WEveryone from the mighty king to the lowly water carrier claims to have built the pyramid. Discover the part each played in this story of a real pyramid set over 4000 years ago. Written from a social, human perspective, this title shows that history is made up of the experiences of many different people and no single account is the "truth". An eight-page reference section at the back continues the story of Senwosret's pyramid with photographs, maps, hieroglyphs and facts and information about this ancient monument.
Stone Age, Bone Age by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
SThis is a splendid introduction to prehistoric times, in which a child travels back in time to experience how a stone age family survived harsh conditions. information about carving bone ornaments, drawing wall pictures, fishing and hunting - including being hunted by the occasional mammoth.
A droll account of the daily grind in 1887. John Malam pulls no punches about the harsh regime and strict rules. He adopts an appropriately didactic tone, spiced with jokes, speech bubbles and deadpan hints to help pupils avoid the worst pitfalls. David Antram's caricatures add to the humour, and his children take it in their stride - even the imposition of the cane, the nit nurse and the School Inspector (forerunner of the Ofsted team). Social history cloaked in hilarity.
What is it made of? by David Glover
WThis book helps youngsters to explore materials, their properties and uses. Each double spread presents the scientific information in a graphic way through experiments which encourage children to think for themselves. There are warnings to be careful and involve an adult when hot water and scissors are needed. The support role is more fully explained in Parents' Notes. An index and glossary extend it from attractive dipping book to useful reference tool.
A gentle look at that exquisite creature. Judy Allen's inventive text involves the young reader through its direct style - "If you are... you can breathe in water through the end of your tail." (I never knew that.) The few words are woven into delicate illustrations by Tudor Humphries that highlight detail and cleverly depict sequential action such as the slow shedding of the outer skin.
An attractive picture book featuring a group of children who show enthusiastic interest in all sorts of feet. The information emerges from the lively illustrations which dominate each spread. The simple text focuses on one main concept per page - just enough to stimulate discussion about the facts, such as geckos and their sticky pads. It's a cosy style yet instills a sense of wonder.
10 things I can do to help my world by Melanie Walsh
A beautifully simple book for small children where transforming pages reveal ten things that everyone can do to help conserve their world. Many of them, such as turning off the television properly, walking to school and turning off lights when leaving a room, are about conserving energy. Others, such as feeding the birds in winter and growing plants from seed, will encourage an understanding of nature and conservation.
Camille and the Sunflowers
by Laurence Anholt
One day a strange man arrives in Camille's town. He has a straw hat and a yellow beard. The strange man is Vincent van Gogh, seen through the eyes of a young boy entranced by Vincent's painting.
Guess what I'll be by Anni Axworthy
This colourful, innovative series takes a simple approach to early learning, encouraging young children to follow verbal and visual clues in an attempt to guess what animal is hiding behind the peep-hole.
Ten Seeds by Ruth Browne
In this picture book, youngsters can join in a gardening countdown from the planting of ten seeds to watching their progress. What will grow out of them?
Oxford First Illustrated Dictionary
by Andrew Delahunty
This dictionary takes children on a magical journey while at the same time developing early dictionary skills. Grammar and language tips - word origins, rhyming words, synonyms and opposites, spelling help . Example sentences taken from children's reading - well-known nursery rhymes, fairy tales and songs .Unique combination of picture book illustrations and text from well-known nursery rhymes, fairy tales and songs, such as Aladdin, Cinderella, Jack and Jill and Winnie the Pooh. Help with language information - word origins, rhyming words, synonyms and opposites, spelling, grammar and language tips. Riddles, jokes and amazing language facts
Beans on Toast by Tim Dowling
This simple, informative book tells the life story of beans - from the stalk to the plate. Follow their fascinating journey - and beans on toast will never be quite the same again.
Cow by Malachy Doyle
This beautifully illustrated picture book takes the reader through a day in the life of a cow - grazing, chewing and resting. It's hard work being a cow - you graze, you chew, and you rest. This picture book tells of a day in the life of a cow, from the dawn rising and that early morning walk to the barn to be milked, through the hot summer's day, to the evening milking and dusk. Rinaldi's beautiful lifelike illustrations give a real sense of being there.
