Are you one of those people who feel that over the last few years we have had more than our fair share of bad news? This fabulous gift book is a perfect antidote to bad news stories. Filled with happiness and positivity, this celebrates the good things in life, and puts a smile on any reader's face!
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9781914912498
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Hardcover
Hercules Vs. Thor
By Oviedo, Claudia
It's a battle of the famous strongman versus the great protector. The Roman god Hercules is known for his tremendous strength and determination. Norse god Thor is fearless and commands lighting, thunder, and storms. If these two heroes were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Thor's and Hercules's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology Matchup.
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9781666343700
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Hardcover
The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions
By Thomas, Isabel
This fascinating and fact-filled book tackles a multitude of weird and wonderful questions about everything from unicorns to the universe.. A Guardian Best Children's Book of 2022"The perfect present for any inquisitive child." -The Sunday Times . Have you ever struggled to concentrate because there are SO many questions buzzing around your brain? Here are answers to seventy-one of the most bamboozling questions and curious queries that you can think of.. How many stars are in the night sky? Why don't animals wear clothes? Do plants have feelings?This book will define, debunk, and demystify the trickiest of questions and open your eyes to amazing facts you have never even thought of!. With engaging and accessible text and accompanied by exciting, inviting illustrations, The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions is the perfect bedside companion to delve into when you are wondering if there really is an answer to everything.
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9781547613601
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Hardcover
Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia
By Dk,
The ultimate guide to more than 100 top sports from around the world, from basketball to blade running.Are you a team player? Do you have a steady aim? Maybe you are super fast or strong? Whatever your size or skill, there is a sport out there for you. . The Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia is the ultimate illustrated guide to the diverse world of sport, from the best known ball-sports, athletics, and water sports to the most obscure racket sports and races (anyone for a game of pickleball?) . The book showcases different sports by grouping them into categories including team sports, target sports, winter sports, wheels and motors, horse sports, and extreme sports.. This illustrated guide to sports for kids offers: - A dynamic visual design and clear language, explaining all the sports essentials to understand and enjoy the featured sports.
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9780744081459
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Hardcover
Cardboard Activity Lab
By Westing, Jemma
Get creative with cardboard!Discover plenty of creative crafts you can do using cardboard! This book is bursting with ideas for more than 20 fun projects. This entertaining, inspiring book is brimming with exciting projects to help young artists, architects, and builders create fantastic games and toys. Using household items, construct an entire city complete with skyscrapers and transportation systems, or a sci-fi robot costume for you and your friends. Great photography, succinct step-by-step instructions, and rigorous attention to detail will make young creators excited from the get-go. With a foreword by Jemma Westing, the book gives a clear How It Works explanation for each project, revealing the fascinating idea behind it. From paint and glue to cardboard boxes and tubes, every project is made with affordable and easy-to-find materials.
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9780744077148
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Hardcover
Mantis Shrimp vs. Lionfish
By Downs, Kieran
Mantis shrimp and lionfish are two coral reef predators with special weapons. Dive into the pages of this book to find engaging leveled text and colorful photography that highlights these unique ocean creatures. Profiles show off their weapons and habitats, and a final battle scene will keep readers gripping the pages until the very end. Can you guess who will come out on top?
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9781644877616
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Paperback
Get Messy with Science!
By Olson, Elsie
Do you like to get messy? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Create slippery slimes and frothy foams. Have a blast making colorful chalk explosions. Then, learn the science behind each marvelous mess! Simple step-by-step instructions supported by clear photos make it easy to start experimenting and discover just how fun STEM can be.
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9781666342178
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Hardcover
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
By Day, Nicholas
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world - and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.. On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone!. No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting?. Travel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Walk its backstreets.
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9780593643846
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Hardcover
Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes Team Up!
By Peters, Stephanie True
Polar bears and arctic foxes team up for a hunt in this photo-filled nonfiction book for young research writers and wildlife fans.. One powerful polar bear one sly arctic fox = a dream team! Discover how two vastly different animal species team up to find food. With super-smell and tremendous strength, polar bears are the Arctic's deadliest hunters. So much so, these big-time beasts often have leftovers. Cue the arctic foxes! These clever opportunists are game for any game and will clean up after polar bears, lickety-split. With eye-popping photographs, quick facts, and beyond-the-book back matter, Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes Team Up! will have young research writers and wildlife fans rooting for these Animal Allies.. Other Animal Allies:Coyotes and Badgers Team Up!Groupers and Moray Eels Team Up!Ravens and Wolves Team Up!.
