Anna thinks that her friends at school lead more interesting lives than she does. So, when she is asked to befriend Ellie, who is at home due to illness, she feels totally inadequate. Ellie accesses school through a small robot and can interact with the pupils and also see what is going on. In order…
This large scale book explores Ancient civilisations continent by continent, and presents their greatest achievements. The beautifully illustrated pages introduce us to a broad range of civilisations from around the world. There is an introduction, a list of contents, and a section on the evolution of the human race and its movement around the world.…
This is one of Barrington Stoke’s ‘Little Gems’ collection of ‘first chapter books’ by well-known authors for newly independent readers. Nick Sharratt’s familiar style is evident on the cover of this fun story about a class of children who, together with their teachers, dress up as different types of cake to take part in their…
A terrific read! This large hardback introduces children to the world of espionage. It covers a wide range from Ancient Secret Agents, Medieval Missions, Secretive Tudors, American Spies, World War 1 and 2 and the Cold War. We meet famous spies such as Harriet Tubman, Carl Hans Lody, Garbo, Alan Turing and Supersleuth Women and…
The second title in the Factopia series. This inspirational book contains 400 facts that have been verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each fact is connected to the next so the reader moves from fact to fact in unexpected ways. Sometimes there are options and you can choose your own route. Information is presented in bite-sized portions.…
From an experienced performance poet comes this anthology for youngsters to read aloud by themselves or with others. There are tongue-twisters, riddles, poems heading to a diminuendo or a crescendo, poems to perform loudly or quietly and animal poems to read in character. Prefacing each poem are ideas and tips which are useful at times,…
Oliver would much rather eat pizza, chips and burgers, cake, pancakes and chocolate than the vegetables his father keeps giving him for dinner. So Daddy needs a plan. He decides to take Oliver to his vegetable garden and show him how to plant and grow vegetables. Oliver is delighted by all the different colours of…
An outstanding book of 300 fascinating lists divided into 8 Chapters: Space, Nature, Dinosaur Times, Animals, The Body, Being Human, Inventions, and Game Changers, Pettie explains in his introduction that the facts have been verified by Britannica researchers who “eat encyclopaedias for breakfast”. The text is enhanced by Andrés Lozano’s imaginative, humorous artwork. The book…
Lucy loves to fiddle around and mend things such as radios and other electrical items. Her mother has been suffering from depression for a long time and is currently in hospital being treated, so Lucy is staying with her ‘Auntie’ Sheila. She discovers that Sandesh, who is in her class at school, is staying with…