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The Story Behind: Skydiving
Take the ultimate leap of faith in The Story Behind: Skydiving. Experience the thrill of freefalling from thousands of feet in the air before smoothly gliding under a parachute. This book reveals how skydivers train for their jumps, the special equipment that keeps them safe, and the exciting feeling of soaring through the sky. Learn about famous skydiving events, record-breaking jumps, and the extreme athletes who take the plunge. Featuring breathtaking skydiving photos and action-packed information, this book is perfect for kids who are fascinated by flight and crave the excitement of high-altitude adventure!
Top Ten Longest Wonders on Earth
Embark on a journey through astonishing lengths to discover our planet’s longest things! With captivating photography and fascinating facts, Top Ten Longest Wonders on Earth invites curious kids on an exciting adventure to explore the longest wonders that our world has to offer! Discover the world’s longest snake which is longer than five grown men standing on top of each other, the hotdog longer than a football field, the longest manmade structure ever built, and so much more! This book is perfect for fact-hungry young readers!
Moja sada Montessori - Vlajky sveta
Táto komplexná pomôcka Montessori vyzýva deti objavovať štátne vlajky, rozprávať sa o nich a zisťovať, kam na mape sveta patria. Obsah boxu umožňuje deťom spoznať vlajky, ich históriu a význam a umiestňovať 50 vlajočiek do mapy sveta v podobe puzzle, ktorú si môžu samy zložiť.
Obsah balenia: 1 mapa sveta vo forme puzzle s 8 veľkými dielikmi; 50 miniatúrnych vlajočiek na špajdli, určených na zapichnutie do map; knižka o vlajkách a štátoch obsahujúca aj návod na aktivity s pomôckou.
Všeobecná encyklopédia v pohybe
Úžasná encyklopédia plná ilustrácií a odklápacích okienok vás zoznámi s najdôležitejšími témami, ako: telo, dom, mesto, príroda, zvieratá, more, zem, veda, šport, dejiny, vesmír…
Obsahuje: pútavé texty, prispôsobené na hlasné čítanie s deťmi; celostránkové ilustrácie s množstvom detailov; odklápacie okienka, v ktorých sa ukrývajú podrobnejšie informácie alebo vysvetlenia, ako všetko funguje; otázky a odpovede, ktoré prebudia detskú zvedavosť. Viac ako 180 otázok a odpovedí a rovnaké množstvo odklápacích okienok rozvíja predstavivosť a pomáha deťom spoznávať svet.
Maps of the United Kingdom
Take a tour of the United Kingdom as you’ve never seen it before in this fully illustrated set of county maps. Travel through England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and meet the incredible people born there, learn about the UK’s proud history and discover ancient castles, modern feats of engineering and natural highlights. Revel in the nation’s curiosities, from the spectacular, to the quirky, to the downright strange! Visit Edinburgh Castle with its spectacular views of Scotland’s capital; see the home of Roald Dahl in Wales; and why not sample the local delicacies at Wigan’s World Pie-Eating Championship? With colourful maps packed with facts about every inch of this Sceptred Isle, from Land’s End to John O’Groats, London to Londonderry, this book makes the perfect companion on long car journeys, summer holidays or rainy Sundays. As well as acting as your go-to guide to things to see and do, Maps of the UK is also a beautiful atlas of the UK’s history and culture, showing how Britons from all over the world have shaped the country for thousands of years. A fabulous introduction to the UK’s geography, history and culture, for readers young and old.
The Best Beginner's Guide to Chickens and Chicks for Kids
You love chickens and chicks? Who doesn't!? This guide will help you learn how to build a wonderful relationship with the birds in your life, keep your new chicks healthy and happy, and avoid common mistakes of first-time chicken owners. These are the best homesteading tips to raise happy, healthy chickens! Whether you have chickens already or are just thinking of starting your own flock, this book is packed full of valuable information that will help you raise and maintain a happy, healthy flock. Not only will you learn the basics like how to pick the right breeds, how to house, feed, and care for your birds, but you will also find craft, gardening, and DIY projects that will make taking care of your flock fun and entertaining! The Best Beginner's Guide to Chickens and Chicks for Kids covers a lot of important topics, including: Top breed picks for kids What should be in a coop and how to clean the coop Pros and cons of free range versus chicken coops When to expect your first egg How to train your chickens to be more friendly (and even do tricks!) Easy egg recipes and creative chicken crafts!
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals is a fascinating compendium of the strange and wonderful animals that once roamed our Earth. From the well-known woolly mammoth and sabre-toothed tiger to the laughing owl said to cackle like a madman, discover more about these incredible lost species. Children and adults alike will pore over the breathtaking scientific illustrations and unusual animals, discovering why these creatures became extinct and learning about science and nature along the way.
