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Welcome to the world! This beautifully illustrated atlas takes
young readers on a hands-on tour of our incredible planet. With
over 40 flaps to lift, kids will learn all about the 7 continents
and 5 oceans that make up the Earth, explore many of its countries,
meet lots of its peoples, and see some of its most amazing wildlife
and buildings. Written by Kate Baker, this book uses
engaging illustration and simple language to introduce early
readers to the world in an interactive format that is sure to
excite. Also included is a pull-out wall map of the world. Let's
start our globe-trotting adventure! Contents includes: - Welcome to
the World! (plus the world's oceans) - North America - South
America - Europe - Africa - Asia - Australasia and Oceania -
Antarctica - Plus a pull-out world map  About Lonely
Planet Kids:Â Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's
leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book
in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a
dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now
sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely
Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in
school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture,
sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to
inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and
their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an
adventure. Come explore!
This interactive and colourful atlas takes young readers on a
hands-on journey all around the world. Each page turned brings a
new continent to life with a total of more than 100 flaps to lift,
beautifully detailed illustrations, and fun facts about different
cultures, species of wildlife and places to visit along the way.
Written by Kate Baker and accompanied by wonderful artwork from Liz
Kay, learning about the world has never been so fun or easy.
Starting your globetrotting adventure in the frozen Arctic tundra
of North America, you'll discover where the world's longest skating
rink is located, where you can swim with pigs and what exactly 'dog
mushing' is. You'll then travel on to South America to meet
Amazonian Indian tribes, anacondas, toucans and more. Crossing the
Atlantic Ocean to Europe, you'll explore Dracula's spooky castle,
the world's biggest snow fort and the story behind Norway's trolls
before peeping inside the treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun and
meeting some of the animal kingdom's world record breakers in
Africa. Next, you'll visit the mesmerising Taj Mahal, see where
cuddly giant pandas hang out and scare yourself silly with the
legend of the 'Kappa' river monster in Asia, then head down under
to Oceania for vast coral reefs, Polynesian gods and famous
explorers. You'll finish your intrepid journey with a trip to the
planet's coldest continent, Antarctica, for tales of South Pole
adventurers, wild weather and more. About Lonely Planet Kids:
Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel
authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over
the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global
community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for
exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and
encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the
world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature,
history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of
global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in
a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
Celebrate the ascension of a new monarch, King Charles III, with
ten stunningly illustrated pop-ups in this timely souvenir and
addition to the wonderful Panorama Pop series. King Charles III's
coronation will take place in May 2023. This beautiful novelty
keepsake traces the King's life up to this historic moment. Ten
illustrated pop-ups combine with information about his stately
duties as well as his personal life, from his childhood as heir to
the throne to his investiture in Wales as well as his marriage,
good works and connections to various charities. This book also
features intriguing facts and striking pop-up illustrations of
famous royal residences and popular tourist destinations, including
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Tower of London.
Celebrate the monarchy and all things royal in this exquisite
cut-paper souvenir.
Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 zany words aimed
to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features captivating
words selected by the masterminds at Britannica to highlight the
best of the English language. Follow a menagerie of animals as they
teach one new word for each day of the year, including a
pronunciation guide, definition, sample sentence and interesting
trivia about the word's usage or etymology. Each month concludes
with an outlandish story that features all the new words learned.
This wonderfully wordy book will add pizzazz to any vocabulary and
turn whippersnappers into lifelong word lovers.
Every day, you use the ultimate supercomputer ... your brain! Join
Little House of Science on an access-all-areas tour of the body's
brilliant command centre. Using fun exercises and experiments that
are easy to do at home, and presented with simple, easy-to-follow
illustrations, This Book is Full of Brains is an awe-inspiring
guide to this remarkable organ. Discover the gruesome history of
neuroscience, check out the inner workings of animal brains and
find out all about the remarkable things the brain can do. How fast
can a thought travel? How do senses work? Why do we sleep? Find out
the answers to these questions and many, many more. Since 2014,
Little House of Science have been using their fun after-school
clubs, workshops and holiday camps to teach STEM-related subjects
to children from age 3 to 12. They use their engaging, interactive
approach to teach kids about space, biology, engineering, geology
and loads of other subjects. They now present their first book,
exploring the incredible wonders of the brain.
