Do you believe that there is more to life than your everyday routine? If you do, are you searching for that greater purpose? What If that purpose involved influencing those around you? What difference would you make? Would your efforts be for personal fame or would it be to make a positive difference to this world? Are you ready to break away from dogma and take a leap of faith?

Travel back to a time where one species of animal was not allowed to converse with another; a time where the big five were divided in their quest to gain the attention of their human visitors. With complacency brewing, a small group of animals convene to ascend with the changing times.

Traverse the park with the lion Panthera and the rhino Dhinoo, as they journey on a path of resistance, attracting other misfits with the single goal of rising up to create a brighter future. Join this team as they break free from conformity; believing in a greater purpose, as they attempt to change their world! However, be warned that change does not come without conflict as sinister forces attempt to bring their campaign to an abrupt halt.

Are you ready to join Panthera and make the shift?

A CAPS compliant workbook that helps young learners perfect their small letter-writing. Each page has one letter of the alphabet written on it. The pupil traces the first letter starting at the dot, and then repeats that letter to complete the line and the rest of the page. Repetition helps pupils increase their writing skills and confidence. The book does not proceed alphabetically, but rather starts with the simplest letters for children to form, progressively helping them to master more and more complex shapes.

Understand Maths, Natural Sciences and Technology Grades 4 - 7: Explanatory Dictionary

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics. Find out more about the structure of our dynamic planet and its elements. Travel to Earth's core and witness its raging inferno. Watch a mighty volcano explode, and the ground quake with deadly intensity. Glide along with ocean currents and explore rainforests, grasslands, deserts and the poles. See how people's actions affect Earth, its climate and its ecosystems.

New Baby! is a book written for toddlers about toddlers expecting a new addition to the family, and not knowing what to expect. In New Baby! toddlers expecting a new addition to the family don’t know exactly what will happen, and it can be confusing and emotionally challenging. Through the introduction of the new sibling, to the incorporation of it into daily life, toddlers will be reassured that while things will be different, mom and dad still love them just the same and have enough love for the new baby, too. ​Includes information for parents and caregivers about reassuring a toddler that they will not be forgotten when they have a new sibling.  

Illustrated in rich pastels, this child's-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail of this eventful day.

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Projekte vir nuuskierige kinders! Weet jy van kinders wat daarvan hou om probleme op te los? Wonder hulle oor hoe dinge werk? Het hulle al daarvan gedroom om kreatiewe projekte aan te pak? As die antwoord “ja” is op al die vrae, is jou kind dalk 'n ingenieur-in-wording. Hierdie is die perfekte boek om kinders nuuskierig oor die ingenieurswese te maak. Die boek bevat allerlei projekte wat kinders help verstaan hoe die wêreld werk. Die materiaal vir die projekte kan tuis gevind word en die projekte is maklik om self te voltooi. Die inspirerende stories van Leonardo da Vinci, Mae Jemison en Elon Musk is ook by die boek ingesluit.

Treasure House Comprehension Skills Teacher's Guides provide at-a-glance lesson planning to guide teachers through the activities in Treasure House Comprehension Skills Pupil Books. Treasure House Comprehension Skills Teacher's Guide 3: - provides at-a-glance planning with overviews, step-by-step instructions and answer keys for all Pupil Book units - offers ideas to enable all children to access learning in Support, Embed and Challenge sections - targets individual learning needs with photocopiable resources - maps units to the 2014 National Curriculum for English

Silver award winner in the MadeForMums Awards 2017 children's books series category. DKfindout! Volcanoes teaches kids everything they would want to know about the explosive world of volcanoes. With beautiful photography, lively illustrations, and key curriculum information, the DKfindout! series will satisfy any child who is eager to learn and acquire facts - and keep them coming back for more! DKfindout! Volcanoes is packed with fun facts for kids, quizzes and amazing photography. Discover what the biggest volcano in the solar system is, and which type of lava is the stickiest. Covering key curriculum knowledge, such as the structure of a volcano, and fast facts, such as "how hot is lava?" kids will love finding out about volcanoes.

With imaginative photographic design, simple word labels, and stimulating questions, along with picture tabs that let readers turn instantly to each themed section, these are ideal first counting and word board books for parents and children to share. Full color.

Key Words with Peter and Jane uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned. Book 12c provides the link with writing for the words used in 12a and 12b. Once this book has been completed, the child has finished the reading scheme. The Key Words with Peter and Jane books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually and repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look and say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the, one, two, he. There are 12 levels, each with 3 books: a, b, and c. Series a: Gradually introduces new words. Series b: Provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. Series c: Links reading with writing and phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' and 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books.

