Learn how to speak fluent Arabic in an easy and fun way in just 12 weeks. This indispensable guide also comes with a free audio app for Apple and Android phones, featuring native speech that enables you to hone your pronunciation.Whether you're beginning from the scratch or looking to polish your existing knowledge, 15 Minute Arabic is a quick and convenient option for learning the language. This book features 12 themed chapters broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of everyday situations to help you conduct your business or travel smoothly.Jargon-free, straightforward instructions equip you to converse with ease, whether you're shopping for groceries, trying to find accommodation, ordering tea at a caf , or sightseeing around town.Each lesson combines Arabic vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-colour photographs for comprehensive learning. The guide also includes an English-Arabic dictionary, an extensive menu of popular Arabic dishes, and excellent "e;review and repeat"e; exercises at the end of each chapter to test yourself and track your progress.Packed with cultural tips, neatly labelled images of everyday life objects, conversational advice, and grammar explanations, 15 Minute Arabic is the go-to book for mastering the Arabic language.
Helps you to learn English by reinforcing key language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. This title introduces topics such as skills and tasks, giving instructions, and relationships and problem solving.
Helps you to learn English by reinforcing key language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. This title is suitable personal study or to support exams including TOEFL and IELTS, and for all levels of English language learners.
The definitive visual guide to catsThe Cat Encyclopedia is a comprehensive cat compendium that has all the facts about cats and kittens and is packed with beautifully photographed profiles of different breeds from the Maine Coon to the Khao Manee.This extensive catalogue of cat breeds includes information on cat anatomy, cat behaviour and kitten and cat care, plus an authoritative care programme providing advice for every stage of your cat's life. Learn how to understand your cat, how to handle your cat, the importance of play, first aid tips and much more. You'll also find fascinating facts about the celebration of cats in arts and culture and their place in magic and superstition. Filled with beautiful images of cats The Cat Encyclopedia (content previously used in The Complete Cat Breed Book 9781409350033) is a stunning celebration of this ever popular pet and is perfect for cat lovers everywhere.
Bring the animals of the world to your walls with this collection of 30 posters comprising the stunning images from the bestselling book An Anthology of Intriguing Animals.Taking young readers on an incredible visual journey through the animal kingdom, each poster reveals an eye-catching image of a creature from around the world. From tigers and whales to snakes and birds, there is an animal for everyone to explore and marvel at. Every poster is clearly labelled and highlights key features and facts children need to know, so you have a perfectly curated look into the awe-inspiring animal kingdom.Children and adults alike will love poring over the close-up images, and deciding where to place these spectacular posters! This is simply the best gift for any child who can't get enough of the wonders of wildlife.
Enchant your little one with 5 pop-up surprises of their favourite Disney Princesses!Whether they find Ariel searching for hidden treasures deep under the sea, Moana on the lookout for a new adventure, or Rapunzel swinging down from her tower to follow her dreams, little ones will encounter a magical surprise with the turn of every page.The lively, read-aloud rhymes encourage literacy and early learning, while the surprise pop-up scenes will delight curious toddlers. With the help of parents and caregivers, they'll have fun turning the sturdy board book pages, guessing what's hiding under each flap, and then lifting the flaps to reveal each Princess, and play peekaboo!Ideal for interactive preschool play, Disney Princess Pop-up Peekaboo! will appeal to both parents and children and is certain to keep little ones entertained time and time again.
Carry the world in your pocket with this handy guide, packed with maps, facts and flags for over 200 countries and territories.Which is the biggest country in the world? Which one has the most people? Which one has three capital cities? Find the answers to these questions and more in the pages of this illustrated reference guide to all the countries of the world.Explore the planet in this fact-filled Pocket Genius book for children aged 8-12 as you journey across the world to discover what makes it special. Learn about each nation's geography, climate and economics supplemented by comprehensive reference data, including the national flag, official name, capital city, population, total area, population density, languages, religions, demographics, type of government and currency, all meticulously researched from the latest sources.Each country entry has a full colour map showing terrain, major places and geographical features. There is also a fascinating 'Insight' fact for each country revealing some of the more fun, interesting and quirky details that make places so unique.The Pocket Genius series is perfect for all children, whether they are young readers beginning to discover facts about the world or budding geniuses keen to soak up even more information!Ideal for family reference, crosswords, and quizzes, this book presents an intriguing and absorbing journey around the world in which we live.
