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Find out about different sharks, including their body parts, how much they weigh, where they live and what they eat. Then test your new-found knowledge at the back of the book!
"This is a story of light and dark." Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. Until the world begins to change ... A clever picture book text about the extraordinary way in which animals have evolved, intertwined with the complication of human intervention. This remarkable paperback edition of the amazing story of the peppered moth is the perfect introduction to natural selection and evolution for children. Along come people with their magnificent machines which stain the land with soot. In a beautiful landscape changed by humans how will one little moth survive? Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric introduction to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
Discover a magical world of nature on your doorstep. Charming rhyming verse introduces 6 mindful moments - including a squirrel burying a nut, and a rainbow forming on a rainy day - to the youngest readers. A fabulous introduction for first readers, from the team that created international bestseller Slow Down.
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.
Hi, there! I'm a great white shark. Don't let my sharp teeth scare you off. I started life much smaller, just like you! Learn more about my life cycle and how I went from a tiny little shark pup to the ocean's top predator.
Babies and infants can meet a variety of animals for the first time in this friendly board book. Each page features one big animal saying its name, and has a small peep-through hole for eagle-eyed kids to spot smaller animals, too. Pages are made from robust board, tough enough to survive being read and flicked through and chewed again and again.
Jump in your cab and learn all about these mighty machines with
Tractors Sticker Encyclopedia, the perfect gift for every tractor fan!
Welcome to the world of predators. All sorts of animals can be predators and they all have something in common - to their prey, they are terrifying!
Learn about horses and ponies with i-SPY - facts, photos and fantastic spots! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points with more than 120 things to find. From Shetland ponies to Shires, tack and equipment to grooming, they'll learn all about the different breeds along the way. And once they've scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge. With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there's something for everyone! For even more fun check out i-SPY Dogs (ISBN 9780008431778).
Lift the flaps to discover the answers to all kinds of delightful questions, from whether hibernators get hungry and how honeybees stay warm, to which animals migrate the furthest and why they don't need maps.
Spend a day and night in the tundra! Learn about this cold habitat through the intriguing animals that call it home. Catch breakfast mid-flight with a peregrine falcon. Spend the afternoon snoozing with an Arctic fox. Take an evening trek with a herd of caribou. After dark, sit still with an Arctic hare as it hides from hungry wolves. What will tomorrow bring in the tundra?
David Attenborough: explorer, broadcaster, natural historian. Explore the beauty of the world we inhabit with national treasure, David Attenborough. A Life Story: This gripping series throws the reader directly into the lives of modern society's most influential figures. With striking black-and-white illustration along with timelines and never-heard-before facts. Also in A LIFE STORY series: Alan Turing Andy Murray Captain Tom Moore Emma Raducanu Kamala Harris Katherine Johnson Queen Elizabeth Rosalind Franklin Serena Williams Stephen Hawking Tom Daley
The perfect story to soothe anxieties in times of change, set in an exciting, vibrant minibeast world. In the wild patch of the garden, under brambles roaming free Live little bugs whose feelings are as big as big can be . . . It's nearly time for all the little caterpillars to become beautiful butterflies. But Clover is worried about changing and wants to stay a caterpillar forever. Can her butterfly friend, Basil, show Clover that big changes can be full of fun too? An uplifting rhyming story to reassure the littlest bugs that even the biggest changes are never as scary as they seem! Beautifully brought to life by Hollie Hughes, author of THE GIRL AND THE DINOSAUR and Nila Aye, illustrator of Benjamin Zephaniah's NATURE TRAIL.
This charming wordbook, packed with simple, eye-catching pictures, will appeal to babies and toddlers, as they explore a hen house, see a farmer in his tractor, visit a field full of cows and sheep, and lots more. With farm words and sounds to say on every page, this book is a delight to share.
A fun, lively and stylish look at the world through the questions of children. Included is a set of copiable game cards to encourage memory skills, further the learning and for fun! Children have so many questions about the world and this book looks at the world of robots, asking and answering questions to build knowledge on technology and science. So Many Questions is a series of books for inquisitive children. Following the curiosity of different characters, each book is filled with questions (and answers) to prompt thinking and build knowledge around each topic covered.
Earth is big! (compared to a frog) Earth is small! (when it's hiding in a galaxy) And that's not all. Earth is wet and dry, hot and cold, round and jagged, fast and slow. You get the idea. It depends how you look at it! Get to know our planet in a whole new way by comparing it to a huge variety of other incredible things - from tiny particles to giant star clusters. Did you know soap bubbles are some of the roundest objects in the universe? Or that we humans are totally outnumbered by chickens? Or that the driest desert on Earth isn't scorching but freezing? Tour some of the most extreme places on the planet and beyond it, take a look at life forms from bacteria to elephants to redwood trees and explore what makes our planet the perfect home for us. You'll never see Earth the same way again!
Hamsters are playful and busy, it's fun to watch them dig, chew and exercise. Your pet hamster will need attention, care and love. Are you ready for a pet hamster? Learn how to look after your hamster to keep it healthy, happy and safe. |
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