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Chat Pack for Kids - Creative Questions to Ignite the Imagination (Cards): Questmarc Publishing Chat Pack for Kids - Creative Questions to Ignite the Imagination (Cards)
Questmarc Publishing
R386 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R94 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Never before has it been so much fun for kids to put on their thinking caps! Chat Pack for Kids[[ contains 156 cards, each one featuring a question guaranteed to get creative juices flowing and great conversations going. Simply pull out any card from the small plastic box and let the big-time fun begin! Some samples: If you could have any round object in the world, what would you choose? Which musical instrument would best describe your personality? If you could be one inch tall for a day, what specific place would you most like to explore? Ideal for trips, mealtime, bedtime/sleepovers, family gatherings, classroom activities, or just having fun with friends! Hinged plastic box measures 3.5"W x 2.5"Lx1"H; box contains 156 stylized cards.

National Geographic Kids Weird But True! 9 - 350 Outrageous Facts (Paperback, Expanded Edition): National Geographic Kids National Geographic Kids Weird But True! 9 - 350 Outrageous Facts (Paperback, Expanded Edition)
National Geographic Kids
R233 R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Save R47 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did you know that rats prefer classical music to jazz? Or that you can swim as fast in syrup as you can in water? It's all weird ... but true!

The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the 9th book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference book is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

Fact or Fake?: The Truth About the Human Body (Hardcover): Izzi Howell Fact or Fake?: The Truth About the Human Body (Hardcover)
Izzi Howell
R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sort the truth from the lies with the Fact or Fake series packed full of unbelievable, mind-boggling facts! Read each statement and decide if they are right or wrong, but prepare to be surprised by the sometimes strange truths. Try these and read the book to find out if you were able to separate the facts from the fakes: You swallow eight spiders per year. All blue-eyed people are related. Sweat doesn't smell bad. Over half of your body is not human. Fascinating facts, eye-catching illustration and clever design treatment make this an appealing and unputdownable high interest read for children aged 9+, and there is plenty of science learning as well. Titles in the series: The Truth about the Human Body The Truth about Science The Truth about History The Truth about Space The Truth about Animals The Truth about Planet Earth The Truth about Dinosaurs The Truth about Sports The Truth about Inventions The Truth about Survival Skills The Truth about Survival Skills

Birds (Paperback): Charlie Ogden Birds (Paperback)
Charlie Ogden; Designed by Drue Rintoul
R307 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Save R58 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The animal kingdom includes over 8 million known living species. They come in many different shapes and sizes they each to weird and wonderful things and they live all over planet Earth. Explore the six groups of the animal kingdom in depth via full-colour imagery engaging facts and informative diagrams.|The animal kingdom includes over 8 million known living species. They come in many different shapes and sizes they each to weird and wonderful things and they live all over planet Earth. Explore the six groups of the animal kingdom in depth via full-colour imagery engaging facts and informative diagrams.

More Surprising Stories Behind Everyday Stuff (Paperback): National Geographic Kids More Surprising Stories Behind Everyday Stuff (Paperback)
National Geographic Kids
R202 Discovery Miles 2 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Who invented slime? Why do we put money in piggy banks? How did Bubble Wrap come to be? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in the second book in this fantastic series from National Geographic Kids! Ever wonder how haunted houses got their spooky reputation; where cheese originally came from; and when and where people decided hitting a tiny ball with a long stick was their idea of fun (ahem, golf)? Prepare to be amazed by the surprising backstories behind the things you use or do every day! From familiar foods and common clothing items to bizarre beauty regimes and quirky products, this book covers all your burning questions: Who thought of that? Where did that come from? Why is that a thing? This riveting little treasure is jam-packed with awesome facts, fun stories, and colourful visuals. Once you know all this cool stuff about the origins of everyday stuff, you can "wow" your friends and family.

National Geographic Kids Weird But True! 4 - 350 Outrageous Facts (Paperback, Expanded Edition): National Geographic Kids National Geographic Kids Weird But True! 4 - 350 Outrageous Facts (Paperback, Expanded Edition)
National Geographic Kids
R234 R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Save R48 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did you know that lemons can power lightbulbs, or that some goats climb trees? It's all weird ... but true!

The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the 4th book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference book is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

Rebel Dogs! Heroic Tales of Trusty Hounds (Paperback): Kimberlie Hamilton Rebel Dogs! Heroic Tales of Trusty Hounds (Paperback)
Kimberlie Hamilton 1
R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Tail-wagging tales of real-life Rebel Dogs! Get your paws on the stories and secrets of some of history's most heroic hounds! An engaging collection packed with over 30 real-life dogs, including film stars with fur, hounds that love to help, superstars of science and war heroes - these rebel dogs are the stars of their own stories. With incredible fur-raising facts on record-making dogs, marvellous mutts in literature, internet-sensation pups and much, much more - this beautiful book is perfect for pup fans of any age. Rebel Dogs is the perfect gift for any pup lover, all year round!