Jody's beans, by Malachy Doyle
When Jody's Grandad comes to visit, he brings her some runner bean seeds. He helps her to plant them and care for them. She watches as they grow and at last are ready to pick and eat.
Caterpillar Butterfly by Vivien French
As a child, Vivian French watched with her grandfather as a family of tiny caterpillar eggs turned, stage by magical stage, into beautiful butterflies. Now you can share the magic and find out all about caterpillars.
Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French
Do you like chips? Oliver does, in fact, he won't eat anything else - until he plays a game with his grandpa. Whatever vegetable Oliver finds in the garden, he must eat. On Monday, he pulls up carrots, on Tuesday, it is spinach . . . This is an excellent book for parents with slightly fussy children and it introduces the days of the week. Other titles in this series: Oliver's Fruit Salad Oliver's Milkshake
Fire Cat by Pippa Goodhart
Honey Biscuits by Meredith Hooper
Honey Biscuits gives a wonderful glimpse into how the natural world provides us with some of the foodstuffs found in every kitchen. The book operates on different levels - a story, a recipe and an information book. A perfect book for sharing.
Drop in my drink by Meredith Hooper
Hooper takes us back thousands of years to see where the Earth's water came from, and how life began in the oceans and later moved onto land. She describes the water cycle, the relationship between water and living things and between water and erosion.
My friend whale by Simon James
How wonderful it would be to have a blue whale for a friend and go swimming together every night. And how sad it would be if that whale disappeared. But whales are disappearing.
Fly Traps! by Martin Jenkins
Martin Jenkins is fascinated by plants that eat animals. He sets off in search of them, finding squishy bladderworts, sticky sundews, snapping venus flytraps and hundreds of slippery pitcher plants. But will he find the biggest carnivorous plant?
Wings, Stings and wriggly things by Martin Jenkins
This book looks at such amazing minibeasts as the enormous Queen Alexandra Birdwing butterfly, the Guyanese Bird-eating spider, and the Goliath beetle as well as worms, ants, crickets and dragonflies.
I Love guinea pigs by Dick King Smith
Relaunch of an award-winning non-fiction series. Read and Wonder is an innovative and highly acclaimed series of non-fiction picture books about the real world. They're written from a very personal viewpoint, mixing facts with feelings, encouraging children to think, feel and imagine as they learn. These six titles include the talents of celebrated authors and illustrators such as Dick King-Smith. Barbara Firth. Anita Jeram and Karen Wallace.
We all went on safari by Laurie Krebs
Everyone is invited to join Arusha, Mosi, and Tumpe as they set out on a counting journey through the Tanzanian plains. Along the way, they spy all sorts of animals - elephants, lions and monkeys - while learning to count from one to ten in both English and Swahili.
Nobody owns the sky by Reeve Lindbergh
This is the story of a true-life heroine, Bessy Coleman, who was the world's first black female aviator. Unable to get into flying school in her native America, she trained in France and became a dare-devil stunt pilot.
Dual language available; arabic, chinese, gujurati, bengali, turkish
Splish Splash Splosh! by Mick Manning
Join the adventures of a young boy and his dog and ride the waves, float on rain-filled clouds, shoot down fast-flowing rivers and splash through sewers until you get to where all water ends and begins.
What's under the bed by Mick Manning
In this 'Wonderwise' title young children will discover what is under the ground, and, guided by a compelling text and dramatic illustrations, they are introduced to the mysteries of the subterranean world.
Yum yum by Mick Manning
In a humorous way children learn about the food chain by placing the reader low down in the chain itself whilst at the same time imparting lots of fascinating information.
I know where my food goes by Jacqui Maynard
Each Sam's Science book explores an aspect of science through a conversation between young Sam and his mum. In this book, Sam and his mum delve into the soupy gloopy realm of digestion.