Master the art of carpentry and create timeless handcrafted pieces with this essential guide to working with wood. Discover key woodworking techniques - from basic through to more advanced types of wood joints, finishing, woodturning, and furniture restoration - in this hands-on instructive carpentry manual. Discover how best to use all the essential woodworking tools, including hand tools, power tools, and machine tools. Become knowledgeable about woods so that you can choose the right wood for the job - more than 100 hard- and softwood profiles are covered.Then, put your skills into practice with over 25 DIY woodworking projects, with detailed plans and step-by-step photographic instructions. Start with a simple chopping board or shelf, or try more advanced woodworking ideas such as a blanket box or garden bench. Accredited by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, Woodworking is a complete illustrated woodworking course, giving you all the carpentry skills and techniques you need to create well-crafted and practical objects in treated wood.
Saddle up and get ready to explore the magnificent world of horses!Do you dream about riding a horse and want to know more about them? Would you like to learn how to look after a horse, what kit to use, or enter the world of equestrian sports? Discover the secrets of gorgeous horses and ponies in this fun, lively book.Read all about favourite breeds from Shire horse to Shetland pony, find out about horses and ponies from around the globe, and be amazed by their beautiful colourings and patterns. Filled with stunning photographs, simple illustrations, and fantastic facts, this book features all the information a child would need to know about these wonderful animals, including their gaits - from trotting to galloping, horse families, and why horse-riding is good for you.My Book of Horses and Ponies is an engaging, informative children's book that will captivate curious minds. Young equine enthusiasts will be excited to read this wonderful treasury of horses and ponies.
Whether you want to garden at a more accessible height, improve soil fertility, nurture plants with particular needs, or simply enjoy a closer sensory experience, growing in raised beds will help you reach new heights in the garden. Raised beds are possible in any sized garden, even on balconies, but it needs expert advice to create the optimum growing conditions, achieve the most practical use of space tailored to your individual needs, and ensure longevity of the raised bed structure. Featuring clear diagrams, inspired planting plans, and step-by-step photography of beds built from scratch, this book will be the ultimate guide on your raised bed journey.In addition, 10 international gardeners, all sharing a love of raised beds, will explain their "take" and provide planting designs that will open your eyes to the variety of shapes, sizes, materials, and planting displays that are possible with a raised bed. From siting and designing, choosing materials and growing media, to ongoing maintenance and how best to care for your plants, The Raised Bed Book is the final word on growing above ground.
Create the ideal lawn for your space and know how to look after it. Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Lawns contains everything you need to know to choose and maintain the perfect lawn - whether that means formal straight lines, a playful space, or a hub for wildlife. Understand different grass types, whether to sow seed or lay turf, and maintenance techniques including mowing, aerating, and scarifying. Discover alternatives too such as bulbs to add colour in spring or wildflower meadows to attract pollinators.Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow.
Stomp through the prehistoric world, munch with the plant-eaters, ROAR with the mighty giants, and meet all of your favourite dinosaurs in this colourful and interactive board book.From T.rex to Diplodocus, little ones will discover a different dinosaur on each page. Watch the smiles on their faces grow, as they turn the page to find out who of the animals that once roamed our planet they will uncover next.The charming, rhyming text makes this the ideal book for helping toddlers identify names and find their first words. With raised elements on the page for curious fingers to follow, and plenty of bright colours and fun patterns to point to, this is the perfect hands-on introduction to the prehistoric world that children and adults alike will enjoy!A book to treasure, Little Chunkies: Dinosaur will make the perfect addition to any little dino-lovers bookshelf.
Let's have fun learning about busy trucks, as well as counting, matching, naming colours, and saying lots of words!Babies and toddlers will love talking about the trucks and diggers in this first-word board book. There are entertaining questions and challenges throughout that encourage little ones to play and learn, such as counting the yellow diggers, pretending to start a truck's engine, matching the workers to their trucks, and making brrrm brrrm and honk honk noises!Inviting and educational, the engaging photographic pages are packed with all sorts of favourite trucks and diggers, including tough excavators, chugging tractors, huge delivery trucks, shiny fire engines, big dump trucks, and whirring concrete mixers. Clear labels accompany the vehicles so that babies and toddlers can learn the names of all the trucks and diggers. This interactive book delivers a rounded early learning experience, and helps children develop speaking, listening, and observation skills. The sturdy board pages are ideal for young children, while the picture tabs along the top and side are easy to grip, helping children's early motor control. Preschoolers will quickly recognize the picture on each tab, which will take them straight to the page showing their favourite truck or digger.
Learn essential facts about bugs through interactive, educational activities, puzzles, and exercises.How do some insects glow in the dark? Why do spiders spin webs? How do bees make honey? Active Learning: Bugs covers all these questions and more. Filled with fascinating facts, detailed illustrations, and over 100 write-in activities and puzzles, this is the perfect book to keep budding entomologists busy, and to inspire children to truly engage with the world of minibeasts. Kids aged 8-12 will be occupied for hours as they pore over the information-packed pages and tackle the wide range of puzzles and activities - including mazes and tangles, code-breakers, matching games, anagrams, word searches, logic games, classification and identification games, quizzes, sudoku, odd-one-out, drawing, and colouring.Active Learning is a brand new series of interactive, educational activity books combining accessible information with engaging activities and puzzles. Children learn through doing, with dozens of different activity types to fully engage with and explore a topic. Designed to support teachers and educators around the world, these books are ideal for supplementing your child's education at home.