Jobs (Hardcover): Joanna Brundle Jobs (Hardcover)
Joanna Brundle; Designed by Jasmine Pointer
R407 R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Save R61 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These colourful and vibrant titles take A Look at Life Around the World. Young readers can explore how other people work play learn and live in this diverse and informative series.|These colourful and vibrant titles take A Look at Life Around the World. Young readers can explore how other people work play learn and live in this diverse and informative series.

Marvel Can The Hulk Lift a House? - And 50 more Super Questions for Super Heroes (Paperback): Melanie Scott Marvel Can The Hulk Lift a House? - And 50 more Super Questions for Super Heroes (Paperback)
Melanie Scott
R170 R134 Discovery Miles 1 340 Save R36 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

Discover everything you've always wanted to know about your favourite Super Heroes! How much weight can the Hulk lift? What's the farthest distance Spider-Man can sling a web? Can Iron Man fly faster than a space rocket? Young Marvel Super Hero fans want to know everything about their favourite characters from how hard Thor can slam his hammer to the size of the smallest hole Wasp can fly through-and much more. Whether they are obsessed with Marvel comic books or they've only heard about Super Heroes in the playground, young fans will love discovering the fascinating answers to wild, wacky, and wonderful questions about Marvel Super Heroes. (c) 2020 MARVEL

Super Interesting Facts For Smart Kids - 1272 Fun Facts About Science, Animals, Earth and Everything in Between (Paperback):... Super Interesting Facts For Smart Kids - 1272 Fun Facts About Science, Animals, Earth and Everything in Between (Paperback)
Jordan Moore
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible (Hardcover): Emmanuelle Figueras Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible (Hardcover)
Emmanuelle Figueras; Illustrated by Alexandre Verhille, Sarah Tavernier
R654 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R284 (43%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Super Cute Embroidery (Kit): Editors of Klutz Super Cute Embroidery (Kit)
Editors of Klutz
R657 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R101 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learn how to embroidery stitch with Super Cute Embroidery by Klutz! In this adorable kit, kids can learn embroidery stitching the cute way with a new stitch on each adorable project! This kit will teach kids how to satin-stitch a bee and cross-stitch a popsicle! There are 8 different designs printed in 4-colour, in cotton fabric. The kit comes with an embroidery hoop sized perfectly for the art work. Included in the kit: Embroidery hoop Custom designed fabric with 8 projects 7 coolours of embroidery thread Felt embellishments 2 needles What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials and hearty helpings of humour is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended Creativity Rewarding Reading Skills to Build On Everything You Need

How Things Work: Inside Out (Hardcover): Tamara J. Resler, National Geographic Kids How Things Work: Inside Out (Hardcover)
Tamara J. Resler, National Geographic Kids 1
R543 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R98 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a book for all the curious kids whose parents won't let them take apart the family's brand new digital camera. The stuff around us has some pretty cool insides that we don't usually get to see. That's why National Geographic Kids is dissecting all kinds of things in How Things Work: Inside Out! Read along as we dissect, explore, and explain how things do what they do. Complete with exciting diagrams and illustrations, accessible explanations, trivia, and fun features, How Things Work: Inside Out explains cell phones, 3D printers, lava lamps, skyscrapers, and everything in between.

Weird But True! Human Body - 300 Outrageous Facts About Your Awesome Anatomy (Paperback): National Geographic Kids Weird But True! Human Body - 300 Outrageous Facts About Your Awesome Anatomy (Paperback)
National Geographic Kids
R203 R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Save R18 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Get ready to have your mind blown with some hair-raising, eye-popping facts! This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series is all about YOU! It's an exciting internal journey through your own wacky, weird, sometimes gross, but always fascinating human body. Did you know that your stomach is shaped like the letter J? Or that if you lined up all your blood vessels they'd circle the Earth twice? Or that your body gives off a light you can't see? From your head to your toes, you'll be surprised and amazed by what you discover.

Wow! Forests (Paperback): Camilla De la B edoy ere Wow! Forests (Paperback)
Camilla De la B edoy ere; Illustrated by Steven Johnson 1
R175 Discovery Miles 1 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Which tree is as tall as a skyscraper? Is there really a kangaroo that lives in a tree? Who lives up high and who lives on the ground? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Wow! Forests. Fascinating text from zoological expert Camilla de a Bedoyere takes you to forests all over the world, where you can discover mind-blowing facts about the trees, bears, birds and bees that inhabit them. Fun, lively and hilarious illustrations by Ste Johnson bring this environment and its creatures to life! Wow! is a fantastic series not only filled with the best and most amazing facts about popular science topics, but each book also includes beautiful illustrations with fun and interactive artwork clues that lead readers through the book and stimulate discussion. This appealing series is certain to make readers say 'Wow!' over and over again.

Sounds All Around - A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World (Paperback): James Chapman Sounds All Around - A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World (Paperback)
James Chapman
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did you know that in German, a pig doesn’t say oink, it says gruntz, and when you sneeze in Japanese it’s hakushon, not achoo? With vibrant comics and fun facts, Sounds All Around will teach you interesting and funny onomatopoeias from all over the world!

