Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust Ruby loves radishes, so when her friends Worm and Ladybird suggest she grows her own, she soon sets to work. Join Ruby as she watches her radishes grow, with five flaps to lift to see what's happening underground and an impressive pop-up surprise. With a gentle story and simple facts to explain how plants grow, children will be inspired to get outside and follow the helpful tips to plant their very own vegetables. Featuring artwork from bestselling The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, this new nature series from the National Trust is one for all the family to treasure! Other titles in the series include: Sam Plants a Sunflower, Tilly Plants a Tree and Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden

Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust Ruby loves radishes, so when her friends Worm and Ladybird suggest she grows her own, she soon sets to work. Join Ruby as she watches her radishes grow, with five flaps to lift to see what's happening underground and an impressive pop-up surprise. With a gentle story and simple facts to explain how plants grow, children will be inspired to get outside and follow the helpful tips to plant their very own vegetables. Featuring artwork from bestselling The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, this new nature series from the National Trust is one for all the family to treasure! Other titles in the series include: Sam Plants a Sunflower, Tilly Plants a Tree and Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden

Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust Ben loves flowers and Ben loves butterflies, so when his friends Worm and Ladybird suggest he makes his garden prettier by growing his own butterfly garden, he soon sets to work. Join Ben as he watches the flowers grow then discovers butterflies growing too, with four flaps to lift to see what's happening underground and an impressive pop-up surprise. With a gentle story and simple facts to explain how plants and butterflies grow, children will be inspired to get outside and follow the helpful tips to plant their very own butterfly garden. Featuring artwork from bestselling The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, this new nature series from the National Trust is one for all the family to treasure! Other titles in the series include: Sam Plants a Sunflower, Tilly Plants a Tree and Ruby Plants a Radish

This book recounts the experiences of two children as they take a look inside the giant Biomes and discover the exciting plants and exotic foods that grow in difficult environments. Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. Text type - A non-fiction recount of a visit. A map of the Eden project can be found on pages 22 and 23 to encourage children to discuss the information. Curriculum links - Geography: Passport to the world; Science: Growing plants and animals in the local environment. This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Meditation and visualisation, if approached in an inventive and appealing manner, bring enormous benefits to children. It can calm their anxieties, build their self-esteem, unlock their imagination, and teach them quietness and thoughtfulness. This book, designed for parents to use with any child between the ages of 4 and 8, is a collection of 20 narrative-based meditations. Reading the stories aloud, we draw the child into adventures which fire their imagination. In this way we help the child focus their minds, release their worries, believe in themselves and trust in the world around them. All the stories sensitively tackle difficult challenges facing small children, such as how to cope with disappointment, how to make good decisions, how to deal with anxieties and how to banish boredom. Each of the meditations is both enjoyable, as a fantasy, and effective, like a gentle hand smoothing wrinkles from tiny furrowed brows.

Nightlights is a book of stories to read to children, but stories with a difference. It's a collection of twenty interactive meditation stories that have bene specially written to calm and relax your child at bedtime, while at the same time engaging and stimulating his or her imagination. These stories also help children in many other important ways. They help them to focus their minds and develop their powers of concentration and visualization, as well as learn more about emotions and feelings. Although not meditations in the strict sense, they do serve as a good preparation for learning real meditation later on. They also foster imagination and creativity, help children deal with their burgeoning anxieties, and help them take their first steps towards developing their own unique identity. In the Introduction, Civardi provides techniques to help parents develop their out-loud reading skills, shows how to create the right mood, and gives practical advice on how to talk with your child about what he or she has just heard. After each story, there is a brief list of affirmations which help to settle the message in the minds of both parent and child.