Match Attax All-New Mega Trivia
Discover everything there is to know about your favourite football heroes and clubs, then take on an action-packed mix of puzzles, quizzes and mega trivia! Featuring the all of your heroes of European football, this book is packed with exciting activities and tactical facts and stats, that will keep any football fan playing into extra time and beyond.With top trivia about the hottest players in the world, football fans can take their knowledge of the beautiful game to the next level. Discover the secrets of every position and learn from the techniques of Ollie Watkins and Jude Bellingham, to Aitana Bonmatí and Sam Kerr.With loads of puzzles, quizzes and activities, it’s time for the ultimate kick off!
Femina Sapiens
A fresh and fascinating look at our prehistoric past. You may have heard of early man, but what about early woman? Today’s humans belong to the species Homo sapiens but we evolved from many species that came before. This fabulously illustrated book travels back in time and follows some of the many branches on the human family tree to meet our many-times-great grandmothers and grandfathers and find out what their lives might have been like. Where did they live? What did they eat? When did they start using tools, making fire or creating art? What’s more, this journey focuses on female fossil finds and what scientists have learned through them. We’ll meet ancestors such as Lucy, who walked on two feet, Benjamina, who was cared for by her family, and the tiny Flores Woman. This change of perspective offers a fresh and fascinating way of looking at early human history and how we became what we are today.
Normal Women
The bestselling, critically acclaimed new women’s history book from Philippa Gregory for 2025 – adapted for teen and YA readers!Today, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s – crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls – a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.HUGE MISTAKE! There is so much more to women’s history than bonnets and big dresses! Ordinary women have been doing extraordinary things FOR EVER – it just didn’t make the history books (written by men!).Join multi-award-winning author Philippa Gregory as she tells the story of ordinary English women, making history for 900 years. Meet farmers, highwaywomen, pirates, ‘female husbands’, slaves, soldiers, criminals, writers, inventors, rioters and more – protesting, working, playing, taking risks, getting rich (and getting even!). Their story is one of ingenuity, diversity, rebellion, survival – and sisterhood.Adapted by Philippa Gregory from her best-selling, critically acclaimed Normal Women. This edition for younger readers has simplified, age-tailored content, delivered in bitesize sections, and is illustrated throughout by award-winning printmaker Alexis Snell.PRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (teen edition):‘Impressively researched, by turns inspiring and chilling … brilliantly told’ – Cressida Cowell‘This book is redemption for unsung female heroes. Prepare to feel aghast, proud and inspired’ – Geri Halliwell‘Uplifting and empowering’ – Edwina Dunn, The Female LeadPRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (main edition):A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR''Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace'' ANTONIA FRASER‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW
Animal Tales
A fabulous collection of stories for young children about animals that encountered Jesus during his lifetime and how they were there when key incidents in his life took place. Imagine you could have been there when Jesus was alive on earth. The animals in this book saw just what happened. The fox was out on a cold, starry night when he suddenly heard the sound of Angels singing. The cat was looking forward to a wedding party that nearly went wrong. The magpie had a birds-eye view of Zaccheus climbing into his tree. And the mouse got caught on a boat in a storm and saw an amazing miracle. For more than 30 years, this much-loved collection of Bible stories by award-wining authors and illustrators Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen has been enjoyed by children in groups and at home, and made an ideal gift for special occasions, such as christenings and baptisms.
The Doomsday Detectives
Cretaceous earth was known as the age of dinosaurs. But really, it was the age of LIFE--scaled and feathered, furry and leathered, budding, blooming, roaring, zooming, buzzing, glorious LIFE--until... DOOMSDAY. For 66 million years, the mystery of what happened to the dinosaurs lay hidden under layers of sand and silt, until scientists began to piece together the puzzle of what happened on the last day of the ancient world. Follow the real-life adventures of father-son scientists Luis and Walter Alvarez--along with an army of science detectives--as they unlock the world''s most intriguing mystery. Learn how the smallest particles in the universe helped explain what happened to the largest animals that ever walked the planet. Track the timelines of discoveries that had to happen in physics, paleontology, astronomy, and geology, before humans could understand how and why 75 percent of species suddenly went extinct. This is the story of how scientists add to the sum total of human knowledge, one question at a time, and help us understand our beautiful, tragic, and magnificent world.
Surviving Vesuvius
This narrative non-fiction book brings to life the powerful story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii, based on the first-hand account of Pliny the Younger. The year is 79 AD. Seventeen year-old Roman student Pliny the Younger is at his home across the bay from the bustling town of Pompeii, where people are going about their daily business. The tremors that sometimes shake the ground are coming more frequently than usual, but all are unaware of the cataclysmic event that is about to unfold. Meanwhile, underground, pressure is building beneath the mountain that looms over the surrounding towns and villages. What follows is one of the most extraordinary and frightening natural distasters in recorded history.This dramatic retelling is based on letters written by Roman historian Pliny the Younger after the event, and is reimagined featuring characters from the town of Pompeii who are known to have existed, such as the businesswoman Julia Felix and politician Julius Polybius.The story describes the various stages of the eruption, as well as detailing how the history of Pompeii was later uncovered by archeologists. A timeline and glossary provide extra information, ideal for history enthusiasts.