Words that imitate sounds are known as onomatopoeia, and they are a wonderfully strange and interesting part of language. After all, we all hear the same sounds, but we interpret and write them differently in different languages. Sounds All Around is a fun and funny illustrated guide to how people say many of these sounds all around the globe. Inside you’ll learn what a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds like in Hindi, and much, much more!

Quizzes for Rebel Girls (Paperback): Rebel Girls Quizzes for Rebel Girls (Paperback)
Rebel Girls
R253 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R45 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World (Hardcover): Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World (Hardcover)
Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton; Illustrated by Spike Gerrell 1
R313 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R89 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Football School Season 3 is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations. Perfect for readers 7+ and recommended by the National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, the Premier League and parents and teachers. This book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads - and it's all about football. Learn the maths behind the coin toss, how a good night's sleep helps you perform better on the pitch, the history of trophies, the biology of the foot and about animal mascots from around the world. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football. "We love this book series!" Match of the Day Weekly "Intelligent, inspiring, funny" Head of Education, Premier League Collect the series! Football School Season 1 -4 Star Players Epic Heroes Football School Terrific Teams 20 Fantastic Football Stories The Amazing Quiz Book The Incredible Joke Book The Ultimate Puzzle Book The Greatest Ever Quiz Book - out in 2022!

Itch! - Everything You Didn't Want to Know About What Makes You Scratch (Paperback): Anita Sanchez Itch! - Everything You Didn't Want to Know About What Makes You Scratch (Paperback)
Anita Sanchez; Illustrated by Gilbert Ford
R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Everybody gets itchy, and every kid will love this title that scratches the itch to know more and about the history, anatomy, botany, biology behind it. Perfect for fans of Grossology books looking for something more substantive and dynamic. You can feel it coming on-that terrible, tortuous ITCH. As irritating as an itch is, it is also your body's way of sending you a message you can't miss, like you've brushed up against poison ivy or lice have taken up residence in your hair. None of which you'd know without that telltale itch! And there are so many things that make us itch-from fungus to fleas, mosquitoes to nettles, poison ivy to tarantulas! Combining history, anatomy, laugh-out-loud illustrations, and even tips to avoid-and soothe-the itch, Anita Sanchez and Gilbert Ford take readers on an intriguing (and sometimes disgusting) look into what makes you scratch.

National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Don Lessem, National Geographic Kids National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Don Lessem, National Geographic Kids
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beans to Chocolate (Hardcover, Illustrated Edition): Sarah Ridley Beans to Chocolate (Hardcover, Illustrated Edition)
Sarah Ridley
R379 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Everyone loves chocolate, but do you know where it come from and how it ends up on the supermarket shelves? Follow the story of fair trade chocolate from bean to bar, through the farming process to manufacturing. The simple text in this book, suitable for children aged 5+, is accompanied by large, attractive photographs. For children progressing through Book Bands, it is suitable for reading at level 8: Purple.

Where food comes from is a series for young children, helping them question where their food comes from. It uncovers the role of farmers and others and begins an exploration of food groups. Children studying science topics including how plants change over time and healthy eating will also find these books useful.

We Are One: How the World Adds Up (Hardcover): Susan Hood We Are One: How the World Adds Up (Hardcover)
Susan Hood; Illustrated by Linda Yan
R520 R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Save R79 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Myth Busters: Body Bloopers (Paperback): Clive Gifford Myth Busters: Body Bloopers (Paperback)
Clive Gifford
R175 Discovery Miles 1 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Myth Busters: Body Bloopers takes readers on a wild ride through the human body in search of the truth! Have you been told carrots improve your eyesight? Or that junk food causes spots? Think again! Conspiracy theories, popular trivia, old wives' tales, common misconceptions and misinterpretations are explored to untruth exactly why they are wrong, and how and why they were adopted as fact in the first place. Thoroughly entertaining with fun typography, fast-paced text written by Clive Gifford, light and fascinating side-stories, and lively, photo-montaged illustrations, this big huge compendium of curriculum-led subjects appeals to today's technological-savvy children. Fully detailing each myth and error, along with its historical or scientific background, each falsehood is debunked, and then a full explanation of its true facts are presented.

Why Is Snot Sticky? - Questions and Answers about Bizarre Bodies (Paperback): William Potter Why Is Snot Sticky? - Questions and Answers about Bizarre Bodies (Paperback)
William Potter; Illustrated by Luke Seguin-Magee; Helen Otway
R189 R157 Discovery Miles 1 570 Save R32 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Irish Politics Book (Hardcover): David McCullagh The Great Irish Politics Book (Hardcover)
David McCullagh; Illustrated by Graham Corcoran
R769 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R127 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Join political buff David McCullagh and illustrator Graham Corcoran as they guide you through all the things that make our country work. Why do we have a president and a Taoiseach? What is the Seanad and why can only some citizens vote in its elections? Who makes the rules for Ireland and how are they enforced? And what do we do if we want to change them? Learn what it means to be a citizen and the positive role you can play by helping others, protecting what works and creating change in the world you live in. The latest book in the Gill Books series of important topics tackled by experts, this engaging guide demystifies political systems, elections, voting and government, and explores issues including human rights, freedom of speech and fake news. With clear text and bright illustrations, this book is for anyone who wants to understand

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