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    Atlas of Amazing Migrations

    Meet the most resilient creatures on Earth, making epic journeys across the world.  Red knot birds flying for 8 days without food or rest.  Over a million wildebeest making a perilous journey across Africa.  Tuna trekking from Japan to California – and back.  Painted lady butterflies on a migration that takes 5 generations. These are expeditions that defy belief.

    Matt Sewell has chosen the most amazing animal, bird and plant migrations, and illustrated them in his dazzling style, accompanied by witty, informative descriptions and maps showing many of the routes.

    Matt Sewell is a best-selling author, illustrator and an ardent bird-spotter.  He has exhibited his art in London, New York, Tokyo and Paris.

    Original price was: £16.99.Current price is: £7.99.
    ISBN: 978-1843654995
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    Balloon to the Moon

    THE STORY OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY TO SPACE

    Long before anyone had designed a rocket, the Montgolfier brothers were making hot air balloons. In October 1783, they became the first people to experience controlled flight. Balloon to the Moon starts there and leads to Neil Armstrong’s ‘small step’ and beyond. But why stop there?

    Learn about the great innovations of the past, then get ready for BLAST OFF into an unknown but exciting future.

    Original price was: £16.99.Current price is: £6.99.
    ISBN: 978-1787413542
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    Smart Words Reader – Pulleys

    What kind of simple machine helps a rock climber scale a sheer cliff? A pulley! How do pulleys help you lift and move heavy objects? To find out more about pulleys, hoist yourself into the pages, and learn 20 new science Smart Words along the way.

    Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £2.49.
    ISBN: 9780545467087
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    Smart Words Reader: Wedges and Screws /9780545467056

    Which simple machine can help you split solid chunks of ice or wood?  A wedge! Which simple machine holds things together? A screw! In this book, you will read about the ways these two simple machines help you every day.  You will learn 20 new science Smart Words along the way.

    Original price was: £7.99.Current price is: £2.49.
    ISBN: 9780545467056
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    The Boy Who Hated Insects

    Joshua Finkelstein Bade does not want to go on his school camp to the nature reserve.
    Allergic to mosquitoes, he squirms when he sees creepy crawlies and hates to touch slimy scum-bags, called slugs. YUCK!
    The hate he has for critters does not run in his family. One of his grandmothers is an entomologist and his grandfather, a game ranger in a South African game park, studies dung-beetles.
    And believe it or not, Josh is the only one in his class to not like insects. He cannot understand why his classmates love bugs so much … He pulls out every trick in the book to avoid going on the school trip, including faking that he has the measles.
    When all attempts to avoid the camp fail, Joshua has no choice but to tag along. Luckily, Josh discovers that the camp is not THAT horrible. He even learns to tolerate some of the many-legged critters …
    Original price was: £9.99.Current price is: £4.50.
    ISBN: 9781776353408