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The city of Paris wanted to tear down the Eiffel Tower! Gustave
Eiffel, an engineer and amateur scientist, had built the incredible
structure for the 1889 World's Fair. Created using cutting-edge
technology, it stood taller than any other building in the world!
More than a million delighted people flocked to visit it during the
fair. But the officials wondered, beyond being a spectacle, what is
it good for? It must come down! But Eiffel loved his tower. He
crafted a clever plan to make the tower too useful to tear down. He
would turn it into "a laboratory such as science has never had at
its disposal". As the date for the tower's demolition approached,
Eiffel raced to prove its worth. Could science save the Eiffel
Tower?
The city of Paris wanted to tear down the Eiffel Tower! Gustave
Eiffel, an engineer and amateur scientist, had built the incredible
structure for the 1889 World's Fair. Created using cutting-edge
technology, it stood taller than any other building in the world!
More than a million delighted people flocked to visit it during the
fair. But the officials wondered, beyond being a spectacle, what is
it good for? It must come down! But Eiffel loved his tower. He
crafted a clever plan to make the tower too useful to tear down. He
would turn it into "a laboratory such as science has never had at
its disposal". As the date for the tower's demolition approached,
Eiffel raced to prove its worth. Could science save the Eiffel
Tower?
Nature loving Finn's life has been turned upside down by a move to
the city. All he can see are dull, grey buildings. But Grandpa has
a surprise in store: his allotment! By introducing Finn to his
allotment, Finn reconnects with the natural world: he's amazed to
discover a hibernating hedgehog, whom he befriends, and learns to
care for a fox. There is, after all, nature in the city! A
beautifully detailed picture book with a directory of wildlife for
spotting in the story, as well as dedicated hedgehog and fox fact
pages.
Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting
fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire
children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need
more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate
content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and
Sounds Phases 3–5. When their van breaks down on the way to their
camping trip, Ellie and her dad find themselves stranded and having
to camp under the stars for the night. When her dad forgets all of
his survival skills, it's Ellie and her books that save the day.
Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and
varied characters. The focus sounds in this book are: /ai/ ay, a-e,
ey /ee/ ie, ea /igh/ i-e, i. Pages 30 and 31 allow children to
re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills,
vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book
provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters
and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and
words that the book will cover.
Magic and mischief abound in this captivating collection. Meet the
cheeky kappa from Japan, a clever duende from the Philippines and
the loyal foletto of Florence, all fairy creatures who can help or
hinder humans as they please.
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Peter Bunzl; Illustrated by Lia Visirin
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Twins Kitty and Harris Hawk have grown up at the airfield where
their father works as an engineer. Kitty in particular is obsessed
with the idea of becoming an aeronaut but her father thinks
children should stay firmly on the ground. When the twins discover
a strange and unusually large egg from which a dragon hatches,
little do they imagine that this is the first step on a journey
that will see them taking to the skies and competing in the first
long-distance air race. Can they win the huge prize that's at stake
and will their daring adventure lead their father to change his
mind about Kitty's future?
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading
journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have
created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read.
Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading
notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support
and ebooks available. Matt and Alex and their little sister Lizzie
have returned to England from their fun-filled holiday in India.
Accompanying them is their young ayah, Jamila. The day after they
return home, the children wake to find Jamila gone. Who made her
leave? Where did she go? She is alone and penniless in a new
country and the children know they must find her. And so, the
search for the ayah begins. Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent
readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to
facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a
reading programme and longer chapter books. Ideas for reading in
the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating
activities.
Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her
grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the
dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress
Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and
cunning to help him escape. Part of Sophie's plan involves an
incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but
will the Queen be able to outwit the Empress in a game where the
stakes are a matter of life and death?
Since learning about climate change at school, Nathan keeps having
a dream about a polar bear and he can't figure out why. The polar
bear seems to want something from Nathan, but he's only a
nine-year-old boy and there's nothing he can do to help - or so
Nathan believes ... Reflect is a series of emotionally powerful
fiction and non-fiction with realistic settings, carefully crafted
to promote thoughtful discussions and develop higher-level reading
comprehension. Written by top authors and developed with Literacy
expert Nikki Gamble, these are books you can trust to engage,
entertain and support children's personal development and
wellbeing. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match
every child to books with the right depth and complexity, and
helping them to progress. Each book contains inside cover notes to
help children deepen their understanding and support their reading
comprehension. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular
links to Relationships Education and support literacy skills.
"A rip-roaring, soul-stirring adventure... Utterly enchanting!"
Katharine Orton, author of Nevertell "Ghosts, pirates and the quiet
power of friendship and kindness." Sarah Baker, author of Through
the Mirror Door A funny and imaginative adventure about searching
for lost treasure and finding friendship along the way, with
beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Lia Visirin. Treasure
isn't always where you expect to find it... River likes to go
mooncatching, sweeping his net across the reflection of the night
sky in the village pond. But when he accidentally wakes the ghost
of Mona Brightly, River must find Mona's lost treasure before the
ghost of the dastardly pirate Dashbuckle gets there first. This is
classic children's storytelling at its best - with lively
characters and a whole lot of heart.
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