Bring science home with this colourful collection of science experiments us ing everyday household items. Turn your home or garden into a laboratory and create paint bombs and elephant toothpaste, let crystals grow, volcanoes erupt and CD s fly, build your own lava lamp, and discover how you can bounce an egg. Jesse Goossens has collected 47 spectacular, exciting and sensational experiments with clear instructions and helpful information. Illustrator Linde Faas has exploded her palette to introduce even more giggles. The result is a festive book for budding inventors and other sorcerer' s apprentices.

Johann Olav Koss, triple world skating champion and winner of four Olympic gold medals, wants to make it possible for everyone, everywhere, to have the opportunity to play. "Everyone" includes those children who, through war, natural disasters, violence or famine, have lost everything. It is for this cause that Koss has given up his career as a top class athlete to found the organization "Right to Play." This book takes the reader on an adventure around the world--through schools in Rwanda, refugee camps in Palestine, the slums of Mali and the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The reader will meet child soldiers who have returned from war, children who have to survive on the streets of Africa, and boys with nothing but a rolled up T-shirt as a football because they have nothing else to use.IN addition to the children, "Right to Play "also includes the stories of athletes from all over the world who will tell him why they enjoy sport so much., Famous ambassadors from "Right to Play" who share their memories of the early days of playing games and of their sports. From all these people the reader will learn why--heart and soul--these men and women are such supporters of "Right To Play."

Everyone knows about the Red Cross and the life - saving work this organization carries out worldwide. But what can you do yourself, at home or in your own neighbourhood, when disaster strikes? Jesse Goossens has written a manual dealing with thirty - four di sasters large and small, for everyone aged nine and up, and she's collected funny, gruesome and wonderful facts about every possible catastrophe. Because do you know how many bones you can break? How to resuscitate someone? How to tell a forest fire is com ing, or how much blood your body's got in it? And what was the biggest earthquake ever? Linde Faas has taken these facts and brought them together to create a sparkling, joyful whole, a book that's a pleasure to leaf through as well as an essential referen ce work for all children, young and old, who want to help make the world a better place.

In celebration of Lemniscaat's 50th anniversary in publishing, we are pleased to present this handsome gift set including the wordless picture book of "Holland" by Charlotte Dematons and a rich treasure trove of all things Dutch entitled "1000 Things About Holland. "
"Holland"'s illustrations are teeming with life that bewitches the eye. With "1000 Things About Holland," each detail from Charlotte Dematons' "Holland "art is isolated and its history and relevance described. This gift set is both an I Spy book and an armchair travel guide for anyone fond of this small country of great artists, windmills and so much more.
From Queens day to tulip fields - countless traditions and attractions in the Netherlands are shown. Discover the quirks and humor that make Holland so unique: from pensionada in unisex rain jackets on their bikes to a grandmother skating on the ice (with her walker ), scenes from the art of Avercamp and Bruegel, and the multicultural Dutch society in whimsical detail.