Read Me books are designed to engage reluctant readers with exciting, and even disgusting, subject matter at a low reading level. This series looks at the variety of microscopic life and minibeasts that could be lurking in your house.
Packed with tips, hints and advice on all the tricks needed to be a super spy, including how to write and break codes, how to use disguises to avoid detection and how to stalk and shadow enemy spies effectively. Includes spy-tests, observation quizzes and code-cracking challenges. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet. "Le Carré for ten-year-olds, this book made espionage seem like a perfectly viable profession." - Author David Nicholls in Th...
Every CosmoGirl deserves the room of her dreams...and New York City designer Mark Montano helps her get it. Montano wrote "CosmoGirl's" enormously popular 'Cool Room' column. Now that column's been transformed into a book filled with information-packed pages and smart answers to decorating dilemmas, with ten different room schemes and 35 hip and easy-to-make projects that dazzle and wow. From funky organisers that keep wardrobes neat to fantastic ideas for painting your wall, this has all the cr...
Houses and Homes (See Through History)
by Research Manager Tim Wood
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2019 - BEST BOOK WITH FACTS SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE 2019. LONGLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2020 Did you know that without the ‘lead’ in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Just about everything in the universe is made from only 92 elements – and from aluminium to zinc, many of them are hiding in your very own home! Packed with Lauren Humphrey's quirky illustrations and written by the multi-talente...
Pass the hammer to a new generation! This kid-friendly guide covers the essentials of carpentry, including the proper way to drive a nail, the safe way to drill a hole, and the importance of measuring. You’ll be amazed at how fast your miniature carpenter acquires the skills to complete 15 projects that include game boards, play sets, lemonade stands, birdhouses, equine sawhorses, and more. Young crafters will be ready for the woodshop in no time.
Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in this series introduce children to elements of our global community. In this title, children learn about homes around the world, including how they are alike and different, special types of homes, and how homes provide shelter.
How Do Virtual Assistants Work? (High Tech Science at Home)
by M M Eboch
A virtual assistant by any name - Alexa, Siri, whoever - can be a sweet addition to your home. You might use one for simple jobs like playing music or streaming podcasts. Or you might use one to communicate with friends and to remind you about homework while helping you make your breakfast. Find out how digital assistants work and what the future might hold for this part of a high-tech home.
Here's the ultimate, HIP guide for girls to creating and customising one of a kind, Cool and Original stuff for themselves and their friends - from clothes, gifts and beauty products to edible treats and 'changing room' bedroom makeover suggestions. Includes recipes for homemade beauty lotions and potions, soap, face masks et al. How to snip, sew and stick their way to the latest looks. Discovering vintage and retro fashion looks plus how to personalise their space at home. Encourages individual...
From the bestselling series that began with Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book comes an elaborate and beautiful children's book with peek-through holes that celebrates the coziness of home through the eyes of the animal world. "All of us need a place to rest: A cave, a warren, a pond, a nest. Wherever we may choose to roam, we need a place to call our home." A family of bears wanders through the forest, spying all the different places animals call home, including a bird's nest, a beaver lodge,...
Enough cute little bunnies dancing across your walls or toy trains and nursery rhymes plastered above your bed. That was the old you. It's time now to transform your space, to learn how to make it sparkle using more imagination than money. This exciting new book by Janice Weaver and Frieda Wishinsky offers creative solutions to all your design dilemmas — and does it without breaking the bank. Inside, you’ll find out how to: • Execute a TCC — Total Clutter Clearout • Organize your space — a...