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For fans of the best-selling Amazing Machines series, this interactive early-learning activity book is the perfect purchase for vacations and long journeys, and is packed full of airplanes! Airplanes that are are fast, big, and heavy. Airplanes that can zoom and soar and go whoosh through the skies. Airplanes with wings and wheels and controls to carry people across the world. Preschool children will love the activity pages-there are counting, matching, drawing, writing, coloring, and lots of other activities, as well as two pages of stickers to use.

Explore the work of world-famous artists in this bumper activity book that encourages children to develop their own art skills and techniques.Get into Art explores a fascinating array of artistic works that bring to life animals, people, places and stories. The book features nearly 50 artworks plus information about the work and the artist, from Michelangelo's David to Edvard Munch's The Scream. Meet artists as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse and Andy Warhol, and learn about art movements like Surrealism and Impressionism. Then turn to the project section at the end of the chapter to discover an activity inspired by each artwork that you can try yourself.Art projects are varied, intriguing and clearly explained and will act as a springboard for plenty of artistic experiments. This book is ideal for young artists who want to learn more about great artists from history while also honing their own artistic skills.

From prehistory to the present day, colors have shaped our world in more ways than you might expect.In The Stories and Secrets of Color, young readers can explore the many meanings behind and uses for color all over the world, from the Tuareg people of North Africa and their striking blue clothes, to why saffron is so expensive and what makes flamingos pink. Through color, we discover amazing facts about animals and plants, learn how colors have changed the course of history and find out how different colors affect our moods and health.Vivid, imaginative full-spread illustrations from Indian illustrator Sirjana Kaur are a joyful celebration of color and award-winning Susie Brook's text reveals how color is infused into every part of our lives.

Go star-spotting, find out about cave-dwelling creatures, and discover a whole world of fascinating information in this gorgeously illustrated two-in-one book about the world.Read one way, Up and Down focuses on what's up above us - clouds, stars, the Sun and Moon, things that fly. Flip the book and read it the other way to find out what's down beneath our feet - burrowing animals, the Earth's crust, fossils, caves, the Earth's core.Colorful illustrations by Dawn Cooper bring a multitude of vivid scenes to life, from birds flying in bright blue skies to the inside of a volcano, while expert text from Jane Burnard engages the reader in learning all about the natural world.

The Spectacular Science of Space is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about planets, stars, and galaxies-and that parents often struggle to answer.Find out what gravity is, how we know about the Big Bang, what's it like to live on the International Space Station, and many, many more!The bright, busy artworks will encourage science-hungry children to pore over every detail and truly get to grips with the science that underpins everything around us. Information is delivered on multiple levels, allowing readers to dip in and out at speed, or take a deep dive into their favorite subjects.

Learn how to collect the evidence and crack the case in Basher's eye-opening guide to the world of forensic science.- What secrets do Tire Track, Fingerprint, and Blood Spatter hold?- How do DNA Collection and DNA Profiling help identify criminals?- Why are maggots, flies, and beetles Forensic Entomologist's best friends?With age-appropriate real-world examples, Basher's world of forensic science has the answers to these questions, and more. Every crime scene is laced with traces left behind by the people doing wrong. Bagged, tagged, and analyzed, these traces help investigators work out how a crime unfolded. From Protective Clothing and Ballistics to Autopsy and Fire Investigator, Basher introduces the key players at the crime scene, back in the lab or out in the field. Look inside to get the lowdown on their crime-solving skills!Perfect for home or school, Basher's highly original books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. They make difficult concepts tangible, understandable, and even lovable. Chatty first-person text and stylish, contemporary character illustrations give a voice, personality, and story to each topic-a brilliant way to communicate science.

Written by Grandmaster Daniel King, How To Win At Chess is the essential guide to the game for young players. It introduces each piece and its moves, explains key principles such as check and how to open a game, before exploring tricks such as forks, pins, and skewers.With a fresh, contemporary new design, it's packed with graded test positions and training exercises to help young players improve their game as they progress through the book. What's more, readers can brush up on the fascinating history of chess, with features on legendary matches and the greatest players, including the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen.Chess has been revolutionized in recent years-thanks to the success of Netflix's world-beating The Queen's Gambit, the rise of chess streaming on Twitch, the desire for self-improvement during lockdown, and the global appeal of Magnus Carlsen, the youngest player ever to top the world rankings-and its newfound popularity with young and old alike shows no sign of waning.

This delightfully illustrated book contains more than seventy-five of the best-loved rhymes and songs of childhood, from soothing lullabies to schoolyard chants. Popular classics such as "Pat a Cake," "Humpty Dumpty," and "Jack and Jill" are joined by lesser-known rhymes and ditties from many different cultures. Kady MacDonald Denton's illustrations add liveliness and humor. Together, parents and children will enjoy sharing A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.75 songs are available to download.

Are you smart enough to help Ethan, Kiran, Cassia, and Zane solve the mystery of a swarm of flying mega bugs that has invaded an animal sanctuary?This dynamic, interactive book is packed with all kinds of puzzles, including fiendish mazes, cunning logic problems, codes to crack, tricky memory challenges, and much more. To escape from the animal park, you will need every ounce of brainpower to progress through the challenges, navigating through five locations to the final exit. Throughout the book, nuggets of non-fiction information about animals are scattered on the pages.Do you have what it takes to help the gang carry out their mission? It's time to find out...

Are you smart enough to help Ethan, Kiran, Cassia, and Zane escape from an ocean that is teeming with hungry predators?This dynamic, interactive book is packed with all kinds of puzzles, including fiendish mazes, cunning logic problems, codes to crack, tricky memory challenges, and much more. To defeat the criminal gang that has been kidnapping endangered coral reef species, you will need every ounce of brainpower to progress through the challenges, navigating through five locations to the final exit. Throughout the book, nuggets of non-fiction information about the ocean are scattered on the pages.Do you have what it takes to help the gang carry out their mission? It's time to find out...

Myth Busters: Animal Errors takes readers on a wild ride through the natural world in search of-the truth!Have you been told a goldfish only has a three-second memory? Or that ostriches bury their head in the sand? Think again! Conspiracy theories, popular trivia, old wives' tales, common misconceptions and misinterpretations are explored to explain exactly why they are wrong, and how and why they were adopted as fact in the first place.Thoroughly entertaining with fun typography, fast-paced text written by Clive Gifford, light and fascinating side-stories, and lively, photo-montaged illustrations, this big huge compendium of curriculum-led subjects appeals to today's technological-savvy children. Fully detailing each myth and error, along with its historical or scientific background, each falsehood is debunked, and then a full explanation of its true facts are presented.