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Atlas of Amazing Migrations
Original price was: £16.99.£7.99Current price is: £7.99.
ISBN: 978-1843654995Meet 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.
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Machines At Work: Trucks /9780750268899
Original price was: £11.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
ISBN: 9780750268899Find out all about trucks, from car transporters and dumper trucks to the latest monster trucks. Zoom in, see them up close and discover what makes them work. Then try the quiz to see how much you’ve learned!
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Balloon to the Moon
Original price was: £16.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
ISBN: 978-1787413542THE 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.
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Wild About Science
Original price was: £12.99.£6.50Current price is: £6.50.
ISBN: 9781789891683Uncover awe-inspiring science, from the earliest theories to the cells of the human body. Filled with fascinating numbered facts, stunning photographs and fun cartoons, this amazing book is totally wild about science.
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The Secret Life of Birds
Original price was: £12.99.£6.49Current price is: £6.49.
ISBN: 9780711266209The Secret Life of Birds is a collection of delightful stories and engaging facts, which imparts a love of birds and of nature on the next generation, inspiring them to look after the world around them.
Did you know that birds navigate by invisible pathways in the sky, that they can call to each other in thousands of different ways and they can be as big as a car or as small as a little finger?
Let much-travelled Speedy the Swift guide you through this beautiful first guide to birdlife around the globe. Learn about nest-building and bird babies, feathers and beaks, flying journeys, bird calls, really unusual-looking birds, and ways to spot birds and help them near where you live.
Read some beautiful bird folklore stories from around the planet, too. Speedy has learnt much on her travels and she will be a great guide for young readers, perhaps inspiring them to develop a lifelong love of birds.
Following on from The Secret of Trees and The Secret Life of Bees, Birds is the next book in the series. Sumptuous and detailed illustrations have pride of place in this magical book that mixes natural history with a splash of fantasy, creating a book to be pored over time and again.
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The Secret Life of Bees
Original price was: £12.99.£6.49Current price is: £6.49.
ISBN: 9780711260498Follow Buzzwing the honeybee on a beautifully illustrated journey through the world of bees filled with amazing science and intriguing folklore.
Welcome to my honey hive home.
It’s where I live with my family.
I’m small and fuzzy and striped black and gold.
I’m Buzzwing the hardworking honeybee!Did you know that bees love to dance? Or that they have an amazing sense of smell to help them find the best flowers? In The Secret Life of Bees, Buzzwing shares with you all the details of her life as a bee, in and out of the hive, starting with the day she was born.
Learn the secrets of this worker bee’s tiny world, including:
- The bee life cycle
- Bee anatomy
- How bees collect nectar and make honey
- What happens inside the hive
- The different types of bees
- Why bees are so important to humans
- How bees can thrive in the city
- Bee folk tales from around the world
With things to search for and find throughout, tips for making your own environment welcoming to bees and even a poetry-writing exercise, The Secret Life of Bees is brimming with reasons to admire and respect the hardworking honeybee.
Sumptuous and detailed illustrations have pride of place in this magical guide to bees that mixes natural history with a splash of fantasy – a book to be pored over time and again.
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Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Math
Original price was: £9.99.£4.75Current price is: £4.75.
ISBN: 9781423649366Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Math introduces kids to many of the basic concepts of mathematics, including their connection with so many things in our everyday lives. Whether you aspire to be a scientist, an engineer, or an architect, math concepts are an important foundation for kids to learn, and hopefully to have fun with. Included are a glossary of terms and brief biographies of famous mathematicians. With original Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci as inspiration, these charming primers are the perfect way to encourage your child’s interest in the fascinating worlds of the educational STEAM curriculum: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
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RHS Outdoor Adventure Handbook
Original price was: £7.99.£3.99Current price is: £3.99.
ISBN: 9780702302480This fun-filled adventure handbook is bursting with ideas to help kids discover the great outdoors and get closer to nature.
Created with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s leading gardening charity.
This beautifully illustrated book is packed fun activities, handy tips and nature facts to encourage children to explore the wonderful world around them.
