warmth and humour into the narrative, making the animals the stars
of their respective countries!
From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and
award-winning illustrator Yuval Zommer, comes a charming minibeast
Cinderella story. Crawling through the garden, the little Woolly
Bear Caterpillar wonders what kind of moth she will become. Bonny
and bright, stunning and smart, but not kind, the other
caterpillars laugh at the small, plain Woolly Bear. There is one
thing that they are sure of: Woolly Bear could never be as dramatic
and beautiful as them! But could one little caterpillar be about to
undergo a truly terrific transformation? Brilliantly written and
stunningly illustrated this engaging picture book comes complete
with a non-fiction mini book about caterpillars and moths written
by a nature specialist.
Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens
(included) and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent,
under the sea and even from prehistoric times. Invertebrates make
up nearly 97% of life on earth! With your lens in hand,
discovermini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive
insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around
the world. Your green lens reveals ahabitat, spanning7 continents,
under the sea and prehistoric times. Learn about the particular
environments and challenges that minibeasts face here. Your red
lens brings to life insects including beetles, butterflies, moths,
flies and wasps. Your blue lens uncovers theother invertebrate
creepy crawlies from different mini beast families including worms,
snails, and spiders. Fact pages fill in the details and guide you
through a world bursting with life and colour. The latest in the
bestselling Illumi series, Illumibugsis a hidden-world adventure
with a fascinating scientific angle, and the perfect gift for bug
spotters 6 years and older. Innovative illustrations from
award-winning design duo Carnovsky make this a natural history like
no other, with hundreds of places, plants and creatures to discover
on three layers of detailed artwork. How many creepy crawlies will
you find on your prehistoric journey? See 3 images in 1 with the
eye-boggling Illumi series, featuring magic-lens artwork from
creative design duo Carnovsky. Bugs, dinosaurs, animals, the human
body, and even ghosts are envisioned like never before in this
groundbreaking series. The explosions of colour on each page are in
fact three distinct layers of illustrations, each exploring a
different aspect of a fascinating subject. Use the three-colour
lens to reveal the hidden details on each one, then read all about
the topic on in-depth fact pages. There's always something new to
discover in Illumi!
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.
Following on from the incredible Invented by Animals and Built by
Animals, Powered by Plants introduces us to the wondrous plants
whose ingenious features have inspired innovations in human
technology. Plants exhibit an incredible range of diversity in
their shape, structures and how they interact with other living
things and their environment. Some of this great diversity is being
increasingly studied and copied, inspiring innovation in science,
design, engineering and technology. This book guides readers
through a startling collection of fascinating vegetation, from
towering cottonwood trees with wind power potential to slippery,
meat-eating assassins of the plant world and the fast-growing
aquatic plant which helps propel ships farther using less energy.
Learn surprising applications and spin-offs of both exotic species
including the world's largest flower that generates its own heat
and more familiar plants such as bamboo, coconut and maize, all
depicted in colourful, engaging fashion. Colourful and lively
illustrations and pop-out fact boxes bring the science in this book
to life, and Powered by Plants shows us how much we can learn from
studyin the myriad magnificence of the natural world. Other
fascinating books in this series are Built by Animals and Invented
by Animals.
A rousing and radical investigation into the climate crisis, its
causes, and how to fight for the most vulnerable people affected by
it, This Book Will Save the Planet is a vibrantly illustrated study
of one of humanity's most significant threats. With this third
title in the NYT #1 best-selling Empower the Future series, you'll
gain a deeper understanding of climate change and climate justice.
Our planet is in crisis. The ice caps are melting, sea levels are
rising, wildfires are raging... and those most affected by global
warming are marginalised communities across the globe. But all is
not lost - there's still time for each and every one of us to make
a difference. Through the lens of intersectionality, author Dany
Sigwalt lays out the framework for how we can come together to
fight climate change, and how we can work to put people over
profit. The planet is not protected if all its inhabitants are not;
the people are not protected if the planet they inhabit is not. In
this book, you will: Discover the core principles of climate
justice Learn how solidarity, community and mutual aid can change
the world Find out how to use your privilege to stand-up for other
people At the end of each chapter, there are activities and calls
to action to get you thinking and to grow your knowledge. All you
need is a pen and a piece of paper. With kaleidoscopic and vibrant
illustrations by artist Aurelia Durand, this book is written for
everyone who lives on planet Earth. By the end, you'll have the
tools you need to go out and make a difference. The Empower the
Future series is a collection of vital and urgent books about how
we can all build a better world. Other titles in the list include
This Book is Feminist and This Book is Anti-Racist.
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