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How much do you know about space? Are you an asteroid expert or a
gravity guru? Can you tell the difference between a meteoroid and a
meteorite? Would you be able to spot the Pole Star in the night
sky? Test your skills with quick quizzes, diagrams and charts.
Power up your space knowledge with answers to your wackiest space
questions!
Scientists, engineers, academics and environmentalists warn that
unless water use is drastically reduced, severe water shortage will
affect the entire planet by 2040. But what does that mean? Why is
this happening? What should we do about it? Mind Mappers: Are We
Running Out of Water? unravels the issues and the answers.
Beautiful illustrations, a unique structure and straightforward
narrative make this an engaging, fascinating and illuminating read.
The children are setting up a book nook ? a cosy space where they
can read lots of books! In the book nook, they can go on lots of
exciting adventures, such as visiting the zoo, flying to the moon,
or sailing on a boat. (Letter-sounds featured: ee igh oa oo) In the
Book Nook is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning
programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every
child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target
Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of
letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities
to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension
questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception
The ants in the garden sip, tap and pat! Take a look through the
magnifying glass to see what else ants can do. (Letter-sounds
featured: s a t i p n) Ants! is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching
and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures
that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable
Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small
group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and
activities to support reading in school and at home as well as
comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age:
4-5/Reception
Set out on a time-travelling expedition to Ancient Egypt! Fetch
your suitcase and join adventurer Mia on a spectacular journey down
the Nile, meeting the very first pharaoh, visiting the Great
Pyramid and unearthing some animal mummies! Along the route, you
can find out about: - the Nile river - how to write in hieroglyphs
- the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt - mummies, pyramids and
the afterlife - family life and school - the Battle of Kadesh -
staying healthy - the last pharaohs With astonishing facts and
interactive activities, this captivating book will excite and
inspire the adventurers of the future.
There are lots of ways that you can keep fit - you can run, jump,
play football or swim! What is your favourite way to keep fit and
healthy? Keep Fit! is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising
Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and
non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly
decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular
topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully
levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident
readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support
reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check
understanding. Reading age: 4-5 years
Scientists know everything, right? Wrong! Don't scientists hate it
when their experiments go wrong, though? Nope, it can help them
discover something new! This book is about how scientists turn
experiments that go wrong into SUCCESS! Read all about the moth
mix-ups, dog wee disasters, chemical confusions and bathtub
blunders that led scientists to make new discoveries. And remember,
if you notice something weird, stop and look. It could be the start
of a new discovery! When Science Experiments Go Wrong is part of
the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are
ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is
dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst
enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age.
Astro books for Earth/White band are also highly-decodable so ideal
for extra phonics practice. Reading Planet books have been
carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and
confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to
support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Interest
age: 8-9 Reading age: 6-7 years
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has
been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and
Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to
support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that
together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to
teaching phonics. Our bodies are amazing! They can do all sorts of
incredible things but do we always know why they do these things?
Have you ever wondered why our tummies rumble, why our toes are
ticklish, or what snot is for? Find the fascinating answers to
these quirky questions and more in this eye-opening book!
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has
been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and
Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to
support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that
together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to
teaching phonics. We may think of animals when we think of
predators and protection but plants have very clever ways to
protect themselves and find food as well. These nice green plants
are more crafty than they look! Discover all the ways different
plants have adapted to protect themselves from being lunch, and how
some nifty herbivores have found a way around it....
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has
been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and
Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to
support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that
together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to
teaching phonics. Cloud forests contain a whole world for you to
explore hidden among the trees! Discover the incredible creatures
that live in the clouds and learn more about how they're able to
make this habitat their home in this wonderful non-fiction book.
Maths is all around us. From a single snowflake to the changing
seasons; from our favourite songs to the buildings we live in, and
even the way our planet spins through space. Don't believe it? Just
open up this book and discover some of the weird and wonderful ways
that maths affects our everyday lives. You'll also find out about
some pioneering mathematicians - from Leonardo Fibonacci, who
studied sequences in numbers and nature nearly 800 years ago, to
Ada Lovelace, who helped to develop the first computer codes. You
can even try some challenges yourself to help you master maths. One
day, you could use maths to unlock more strange secrets of the
universe! The Hidden Maths Inside Everything is part of the Astro
range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for
struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is
dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst
enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age.
Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support
children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book
features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and
develop comprehension skills. Interest age: 9-10 Reading age: 7-8
years
Join the Comet Street Kids to find out about the different states
of matter. Discover how the Ancient Greeks investigated and
explained these states, and how we can use the terms 'solid, liquid
or gas' to classify pretty much everything in our world! Solid,
Liquid or Gas? is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising
Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and
non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly
decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular
topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully
levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident
readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support
reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check
understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years
Join the children as they paint amazing pictures of animals, each
one starting with a simple dot. (Letter-sounds featured: m d g o c
k) It is not a Dot! is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and
learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that
every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target
Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of
letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities
to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension
questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception
Bill finds a big bug in the garden. He brings it inside in a tin
and shows it to Nick. Suddenly, they can't find the bug. Where
could it be? (Letter-sounds featured: b f ff l ll ss) Get Off, Bug!
is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from
Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves
phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book
provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The
book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading
in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check
understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception
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Shy (Paperback)
Isabel Thomas; Illustrated by Clare Elsom
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R243
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Each book in the "Dealing with Feeling..." series looks at a
different emotion commonly experienced by young children. The books
help readers to identify their emotions, and provide tips and
advice on how best to express and deal with them. This book looks
at shyness, including what it feels like to be shy, how to stop
feeling shy, and how to help other people who might be feeling shy.