The Story of London by Christopher Maynard
Dig dig digging by Margaret Mayo
With big, bold pictures and a bouncy rhythmic text, this book is jam-packed with road rollers, dump trucks, bulldozers and fire engines.
Science Experiments with Forces by Nankivell-Aston, Sally
Science Experiments is a lively series that explores popular scientific topics through experiments, stressing the importance of practical back-up to scientific principles and the need for observation in experiments as much as results.
Tiny tiny tadpole by Judith Nicholls
With rhymes, colorful graphics that have embedded sensory textures, this entertaining board book explains the life cycle or maturing of a frog from tadpole stage to full grown.Freddie is impatient to grow, but it takes time and he keeps growing as he heeds the older frog’s advice to eat well and be patient. Thanks to the embedded textures, readers can feel the black jiggly tadpole, its jiggle-jaggle tail, its webbed feel and more. The finale is a pull-out featuring a full-grown Freddie the frog.
Levers by Chris Ollershaw
In the Toybox Science series, children are encouraged to explore the machines and objects around them that work in the same way as many of their toys. Each volume contains a blueprint for a working model which they can build for themselves.
Snail by Jens Olesen
Colour photographs show each remarkable stage in a snail's development - from the remarkable courtship of a snail to the hatching of a tiny transparent snail and its adulthood.
One Big Family by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Here is a unique insight into African village life and a special way of sharing, celebrating and making important decisions. One girl tells how each member of her family contributes to the wellbeing and happiness of their village.
Dinosaur's day out by Nick Sharratt
Dexter and Daisy are going on a car journey to visit their friend Delilah. Travel with them and help them read the many signs they encounter along the route.
What Happens to your food? by Alastair Smith
What Happens to Your Food? is an ideal introduction to food, eating and digestion, using interactive fold-out flaps to help explain to young readers the whole fascinating journey of a meal through the human body.
I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle by Carole Stott
Children are fascinated by the world around them, and "why" is a favourite word. This series takes as its starting point this natural desire to understand the world, and then feeds it with text and illustrations designed both to entertain and to inform. This book focuses on astronomy, and each spread contains one, two or three questions which investigate a specific theme or topic. Alongside are additional snippets of relevant information.
Why Don't worms have legs? by Jenny Vaughan
Each book in this series will give children a knowledge and understanding of the world of nature. Following a pathway through each book, children will learn the who, what, where, when and how's of each subject. Illustrated throughout, this book focuses on insects.
Think of an Eel by Karen Wallace
Full of facts and feelings about the real world, the picture books in this series encourage children to think, feel, imagine and wonder as they learn.
My nose, your nose by Melanie Walsh
People can look different from one another, but in lots of ways they are just the same. Like Arthur, whose nose turns up and Agnes whose nose turns down - they both love the smell of chocolate cake!
Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is? by Robert Wells
Unlike most other 'kid's cosmology' books which jump straight into the names of planets and lots of other facts, this book concentrates on trying to develop an understanding of the mind-boggling bigness of the universe by building up from relatively smaller things (like blue whales, mount everest, crates full of sun-sized oranges).
The Viking Invader by Fergus Fleming
This tabloid-style work contains illustrations and photographs, which help present a wealth of accurate historical material in an irresistible fashion.
Tadpoles and Frogs by Anna Milbourne
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers. In this text illustrations show how a tadpole develops.
How flowers Grow by Emma Helbrough
This exploration of how flowers grow is part of a series introducing children to the wonder of the world around them. It has two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, accompanied by more complex information which can be read as the child's confidence grows.
Eggs and Chicks by Fiona Patchett
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The easy-to-read text has been specially written with the help of a reading expert.
Great to use in conjunction with incubator lending schemes
Spiders by Rebecca Gilpin
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers. In this text illustrations show a spider building a web.
Night Animals by Susan Meredith
This exploration of night animals is part of a series introducing children to the wonder of the world around them. It has two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, accompanied by more complex information which can be read as the child's ability grows.