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9781669048800
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Hardcover
That's Fact-tastic!
By Geographic, National
National Geographic Kids serves up tons of incredible facts and mind-boggling tidbits to wow your friends and family!. Did you know that a giraffe's eye is as big as a Ping-Pong ball? Or that about 19 million hot dogs are sold at major league baseball games every year? Or that there is only one bone in your body that's not connected to another one? . There's a lot to know, and National Geographic Kids is here to help. Based on a favorite department in National Geographic Kids magazine, this book is chock-full of fascinating facts, silly stats, and catchy little knowledge nuggets in all kinds of awesome categories, from amphibians to black holes to the gold rush. . Special features include Extreme Weirdness, Strange Places, What's the Difference, and more.
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9781426372254
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Hardcover
LOL 101
By Roth, David
Want to write your own jokes? This book shows you how! . Packed with fun-filled illustrations, easy-to-follow exercises, and sample jokes, this humorous how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL. Covering everything from surprise to wordplay to visual jokes -- plus tips on how to perform a joke so it lands -- LOL 101 is the approachable and (of course) funny guide for any kid ready to channel their inner comedian. . FUN-FILLED ACTIVITY: Never before has a book for kids so clearly distilled joke-writing into such simple - and fun - steps! This book will have kids excited to channel their creativity and silliness into clever jokes that will make friends and family LOL. EASY TO READ: Highly visual and perfect for reluctant readers, this lighthearted guide makes it easy for any kid to start cooking up jokes right away.
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9781797213927
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Hardcover
Our World in Numbers Animals
By Dk,
Learn about everything in the animal kingdom with this book of extraordinary figures and number-based facts for children aged 9-12!. Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers.. Our World in Numbers: Animals will have you impressing your family and friends like never before with mind-blowing facts and stats on a vast range of different animal species. Children aged 9-12 will number-crunch their way around the animal kingdom, discovering everything from the age of the world's oldest animal and which bird has the most feathers, to which snake has the longest fangs and how long a tiger sleeps in a day.
A Year of Good News
By Smatana, Martin
Are you one of those people who feel that over the last few years we have had more than our fair share of bad news? This fabulous gift book is a perfect antidote to bad news stories. Filled with happiness and positivity, this celebrates the good things in life, and puts a smile on any reader's face!
Hercules Vs. Thor
By Oviedo, Claudia
It's a battle of the famous strongman versus the great protector. The Roman god Hercules is known for his tremendous strength and determination. Norse god Thor is fearless and commands lighting, thunder, and storms. If these two heroes were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Thor's and Hercules's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology Matchup.
The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions
By Thomas, Isabel
This fascinating and fact-filled book tackles a multitude of weird and wonderful questions about everything from unicorns to the universe.. A Guardian Best Children's Book of 2022"The perfect present for any inquisitive child." -The Sunday Times . Have you ever struggled to concentrate because there are SO many questions buzzing around your brain? Here are answers to seventy-one of the most bamboozling questions and curious queries that you can think of.. How many stars are in the night sky? Why don't animals wear clothes? Do plants have feelings?This book will define, debunk, and demystify the trickiest of questions and open your eyes to amazing facts you have never even thought of!. With engaging and accessible text and accompanied by exciting, inviting illustrations, The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions is the perfect bedside companion to delve into when you are wondering if there really is an answer to everything.
Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia
By Dk,
The ultimate guide to more than 100 top sports from around the world, from basketball to blade running.Are you a team player? Do you have a steady aim? Maybe you are super fast or strong? Whatever your size or skill, there is a sport out there for you. . The Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia is the ultimate illustrated guide to the diverse world of sport, from the best known ball-sports, athletics, and water sports to the most obscure racket sports and races (anyone for a game of pickleball?) . The book showcases different sports by grouping them into categories including team sports, target sports, winter sports, wheels and motors, horse sports, and extreme sports.. This illustrated guide to sports for kids offers: - A dynamic visual design and clear language, explaining all the sports essentials to understand and enjoy the featured sports.
