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The Magic of Maths (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Rob Davis
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MURDEROUS MATHS: The Magic of Maths is full of incredible tricks to
wow children and teachers alike. With a fabulous brand-new cover
design for 2019, children can: discover how to use the power of
maths to beat the calculator perform amazing card tricks read minds
- using the power of maths! Illustrated by Rob Davis and presented
in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why
maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will
be able to discover the world of MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be
amazed!
We're on the way back from a big shopping trip But the bag's caught
a nail and it's started to rip. Dropetty PLOP! Now what could that
be? All on his own it's a left-behind pea. Disaster strikes when
Pea falls out of the shopping bag . . . Is this the end? Is it ALL
OVER FOR PEA?! Of course it's not! Follow Pea as he journeys across
the city on a skateboard, and bus, and even on the wings of a
passing-by bird - and has the adventure OF A LIFETIME! Sometimes it
pays to be small . . . THE RUNAWAY PEA LEFT BEHIND is
laugh-out-loud funny, bursting with imagination, and the most
perfect third story in this much-loved series. The first book, THE
RUNAWAY PEA, was chosen as BookTrust's Time to Read book of 2020,
being given to 775,000 children in the UK. Keep your eyes PEAled
for more brilliant Pea books - The Runaway Pea and The Runaway Pea:
Washed Away!
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The Brain-Bending Basics (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Philip Reeve, Rob Davis, Trevor Dunton
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R217
R162
Discovery Miles 1 620
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MURDEROUS MATHS: The Brain-Bending Basics is full of facts, tricks
and tips to give children a roller coaster overview into the
utterly nutty world of maths. With a fabulous brand-new cover
design for 2019 and simple explanations and hilarious characters to
guide them through, children can: learn to become mathematical
masters discover all about the impossible race find out how numbers
can have superpowers - and more! Illustrated by Philip Reeve,
Trevor Dunton and Rob Davis and presented in a bold, funky and
accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a
new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the
world of MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be amazed!
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Shapes and Measures (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Rob Davis, Philip Reeve
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R114
Discovery Miles 1 140
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Murderous Maths: All Shapes and Sizes is full of facts, tricks and
tips to help children discover why shapes are super and
measurements are magic! Updated for the relaunch of the primary
national curriculum in autumn 2014, children can learn all about
tricky triangles, vicious circles, spangled angles and much more
with simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them
through. Illustrated by Philip Reeve and presented in a bold, funky
and accessible way so children can find out why maths is
marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able
to discover the world of Murderous Maths. Get ready to be amazed!
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The Runaway Pea (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Alex Willmore
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R223
R151
Discovery Miles 1 510
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It's time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!
The rogue pea shoots, flings and bounces across the kitchen as he embarks on his perilous adventure - but will he find the fun he is looking for or is the kitchen a scarier place than he thought?
This quirky caper from debut duo Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore will show you just what can happen when you take your eye off your dinner for a second!
Why do people think Friday 13th is unlucky? How can you make a liar
tell the truth? How many people in the world share your birthday?
Easy Questions, Evil Answers provides the answers to all these
questions and more. It's the perfect laugh-out-loud, boredom
busting read for everyone who's ever wondered just how many
footballs you can fit in a swimming pool and how long it takes to
count to a million.
Maths with the laughs added in! \* Why nothing sometimes means
something? \* Can you beat Professor Fiendish's foul formula? \*
What can stop a hairy green spot epidemic? Find out in the
Essential Arithmetricks - all the tricks, tips and short-cuts they
don't teach at school.
The runaway pea is back for another hilarious adventure! When one
rogue pea finds himself s p i n n i n g down the plug hole, surely
he's in for a terrible time in the murky glurky sewers? NOT THIS
PEA! Everything is an adventure! Everyone is a friend! But is all
as safe as Pea assumes, or might he yet end up as someone's
dinner?! A fall-over-yourself funny sequel to the bestselling THE
RUNAWAY PEA, which has a TCM of over 10,000 in just over seven
months.
Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! For
readers scared of squares and perplexed by primes, the next in the
unchallenged Murderous Maths series, Numbers: The Key to the
Universe, reveals how you could win a million dollars and become
famous forever (twice). Meanwhile, they must pit their wits against
evil Professor Fiendish's Number Chain, and things get ugly when
the gangsters meet the unlucky number 13. Using a host of hilarious
characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and
shortcuts to maths they don't teach at school.
This work features maths with the laughs added in! How can maths
rescue someone in deadly peril? Which famous mathematician was
murdered? How did time begin? Find out in "Murderous Maths" - all
the tricks, tips and short-cuts they don't teach at school.
This boxed set includes Awesome Arithmetricks, Guaranteed to Bend
Your Brain, Desperate Measures, Do You Feel Lucky, Easy Questions
Evil Answers, Key to the Universe, Guaranteed to Mash Your Mind,
The Perfect Sausage, The Phantom X and Savage Shapes.