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Jealous (Paperback)
Isabel Thomas; Illustrated by Clare Elsom
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R243
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Each book in the "Dealing with Feeling..." series looks at a
different emotion commonly experienced by young children. The books
help readers to identify their emotions, and provide tips and
advice on how best to express and deal with them. This book looks
at jealousy, including what being jealous feels like, how to deal
with jealous feelings, and how to help other people who might be
feeling jealous.
Do you know why rainforests are called 'lungs of the world'? Or the
'beating hearts' of the planet? The Earth's Essential Rainforests
will answer these questions and more. They shape our weather, are
home to most of the world's plant and animal species, and are our
planet's oldest living ecosystems. Meticulously researched by
experts, curious young readers will quickly learn about these vast
ecosystems and how these ancient forests are at risk. They will
learn key terminology and facts so that they can speak about our
rainforests with confidence. The Earth's Essential Rainforests
explains the importance of rainforests. The illustrations,
photographs, rainforest heroes and 'Speak like a Scientist'
sections examine facts about the rainforest, tell of their
astonishing biodiversity, and explore how we must protect them.
This handy-sized book, with glossary and index, is the perfect way
to get to know our rainforests and to understand how dependent our
planet is on them. Author Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at
Oxford University and in 2020 won an AAAS Subaru Prize for
Excellence In Science Books. Consultant Dr Alda Cuná½·-Sanchez
is a Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and has
studied rainforests for 15 years. The Earth's Essential Rainforests
is part of a collectible set. If you love this title, why not
collect them all?
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Worried (Paperback)
Isabel Thomas; Illustrated by Clare Elsom
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R243
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Discovery Miles 1 960
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Each book in the "Dealing with Feeling..." series looks at a
different emotion commonly experienced by young children. The books
help readers to identify their emotions, and provide tips and
advice on how best to express and deal with them. This book looks
at being worried, including what it feels like to be worried, how
to stop feeling worried, and how to help other people who might be
feeling worried.
Marie Curie was a brilliant scientist who coined the term
'radioactivity', discovered polonium and radium, and helped develop
treatments for cancer. She was the first woman to win a Nobel
Prize, but her dedication to physics ultimately caused her death
from radiation. From artists to aviators and scientists to
revolutionaries, the Little Guides to Great Lives series tells the
stories of the most amazing people from all over the world and
across history, with colourful illustrations and fresh design to
bring their incredible stories to life.
Most famous as the painter who created the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da
Vinci is also one of history's greatest geniuses - he was a
mathematician, architect, astronomer, scientist and musician...and
he even invented the helicopter! From artists to aviators and
scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Great Lives is a
brand new series of small-format guides introducing children to the
most inspirational figures from history in a fun, accessible way.
Launching with Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela and
Amelia Earhart, Little Guides to Great Lives tells the stories of
the most amazing people from all over the world and across history,
with colourful illustrations and fresh design to bring their
incredible stories to life.
Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction,
non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every
child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading. Join our
scientist in Antartica to learn more about the life cycle of
Emperor penguins. Could you live and work in the coldest place on
Earth? Read this book to find out! Reading age: 6-7 years
This title is part of the important new series from Oxford which
provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and
vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects. Meticulously
researched and authoritative but written in simple language by
experts in their fields, curious young readers will quickly get to
grips with the basic principles and terminology of each subject.
The Earth's Immense Oceans explains, in a clear and interesting
way, how oceans work, where they came from and how they are shaping
the Earth, what lives under the waves, and the impact humans have
had on the world's oceans. The engaging design highlights the
heroes of the subject from early beginnings to modern day and picks
out and explains tricky terminology in 'Speak like a Scientist'
features. Comic strips and illustrations, amazing photographs and a
timeline, glossary and index, all make this handy-sized book the
perfect way to learn. If you love this title, why not collect them
all? The Earth's Immense Oceans is part of a collectible set which
will build into a diverse range of subjects.
Do you know what you're made of? The answer is CELLS – about
thirty TRILLION of them – all working together to form one
awesome human being: YOU. The tiniest building blocks of life are
crammed amongst the pages of this book, waiting to be discovered.
From individual cells to complex systems, discover how your body
moves, grows, breathes, senses, thinks and feels. Find out why you
get butterflies in your stomach, how your brain is more complex
than the most powerful computer, and that you are home to more
bacteria cells than there are stars in the Milky Way. Featuring
expansive, artistic illustration that is as beautiful to look at as
it is educational, your intricate, incredible cells are worth a
closer look.
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist, Nelson
Mandela's journey from political prisoner to president of South
Africa is an incredible tale of triumph in the face of adversity.
2018 marks a hundred years since his birth. From artists to
aviators and scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Great
Lives is a brand new series of small-format guides introducing
children to the most inspirational figures from history in a fun,
accessible way. Launching with Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie,
Nelson Mandela and Amelia Earhart, Little Guides to Great Lives
tells the stories of the most amazing people from all over the
world and across history, with colourful illustrations and fresh
design to bring their incredible stories to life.
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