Recommended Grades: 7-12+. This award-winning, engaging 384-page student workbook (with answers) develops critical thinking skills necessary for success in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and standardized tests in Grades 7-12+. The Building Thinking Skills series is the bestselling thinking skills program in the world! The engaging, highly-effective activities are developmentally sequenced. Each skill (for example, classifying) is presented in the abstract verbal form and in the abstract figural (spatial) form in this book’s companion Building Thinking Skills® Level 3 Figural. Students also learn important academic vocabulary, concepts, and skills as they analyze relationships between objects, between words, and between objects and words by:
- Observing, recognizing, and describing characteristics
- Distinguishing similarities and differences
- Identifying and completing sequences, classifications, and analogies

These processes help students develop superior thinking and communication skills that lead to deeper content learning in all subjects.

Teacher Support: Activities are modeled to reinforce skills and concepts and an answer guide is included.

LEVEL 3 VERBAL
- Spelling / Vocabulary / Writing: describing things and words
- Following and writing 1-, 2-, and 3-step directions
- Antonyms / synonyms
- Analogies: kind of / part of / used to / association / action
- Deductive / Inductive reasoning
- Parts of a whole
- Map reading
- Writing directions
- Logic: if-then / yes-no / true-false
- Orientation: person / place / time
- Auditory memory
- Language acquisition
- Denotation and connotation / degree of meaning

Cambridge ICT Starters: On Track, Stage 1 has been designed to support learners who are following the Cambridge Information and Communication Technology Starters syllabus. This book provides full coverage of all the modules. The sections of the book follow the order in which the modules appear in the syllabus. It builds on creating and formatting documents; planning, creating and organising multimedia presentations, incorporating audio and animation effects; designing and creating, testing, modifying and evaluating spreadsheets and graphs; creating, developing and testing databases; and maintaining data security. The activities in the book use Microsoft Office (R) 2007 and Windows (R) 7.

This brightly illustrated picture book introduces the concept

of money, first by looking at its development as an alternative to bartering and then by explaining the many forms of money, from primitive rocks, feathers, and metal lumps to the familiar coins and paper bills to alternatives such as checks, credit cards, and digital forms of payment. Adler does a particularly good job explaining the inconvenience of

bartering through child-friendly examples such as How would a baker trade for a house? How many loaves of bread would he have to trade? And why would anybody want so much bread? Using flat colors and stylized designs, Millers upbeat digital artwork helps to clarify points made in the text, while adding occasional bits of visual humor.

"Edwin isn't an ordinary boy. He is a king, with a throne, and his own suit of armour and a castle with secret passages and everything." Every Friday, King Edwin spends all his money on chocolate for the peasants. But when the money runs out, Edwin finds himself in a fix. Cue the arrival of evil Emperor Nurbison, in his pointy-collared black cloak and accompanied by scary striding music. He has had his eye on Edwin's kingdom for a while and intends to use the peasants' unhappiness to his advantage! When the emperor builds a fake dragon out of a cow, green crepe paper, furry monster novelty slippers and two birthday cake candles, to scare the peasants, Edwin knows it's time to come up with the first sneaky plan he's ever had in his life ...

Lighting up readers' hearts and imaginations since it was first published in 1942, this is the story about a lighthouse that stands near the George Washington Bridge in New York City. Full color.

Learn how to think like a scientist, look at the world in a brand-new way and have tons of fun with science comedian Steve Mould's bold and playful kids science book. Supporting STEM and STEAM education initiatives, How to be a Scientist will inspire kids to ask questions, do activities, think creatively, and discover amazing fun facts! A firm favourite in classrooms and homes alike, this science book for kids has earned itself a permanent spot on many family bookshelves. With more than 40 fun questions, experiments, games, and real-life scenarios that make scientific concepts fun and relevant, it's not hard to see why! Simple activities with undetermined answers encourage curious young readers to find new ways to test ideas. The stories of the great scientists and their discoveries (and failures) are told in an entertaining way to provide even further inspiration for budding young scientists. This educational book has the amazing ability to cover a wide range of ages, So, if your children have an age gap this is a fantastic way to get them to engage with each other in a fun and educational way. It is informative, colourful, well written and draws you into its pages with an insatiable appetite for the simpler facts of science. Most of the home science experiments for kids are easy to do with items most people already have around the house, making it super easy to go from idea to execution. Explore, Investigate And Test Your Ideas! Discover the skills it takes to become a scientist. Being a scientist isn't just about wearing a white coat and doing experiments in a laboratory. It's about exploring, investigating, testing and figuring out how things work. How to be a Scientist is packed with fun activities and projects that let you answer lots of tricky questions and help to explain the world around you. This kid's educational book challenges children to think for themselves and covers topics like: -Weather, making a tornado, the water cycle, how to make a compass -Energy, hot air balloons, electricity, Newton and Einstein -The solar system, making a sundial, creating your own sunrise, phases of the moon How to be s scientist is one of four fantastic books in the How to... educational books series, including How to be a Maths Genius, How to be Good at Maths, and How to Make a Better World. Official reviews include: International Literacy Association's Children's Choices 2018 Reading List "Readers will be inspired to learn more about how to think and act like these famous scientists while uncovering deep scientific knowledge they can apply through fun-filled science projects." Minnesota Parent "This mix of classic and unusual science anecdotes and experiments is just the thing for budding STEM/STEAM fans, including tips for learning how to think and act like a scientist with fun activities and simple scientific explanations of biology, anatomy, physics, astronomy, chemistry and more."

