My First Build and Play encourages learning through play! With a chunky, shaped board book, a spectacular 24-piece slot-together model and four character play pieces, little ones will enjoy hours of interactive play.
When Angelo is restoring an old church in Rome, he finds a small bird, barely breathing. Not being able to find somewhere safe to leave her, he has no choice but to take her home with him. Despite Angelo's 'professional dislike for pigeons', the pair become friends, and Angelo names the bird Sylvia. Eventually, Sylvia is able to repay Angelo's kindness by supporting him when he needs it most.
Paddington goes on a right royal adventure in this hilarious new picture book based on the award-winning animated series, The Adventures of Paddington! The Browns have planned a special outing for Paddington’s birthday – a trip around all the famous landmarks of London! The young bear can’t wait to spend the day with the Browns, but when he misses the tour boat, the young bear finds himself at the Tower of London, dressed as a Beefeater and mistakenly...
Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome Great Houses edition. Jump into horrible houses with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost...
The Pirate's Coin (Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures, #3) (Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure)
by Marianne Malone
A magical coin coin leads sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack to 1753 Massachusetts and to Jack's pirate ancestor when they return to the Art Institute of Chicago's miniature Thorne Rooms on a mission to restore an African American family's reputation.
Practice your numbers in English and Spanish when you count the beautiful dancers, playful musicians, and happy children of Oaxaca as the Guelaguetza parade goes by! Pronounced Gal-a-get-zah, the lively celebration--full of traditional dancing and music--takes place every July deep in the heart of southern Mexico. ONE band leader with a big white balloon! DOS hombres with firecrackers! THREE musicians! FOUR giants! All exquisitely handcrafted by the Mexican folk art masters Guillermina, Josefina...
When a family buys a house in a struggling town for just one dollar, they’re hoping to start over — but have they traded one set of problems for another? Twelve-year-old Lowen Grover, a budding comic-book artist, is still reeling from the shooting death of his friend Abe when he stumbles across an article about a former mill town giving away homes for just one dollar. It not only seems like the perfect escape from Flintlock and all of the awful memories associated with the city, but an opportun...
Iul e la lezione speciale di Leonardo da Vinci (Le Avventure Di Iul, Il Piccolo Pittore, #5)
by Zef
Yelena and Papa take care of their traditional Filipino dwelling – their nipa hut – and it takes care of them. But when a typhoon roars towards the Philippines, their preparation will be put to the test. Gripping narrative will keep young readers glued to the pages as Yelena, Papa and the nipa hut work together as a family to withstand the storm.
Lacking paper, a young Panamanian artist paints the outside of his adobe home.
A creative young boy with a passion for practicing origami finds a surprising source of encouragement on his diverse city block. Joey loves things that fold: maps, beds, accordions, you name it. When a visiting mother of a classmate turns a plain piece of paper into a beautiful origami crane, his eyes pop. Maybe he can learn origami, too. It’s going to take practice — on his homework, the newspaper, the thirty-eight dollars in his mother’s purse . . . Enough! No more folding! But how can Joey b...
Ajay and his friends are back in a third adventure! When Kai, the young keeper of a legendary map, asks The Mumbai Sun for help, Ajay knows his newspaper has landed its next scoop. Propelled on the journey of their lives, Ajay and friends must travel to a distant desert city where a rare treasure is hidden. But someone else has heard of the map too – a billionaire treasure hunter who is not far behind them . . . The third stor...
Princess Lila lives in a beautiful castle and has everything she could ever desire—well, almost. She yearns to venture beyond the forest, explore her country and meet people her own age. But the forest is off limits. Resourceful and ingenious, Princess Lila sets to work building a tower to catch a glimpse of the forbidden land. Thus begins a thrilling adventure: she becomes the manager of a vast construction project involving an impressive number of materials, obstacles and solutions. At last, w...
Is Everything Bauhaus?
by Ingolf Kern, Moeller Werner, and Kitty Kahane
A word book that stimulates language! Is your child a voracious learner who has already mastered basic vocabulary? Is your youngster relentlessly curious? This enriched word book serves up enough complex, scientific and scholarly words to satisfy your budding genius’s appetite for knowledge.