This volume provides cutting-edge research from malaria
parasitology and records the success story of disease control in
China. The country, which was certified malaria-free by the World
Health Organization in 2021, looks back on 70 years of effort and
fruitful combat history.Expert authors supply insights from
Plasmodium morphology to the clinical picture of malaria, molecular
and immunodiagnosis, as well as current treatment and resistance
issues, making this book a valuable blueprint for further success
stories. The present work makes a significant contribution to the
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, Good Health and Well-Being,
with the aim to end malaria epidemics by 2030. Practical details of
malaria elimination tools and strategies are completed by chapters
on artificial intelligence in diagnosis and also traditional
Chinese medicines for therapy. All researchers involved in malaria
control and elimination around the globe will benefit from the
knowledge presented, including students, scientists, policy makers
at various levels, and professionals in healthcare and
antiparasitic drug discovery.
Topological Insulator and Related Topics, Volume 108 in the
Semiconductors and Semimental series, highlights new advances in
the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on
topics such as Majorana modes at the ends of one dimensional
topological superconductors, Optical/electronic properties of Weyl
semimetals, High magnetic fields to unveil the electronic
structure, magnetic field-induced transitions, and unconventional
transport properties of topological semimetals, New aspects of
strongly correlated superconductivity in the nearly flat-band
regime, Anomalous transport properties in topological semimetals,
Pseudo-gauge field and piezo-electromagnetic response in
topological materials, Topological Gapped States Protected by
Spatial Symmetries, and more.
Resilience is a superpower that helps you take on the world! It
means you can bounce back from challenges. It allows you to keep
going despite setbacks and mistakes. Collect and stack your
resilience building blocks and before long you'll have a sturdy
foundation on which to build and strengthen your resilience.
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.
Discover history as you've never seen it before - and all the stuff
you never knew happened at the same time! Did you know the woolly
mammoths were still around when the Egyptians built their pyramids?
Or that Leonardo Da Vinci lived at the same time as Henry VIII and
the Aztecs? Welcome to The History of Everywhere, a fascinating
guide to all the stuff you never knew happened at the same time! In
lively maps, see the whole world of history: from ancient times to
the modern day, watch civilizations rise and fall, spot fascinating
connections and coincidences, and discover the people and events
you never learnt about in school. Prepare for a fascinating journey
around the world that will change the way you see history!
Ten stunningly illustrated pop-ups bring the magnificent reign of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to life in this exquisite cut-paper
souvenir. Find out more about Queen Elizabeth II's fascinating
life, from her childhood to her wedding and ground-breaking
coronation to both her family life and state duties.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is jam-packed with treasures from
around the world... Now they're leaping out of the museum and onto
your sticker book pages! This is your chance to create your very
own art gallery! From dancers to dragons, masks to mummies and
much, much more, your Met Sticker Book will be bursting with
awesome art, curated by you. Discover The Met's collection of
spectacular paintings, amazing artefacts, and world-famous
sculptures, and choose which gallery to display them in. Where will
you hang the modern-art installations or the ancient suits of
armour? Along the way, learn fun facts about artists, history, and
the stories behind some of the most famous objects from across the
globe. Developed in partnership with The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, this is the perfect introduction to the art world for any
budding art lover. (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Find out how your voice works and how to sing like a star. Using
the world's largest known database of writing for and by children,
our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children
succeed at school. We've combined these with fully-decodable books
that help you match your phonics teaching and practice, while
inspiring and engaging your young readers. Specially developed to
enhance children's vocabulary alongside their decoding skills,
these books are perfect for sharing.
Calling wild girls everywhere! Helen Skelton – adventurer, world-record breaker and TV presenter – brings you her inspirational guide to getting outdoors and having incredible adventures.
From kayaking the length of the Amazon to cycling to the South Pole and running an ultra-marathon across the Namib desert, the Blue Peter and Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton has taken on record-breaking feats of endurance and shown that adventures definitely are for girls.
Helen shares six stories of her most daring adventures across some of the world's most extreme wildernesses, explaining how she embraced her fears and found the positives in the toughest situations. Alongside her inspirational tales are ideas for where readers can find their own wild adventures closer to home and accounts of the real-life wild girls who inspire her.
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