In The Lightlings, Dr. R.C. Sproul weaves an allegorical tale that captures the essence of the biblical story of redemption. A race of tiny beings known as lightlings represent humanity as they pass through all the stages of the biblical dramacreation, fall, and redemption. In the end, children will understand why some people fear light more than darkness, but why they need never fear darkness again. Richly detailed illustrations by Justin Gerard will hold childrens interest, and discussion questions and Scripture references in the back will help parents guide children into the deeper meaning of the story.

Make your phonics skills pinkaperfect with this phonics box set from #1 New York Times bestselling author and artist Victoria Kann! Reviewed by a phonics expert, these twelve short full-color books feature repeated examples of short and long vowel sounds and common sight words. Each of the simple stories in this box set is designed to teach kids how to master reading while having fun with Pinkalicious. Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and "decode" unfamiliar ones. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts

This indispensable guide is now completely revised and updated for a new generation of kids by one of the original authors (now an adult) and his 14-year-old sister.
Originally written by Arthur Bochner when he was just 11 with his mom, financial planner Adriane G. Berg, "The Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids" has been widely praised as a terrific introduction to money for kids. Now 24 and a successful political speechwriter, Arthur teams up with his kid sister, Rose, on a completely revised and updated edition of this guide to the basics of saving, investing, working, and taxes--all offered in a smart, entertaining style just right for kids age 8-14.
Jam-packed with useful, easy-to-understand information on every area of money, "The Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids" includes cartoons, quizzes, games, and other activities to make learning about money fun. Topics covered include:
- Budgets and savings (great ways to get the stuff you really want!)
- The basics of stocks, bonds, and other ways of investing
- Credit cards ("The Plastic Flash") and borrowing
- A brand-new chapter on the Internet with useful Web links
- Paying for college
- And much more

PR1ME Mathematics Transition Guide: Measurement, Geometry, Data Analysis, Algebra - created to support teachers as they implement PR1ME Mathematics in their classrooms. It provides a roadmap to help students in grades 2 to 6 transition to the program. Designed to help teachers successfully implement the best practices of global top performers in their classrooms.

There are 2 transition guides. The first book (available separately) addresses Numbers and Algebra and Problem Solving Using Bar Models, while this second book addresses Measurement and Geometry.

This title comes with 19 easy-to-do experiments and 250 exciting pictures. It is packed with facts on the birth of our planet and the forces that shape the land. You can discover how and why the Earth is unique, how life-support systems such as the atmosphere, water - and just the right amount of energy from the Sun - make our environment so rich and varied. Fun, exciting experiments explain the science: erode a sugar mountain, and simulate geological folds using clay. With the help of vivid diagrams, landscape and close-up photographs, the authoritative text reveals and explains the marvels and mysteries of our world. It is a book to capture the interest of independent readers, or for families or school groups to explore together. How was the Earth formed? When did living things first appear upon its surface? Why is the climate changing? This book traces the story of our world, from the Big Bang and the earliest stirrings of life to the impact of humankind. Page by page, the author investigates the different elements that make up the Earth. He explains the planet's fiery creation and its place in the Universe, and probes ocean depths as remarkable and as varied as the continents above them. Practical experiments and projects reinforce the learning experience.

Kevin is determined that he'll never join a gang but his path crosses the Tribe's when he saves one of them from a rival gang. Invited to take their initiation test, Kevin plans to break the oath of secrecy and tell everyone. But he falls under the spell of the gang leader, Salom, and becomes a member. Kevin then discovers how hard it is to break away from the Tribe's rules and Salom's power, for when he's challenged Salom always makes you sorry. In this case he fastens on to Kevin's little sister, Glory, and Kevin is forced to take the initiation test again as his sister freezes with horror crossing a beam high above a ruined building.