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The Secrets of Sums (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Daniel Postgate
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R217
R177
Discovery Miles 1 770
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MURDEROUS MATHS: The Secrets of Sums is full of facts, tricks and
tips to help children discover why numbers are nifty and arithmetic
is amazing. With a fabulous brand-new cover design for 2019 and
simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them through,
children can: tackle the terrible times table master diabolical
division conquer fractions - and much more! Illustrated by Daniel
Postgate and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so
children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of
Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of
MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be amazed!
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The Brain-Bending Basics (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Rob Davis, Trevor Dunton, Philip Reeve
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R219
R113
Discovery Miles 1 130
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Murderous Maths: The Brain-Bending Basics is full of facts, tricks
and tips to give children a roller-coaster overview into the
utterly nutty world of murderous maths. Updated for the relaunch of
the primary national curriculum in autumn 2014, children can learn
to become mathematical masters with simple explanations and
hilarious characters to guide them through. Illustrated by Philip
Reeve and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children
can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan
Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of murderous maths.
Get ready to be amazed!
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Savage Shapes (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Philip Reeve
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R108
Discovery Miles 1 080
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Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all
the tricks, tips and shortcuts to shapes they don't teach at
school. Readers will find out how to command respect throughout the
entire Universe, learn why the US defence headquarters is a
pentagon, and discover the quickest way to get a naked Colonel back
to his beach hut.
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The Runaway Pea (Hardcover)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Alex Willmore
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R545
R426
Discovery Miles 4 260
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Borgon the Axeboy and his friends are going to watch the Shadow
Trials - the most dangerous contest in the Lost Desert. But they
didn't mean to join in! Then one of the contestants challenges
Borgon . . . and barbarians NEVER refuse a challenge! After all,
all he has to do is race up a deathly mountain, cross a sabre-tooth
bear pit, avoid the vultures and escape a skeleton. What could
possibly go wrong? With Asterix-style illustrations from
award-winning author/illustrator Philip Reeve, this series is set
to have you rolling in the desert with laughter.
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Harry Houdini (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Geraint Ford
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R216
R176
Discovery Miles 1 760
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First Names is a series of fun, lively and highly illustrated
biographies that introduces some truly amazing individuals who
lived incredible lives, to an audience of young readers. True life
stories of the most amazing people EVER! Meet HARRY HOUDINI, the
brilliant escape artist who thrilled the world with his
death-defying stunts and awesome showmanship. Find out how he was
inspired by a man with no head, why he kept asking to be put in
jail (and how he got out again) and why he dangled upside down from
a crane 120 feet up in the air. Get to know HARRY on first name
terms.
Martha's mom has banned her from playing soccer, and it's up to
Agatha Parrot to find a way to get her back into the game.
Meanwhile, Agatha's big brother, James, receives an email from an
unknown girl, and Agatha intervenes to start a correspondence on
his behalf. When she discovers the girl's love of spelling might
hold the secret to helping Martha get permission to play soccer,
the emails turn very warm indeed. Several forged emails--and a few
spelling tests--later, will Martha get to play in the big game? And
what will happen when Agatha's unknowing correspondent meets the
real James?
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The Phantom X (Paperback)
Kjartan Poskitt; Illustrated by Philip Reeve
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R109
Discovery Miles 1 090
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Murderous Maths has been given a gorgeous new cover look! Using a
host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the
tricks, tips and shortcuts to algebra they don't teach at school.
Readers must pit their wits against Professor Fiendish in the Foul
Formula Challenge and Chainsaw Charlie and his gruesome gang
discover that even the simplest maths can be murderous. But look no
further: The Phantom is here to banish algebraic agony - for good!
Henry VIII believes in the Divine Right of Kings - he looks Divine
and he's always Right! His first wife fails to bear him a son and
he cannot divorce her in Roman Catholic law, so he creates the
Church of England, divorces his wife, and tries again - five times!
Henry the Tudor Dude has all these and hilarious dialogue, witty
songs and more than a touch of playful cynicism. History has never
been such fun!Large flexible cast
It's the swinging 1660s. King Charles II wants nothing too heavy:
politics are a bore. When Nell and her friends, from the local
Bawdy house, join the new Drury Lane Theatre, Charles is delighted
by their saucy songs and cheeky antics. Nell rises to stardom and
she and Charles embark on one of the most infamous love stories. A
whole army of Charladies and delectable seventeenth-century
characters take us through the story of the affair that led to the
Great Fire of London and the recovery from the plague; the jealousy
and outrage of Charlie's rejected women and to political
jiggery-pokery.Large flexible cast
Welcome to Catesby's Cabaret Club, your hostess for the evening is
Miss Catherine Wheel ... It is the reign of King James I, a time of
religious unrest, double-crossing and treachery.13 women, 13 men
This entertaining and funny musical ghost story introduces Sammy, a
clever schoolboy, and his unusual parents, brainy Egbert and witty
Gloria. They have just moved into a new house overseen by a creepy
housekeeper and a kindly, bumbling gardener. When weird things
start happening, curious Sammy insists that that the gardener admit
him to the wildly overgrown garden where they find proof that a
witch has enslaved enchanted flower children. Sammy and his friend
Alice save the day: the children are released from their spell and
even the witchy housekeeper is won over.8 women, 3 men
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