A lively introduction to rocks and minerals and how they are formed and used, with facts, pictures and science projects to try yourself, perfect for 8-12 year-olds at home or school.

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. Here you can listen to seven hilarious Paddington stories, read by Stephen Fry and Jim Broadbent. Paddington is now a major movie star! Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same... for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around. This fun-filled collection brings together seven of Paddington's laugh-out-loud adventures, read brilliantly by Jim Broadbent and Stephen Fry. Paddington at St Paul's (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 2018) Paddington at the Carnival (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 1997) Paddington at the Circus (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 2000) Paddington the Artist (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 1985) Paddington at the Hospital (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond and Karen Jankel 2001) Paddington at the Tower (Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 1975, 2011) Paddington's Christmas Surprise(Text copyright (c) Michael Bond 1997, 2008)

This is a revised and expanded edition of the Rick Riordan-edited collection of middle grade and YA authors writing about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which has already sold more than 70,000 copies - just in time for the March 2013 Percy Jackson film Sea of Monsters. Released just before the August 2013 feature film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, this new edition is updated through The Last Olympian, and includes several brand new essays! This is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson series - The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. It features a dyslexic boy who discovers he is the son of a Greek god, the target of mythical Greek monsters, and the center of a prophecy that could change the balance of power in the world forever. In Demigods and Monsters, YA authors take on the series' Greek gods, demigods, monsters, and prophecy, to add insight and even more fun to Riordan's page-turner series. The book also includes an introduction by Percy Jackson series author Rick Riordan that gives further insight into the series and its creation, and a glossary of ancient Greek myth, with plenty of information on the places, monsters, gods, and heroes that appear in the series. The essays from the previous edition will be updated through The Last Olympian; the new essays will focus on the events and themes in the second half of the series, especially the final book. New contributors include: Hilary Wagner.

’n Liefde vir lees is een van die grootste geskenke wat jy jou kind kan gee! Die Ek lees self-reeks is die perfekte wegspringplek vir beginnerlesers. Die prettige, bekostigbare dierestories sal ure se leesvermaak verskaf. Elke boek bevat ook nuttige wenke wat ouers kan help om die jongklomp se leeslus aan te wakker.

Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool! You will discover: How to count on your fingers (there are more ways than you might think!) Why we have 60 seconds in a minute (hint: it's to do with the ancient Babylonians) How to count like an Egyptian (using hieroglyphs) Why it's hip to be square using square numbers A Pythagorean party trick The naked truth of Archimedes' bath time mathematics How to do matha-magic with magic squares ...and much more. In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It's 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavor squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure. Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you'll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician.