The Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Computer Science Student Book provides detailed coverage of the 2016 specification, enabling you to approach your exams and assessment with confidence. This Student Book offers: a comprehensive understanding of computer science and computational thinking, helping you to access the course content and make progress with your learning. an awareness of the applications of computer science for problem solving in the real world definitions of key words, enabling you to recognise and use appropriate terms and vocabulary regular activities to support progression and encourage further thinking and investigation preparation for the exam section to support revision. Our Student Book will also be available as a Kindle edition.

A graphically stunning, first-ever volume of nautical codes for children This extraordinary visual reference is an introduction to maritime communication through nautical flags, along with morse code, the phonetic alphabet, and semaphore signaling. Today's system of international maritime signal flags was devel-oped in the 19th century, and is still used for communication between ships, or between ship and shore. Each flag, boldly colored for visual distinction at sea, stands for a letter as well as a phrase relevant to seafaring. The resulting code is both beautiful and functional, inviting readers to code and decode messages of their own! Created for ages 6-8 years

The British railway system is the oldest in the world. This fascinating book describes the early days in the British railway industry, from the opening of the first public steam inter-city railway line in 1830 and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, through to the glory days of the Flying Scotsman and the expansion of the national rail networks in the 1940s to form British Railways. With a biography of George Stephenson the Father of the Railways and his son Robert, a timeline and Track Facts, this book is a must for anyone with an interest in trains and train travel.

A counting lift-the-flap farm board book with pop-up chicks, part of the FUNNY FARM series. Did you know that farmers sometimes put duck eggs under broody hens to hatch them? The duckling and hen fall in love and it's as natural as natural can be... until the duckling starts swimming! Cluck Cluck Duck is a beautifully produced, sturdy lift-the-flap board book, the first in the series about the humorous goings-on at Funny Farm. Each book has an early-learning concept underlying the story and Cluck Cluck Duck introduces early maths skills. There is a page of pop-up chicks for the children to count - four little eggs, four little chicks...plus one! An uplifting, warm-hearted story of acceptance and family love. The Funny Farm series is beautifully produced with matt laminated and embossed covers and sturdy board pages. It also includes Tractor Tractor, a book about opposites starring an old and new tractor who form the very best of friendships.