Cardboard Activity Lab
By Westing, Jemma
Get creative with cardboard!Discover plenty of creative crafts you can do using cardboard! This book is bursting with ideas for more than 20 fun projects. This entertaining, inspiring book is brimming with exciting projects to help young artists, architects, and builders create fantastic games and toys. Using household items, construct an entire city complete with skyscrapers and transportation systems, or a sci-fi robot costume for you and your friends. Great photography, succinct step-by-step instructions, and rigorous attention to detail will make young creators excited from the get-go. With a foreword by Jemma Westing, the book gives a clear How It Works explanation for each project, revealing the fascinating idea behind it. From paint and glue to cardboard boxes and tubes, every project is made with affordable and easy-to-find materials.
Mantis Shrimp vs. Lionfish
By Downs, Kieran
Mantis shrimp and lionfish are two coral reef predators with special weapons. Dive into the pages of this book to find engaging leveled text and colorful photography that highlights these unique ocean creatures. Profiles show off their weapons and habitats, and a final battle scene will keep readers gripping the pages until the very end. Can you guess who will come out on top?
Get Messy with Science!
By Olson, Elsie
Do you like to get messy? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Create slippery slimes and frothy foams. Have a blast making colorful chalk explosions. Then, learn the science behind each marvelous mess! Simple step-by-step instructions supported by clear photos make it easy to start experimenting and discover just how fun STEM can be.
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
By Day, Nicholas
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world - and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.. On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone!. No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting?. Travel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Walk its backstreets.
Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes Team Up!
By Peters, Stephanie True
Polar bears and arctic foxes team up for a hunt in this photo-filled nonfiction book for young research writers and wildlife fans.. One powerful polar bear one sly arctic fox = a dream team! Discover how two vastly different animal species team up to find food. With super-smell and tremendous strength, polar bears are the Arctic's deadliest hunters. So much so, these big-time beasts often have leftovers. Cue the arctic foxes! These clever opportunists are game for any game and will clean up after polar bears, lickety-split. With eye-popping photographs, quick facts, and beyond-the-book back matter, Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes Team Up! will have young research writers and wildlife fans rooting for these Animal Allies.. Other Animal Allies:Coyotes and Badgers Team Up!Groupers and Moray Eels Team Up!Ravens and Wolves Team Up!.
That's Fact-tastic!
By Geographic, National
National Geographic Kids serves up tons of incredible facts and mind-boggling tidbits to wow your friends and family!. Did you know that a giraffe's eye is as big as a Ping-Pong ball? Or that about 19 million hot dogs are sold at major league baseball games every year? Or that there is only one bone in your body that's not connected to another one? . There's a lot to know, and National Geographic Kids is here to help. Based on a favorite department in National Geographic Kids magazine, this book is chock-full of fascinating facts, silly stats, and catchy little knowledge nuggets in all kinds of awesome categories, from amphibians to black holes to the gold rush. . Special features include Extreme Weirdness, Strange Places, What's the Difference, and more.
LOL 101
By Roth, David
Want to write your own jokes? This book shows you how! . Packed with fun-filled illustrations, easy-to-follow exercises, and sample jokes, this humorous how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL. Covering everything from surprise to wordplay to visual jokes -- plus tips on how to perform a joke so it lands -- LOL 101 is the approachable and (of course) funny guide for any kid ready to channel their inner comedian. . FUN-FILLED ACTIVITY: Never before has a book for kids so clearly distilled joke-writing into such simple - and fun - steps! This book will have kids excited to channel their creativity and silliness into clever jokes that will make friends and family LOL. EASY TO READ: Highly visual and perfect for reluctant readers, this lighthearted guide makes it easy for any kid to start cooking up jokes right away.
Our World in Numbers Animals
By Dk,
Learn about everything in the animal kingdom with this book of extraordinary figures and number-based facts for children aged 9-12!. Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers.. Our World in Numbers: Animals will have you impressing your family and friends like never before with mind-blowing facts and stats on a vast range of different animal species. Children aged 9-12 will number-crunch their way around the animal kingdom, discovering everything from the age of the world's oldest animal and which bird has the most feathers, to which snake has the longest fangs and how long a tiger sleeps in a day.