Burrow down into the world's most amazing underground habitats, from warm Arctic warrens to sandy desert dens.Illustrated in incredible detail, Life Underground explores the different communities of animals and plants that live under the Earth. From the succulent soil of an Australian forest to the hard ground at the icy poles, find out how animals and plants are adapted to their environment and how they interact with their surroundings and each other.Teeming with animal life, this book shows how life on Earth is interconnected and thriving in more places than you might think! Perfect for children and parents to read together and discover the incredible diversity of life on planet Earth.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about different kinds of light - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. All About Light is a beautifully designed reader all about light, from the Sun to a tiny firefly.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about different sources of light and why we need it.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about different deserts and the amazing animals and plants that can survive in them - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Desert Plants and Animals is a beautifully designed reader all about hot and cold deserts - what makes a place a desert, and what can survive in these extreme environments?The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about amazing adaptations, from the camel's food store hump to water-saving plants.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about different rocks and minerals - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Rocks and Minerals is a beautifully designed reader all about Earth's geology - the different kinds of rocks and minerals, their properties and uses, and how to protect our natural resources.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about rocks and minerals, from floating pumice to valuable gold and gemstones.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about beautiful gems, how they are made and used - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Sparkly Gems is a beautifully designed reader all about gems, and how some are naturally beautiful and others are grown in labs - but they all make fabulous jewellery! The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about some beautiful gemstones, including rubies, emeralds, pearls and diamonds.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about pandas, everyone's favourite black-and-white bears - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Save the Pandas is a beautifully designed reader all about these amazing bears - where they live, what they eat, how they grow - and how we can all help to keep them safe. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the pandas and their cute cubs.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about tigers, including how to help protect these beautiful big cats - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Save the Tigers is a beautifully designed reader all about tigers - where they live, how they use their senses, what they hunt and eat and how you can help to protect them. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the lives of these amazing stripy big cats.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the coolest caves all over the world - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Cool Caves is a beautifully designed reader all about caves - the biggest, the most beautiful and even one that plays melodies!The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the science, history and future of electricity - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. The Shocking Story of Electricity is a beautifully designed reader all about electricity, from the ground breaking discoveries of early scientists to future challenges around global warming - and all the lightning bolts, circuits and power sources along the way.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the history and future of electricity.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how people become astronauts and what it is like to live and work in space - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Astronauts in Space is a beautifully designed reader all about life on the International Space Station and how astronauts work, play, eat and sleep before returning to Earth.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about the astronauts who live far above us in space.
Learn to count at the museum! Little ones can discover numbers through artI went to the museum and I saw... Featuring fascinating objects from the last 6,000 years, young readers can learn to count while discovering Nepalese crowns, Chinese teapots, and Greek gods. Developed in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met 123 is guaranteed to spark a lifelong love of learning and art appreciation.Each page features a famous object from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection and a number, and the fun memory game at the end reinforces learning. It's the baby art book series that grown-ups will love, too.© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Discover your ABCs at the museum! Little ones can learn the alphabet through artI went to the museum and I saw... Featuring artists from Gustav Klimt to Vincent van Gogh, young readers can learn the alphabet while discovering some of the world's most well-known paintings and intricate textiles. Developed in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met ABC is guaranteed to spark a lifelong love of learning and art appreciation. Each page features a famous artwork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, a letter, and a headword. A memory game at the end of the book reinforces learning. Children can discover apples with Cézanne, dance lessons with Degas, and waves with Hokusai. It's the baby art book series that grown-ups will love, too.© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about great white sharks - their environment, their special senses and powers, and their prey - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Great White Sharks is a beautifully designed reader all about sharks. We might be scared of their special senses, sharp teeth and super-speed swimming, but humans are a risk to sharks too. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the life of this powerful predator, bringing up shark pups, how sharks hunt and their super senses.
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about different robots and artificial intelligence - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Robots and AI is a beautifully designed reader all about robots that work, explore, help and rescue humans, and some of the amazing scientists who have created them. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about microbots, mega bots and everything in between!
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the life of a baby lemon shark - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Life Of A Baby Lemon Shark is a beautifully designed reader all about the life of a baby lemon shark, its ocean habitat, its appearance and how it hunts for food.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about a baby shark as it grows and learns to keep safe, hide and hunt.
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