Don't Squish a Slug
Learn all about how amazing bugs and minibeasts are in this detailed guide to over 40 small critters from around the world. Bugs and minibeasts may be small, sometimes slimy and maybe a little scary, but they are AMAZING and deserve respect and empathy.Don''t Squish A Slug will show you everything you need to know, and more, about why bugs and minibeasts are the most important creatures on the planet, even if they may not look it!For example, did you know that there are bugs who. . .Use disguise to blend in with their surroundings,Bugs who have come up with clever defence tactics to keep themselves safe,AND bugs who have broken world records?Or, did you know that. . . The Taurus Scarab Beetle is the strongest insect in the world and can pull 1,141 times its own body weight – which is the equivalent of a human lifting six double-decker buses!Or. . . that the Banana Slug has anesthetic slime, so if you were to lick one your tongue would go numb!Learn about how awe-inspiring bugs and minibeasts really are in Don''t Squish A Slug. Written by zoologist, conservationist and wildlife TV presenter Yussef Rafik and illustrated by Riley Samels (who makes every bug look cool), Dont Squish A Slug is a treasure-trove of expert information and quirky, retro illustrations for young readers to enjoy. So. . . don’t squash a spider, don’t step on ants and definitely don’t squish a slug!
A Year in Nature
A Year in Nature is a captivating journey through the changing seasons in the picturesque countryside. Each month reveals the magical transformations of the landscape, from the snow-covered hillside in January through to the golden wheat fields of high summer. As well as observing which plants and animals come and go throughout the year, readers will learn to observe shifts in temperature, day length and which fruits and vegetables are harvested throughout the year. Beautiful traditional artwork and gatefolds on every spread are perfect for spotting the diverse flora and fauna that make the countryside so special.
Moving to Mars
The human race’s desire to explore the boundaries of the known world drove our ancestors to climb the tallest mountains, conquer the poles and cross vast uncharted oceans before ultimately reaching out into space in the 1960s. Huge rockets were built to allow our space pioneers to travel beyond Earth’s orbit and land on the Moon. But there is another frontier that we have yet to set foot on – Mars. The Red Planet is our next destination; it will be a long process, starting with small scientific bases hidden among craters and ending with enormous self-sustaining cities. But what will the journey from Earth to Mars be like? What will we find when we land? Where will we get oxygen and food? In this book, you will find answers to all these questions about day-to-day life in a Martian city. Mars offers us the opportunity to start anew – are you ready for lift-off?
The Seminoles
In this new and updated edition, award-winning author Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve introduces young readers to the Seminoles people.The Seminoles are known as ?the people who never surrendered.? As White settlers continued to encroach on their land, the Seminoles moved farther and farther into the Florida Everglades and adapted to their new environment with their hard work and ingenuity. And after defending their land in three Seminole wars, they never signed a formal peace treaty with the United States.This accessible nonfiction picture book introduces the Seminoles? early history, daily way of life, ceremonies, and more. Learn how they adapted to the Florida Everglades and their unique cultural practices, like their flat roll hairstyle and the role of an ever-burning fire in the annual Green Corn Dance. This updated edition provides the most up to date and accurate information on the Seminole people of past and present. The back of the book includes a section on Seminole life today. Author Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and for over 40 years has brought the richness of Native American culture and heritage to thousands of children for over 40 years as teacher and children?s book author. Her First Americans books introduce young readers to the many diverse and unique Native American nations that first called this land home.
Factology: Sharks
Go deep beneath the waves and meet sharks of all shapes and sizes, from the tiny dwarf lantern to the terrifying great white. Learn how they live, what they eat, the challenges they face and why all 500-plus species are worth saving. Can sharks see in the dark? Which species live for centuries? And what on Earth is a wobbegong? Dive into an amazing underwater adventure with this visually stunning science guide and discover every scaly secret you ever wanted to know about these incredible creatures. Each volume in the Factology series provides a fast-paced and fun introduction to its subject, explaining key concepts and highlighting significant events in a manner that is clear, accessible and entertaining. The KS2 and KS3 school curriculum is consulted when devising each volume, to ensure that the books cover important educational topics, making them a perfect teaching aid for learning history and STEM subjects.
Shivaji and His Adventures with Swarajya
Dive into tThis collection of fifteen action-packed stories takes you on a journey through Shivaji’s adventures—capturing Torna Fort at just 17, killing the formidable Afzal Khan, escaping Agra and outsmarting enemies in legendary battles like Sinhagad. Also meet unforgettable characters like Waghya, Shivaji’s loyal companion, and discover legends like Hirkani, the fearless milkmaid.he extraordinary life of Shivba, the boy who grew up to become Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj—one of India’s most iconic leaders.