Dinosaurs by Stephanie Turnbull
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers.
The Super Science Book by Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels
THE SUPER SCIENCE BOOK describes, with pop-up wizardry and superb illustrations, the principles of Physical Science. Atoms, molecules, elements and compounds have never been so much fun. If you want to be a scientist- LOOK closely at the worlds around you. ASK lots of questions and keep a RECORD of how things change. If you want to be a scientist READ THIS BOOK.
In the Toybox Science series, children are encouraged to explore the machines and objects around them that work in the same way as many of their toys. Each volume contains a blueprint for a working model which they can build for themselves.
Snail by Jens Olesen
Colour photographs show each remarkable stage in a snail's development - from the remarkable courtship of a snail to the hatching of a tiny transparent snail and its adulthood.
One Big Family by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Here is a unique insight into African village life and a special way of sharing, celebrating and making important decisions. One girl tells how each member of her family contributes to the wellbeing and happiness of their village.
Dinosaur's day out by Nick Sharratt
Dexter and Daisy are going on a car journey to visit their friend Delilah. Travel with them and help them read the many signs they encounter along the route.
What Happens to your food? by Alastair Smith
What Happens to Your Food? is an ideal introduction to food, eating and digestion, using interactive fold-out flaps to help explain to young readers the whole fascinating journey of a meal through the human body.
I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle by Carole Stott
Children are fascinated by the world around them, and "why" is a favourite word. This series takes as its starting point this natural desire to understand the world, and then feeds it with text and illustrations designed both to entertain and to inform. This book focuses on astronomy, and each spread contains one, two or three questions which investigate a specific theme or topic. Alongside are additional snippets of relevant information.
Why Don't worms have legs? by Jenny Vaughan
Each book in this series will give children a knowledge and understanding of the world of nature. Following a pathway through each book, children will learn the who, what, where, when and how's of each subject. Illustrated throughout, this book focuses on insects.
Think of an Eel by Karen Wallace
Full of facts and feelings about the real world, the picture books in this series encourage children to think, feel, imagine and wonder as they learn.
My nose, your nose by Melanie Walsh
People can look different from one another, but in lots of ways they are just the same. Like Arthur, whose nose turns up and Agnes whose nose turns down - they both love the smell of chocolate cake!
Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is? by Robert Wells
Unlike most other 'kid's cosmology' books which jump straight into the names of planets and lots of other facts, this book concentrates on trying to develop an understanding of the mind-boggling bigness of the universe by building up from relatively smaller things (like blue whales, mount everest, crates full of sun-sized oranges).
The Viking Invader by Fergus Fleming
This tabloid-style work contains illustrations and photographs, which help present a wealth of accurate historical material in an irresistible fashion.
Tadpoles and Frogs by Anna Milbourne
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers. In this text illustrations show how a tadpole develops.
How flowers Grow by Emma Helbrough
This exploration of how flowers grow is part of a series introducing children to the wonder of the world around them. It has two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, accompanied by more complex information which can be read as the child's confidence grows.
Eggs and Chicks by Fiona Patchett
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The easy-to-read text has been specially written with the help of a reading expert.
Great to use in conjunction with incubator lending schemes
Spiders by Rebecca Gilpin
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers. In this text illustrations show a spider building a web.
Night Animals by Susan Meredith
This exploration of night animals is part of a series introducing children to the wonder of the world around them. It has two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, accompanied by more complex information which can be read as the child's ability grows.
Dinosaurs by Stephanie Turnbull
This non-fiction series aims to encourage children to access the wonder of the world around them. The books have two reading levels, with a simple sentence on each page for beginners, and more complex information for more confident readers.
The Super Science Book by Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels
THE SUPER SCIENCE BOOK describes, with pop-up wizardry and superb illustrations, the principles of Physical Science. Atoms, molecules, elements and compounds have never been so much fun. If you want to be a scientist- LOOK closely at the worlds around you. ASK lots of questions and keep a RECORD of how things change. If you want to be a scientist READ THIS BOOK.
