Best Selling Books by Ben Hubbard

Look inside natural disasters and discover how they work! Natural disasters devastate communities. They reshape the landscape and can alter people''s ways of life in an area for years after the event. Learn all about hurricanes and tornadoes. Find out how they form, where they are mostly to happen and how scientists study them through diagrams and case studies. Explore how natural disasters work by cracking them open and looking at them from the inside. How do they happen? How are they destructive? What happens on the inside of each phenomena? And where in the world are the danger zones? This series explore each of these questions in detail. This series uses detailed artwork, cutaways and images from real-life to give a rounded view of each event. PErfect for readers aged 9 and up.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11. Top children''s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book. The glossary and index can be used to develop children''s information retrieval skills further. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Ideas for guided reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

Throughout our history, different peoples have invaded and settled in Brtain. This book looks at the Celts, Picts, Scots and Romans. Who were they? Why did they invade Britain and why did they decide to settle here? Find out about these peoples, what they brought with them and how their lifestyles and beliefs have influenced our culture today.

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Meet the super hunters of the sea in this photographic non-fiction book filled with facts about sharks. Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. The focus sounds in this book are: /igh/ i, i-e /ai/ ay, ey, a-e /oa/ o, ow, o-e /oo/ ue, ew, u-e /ee/ ea /ow/ ou /oo/ oul /or/ aw, augh, al /er/ or, ear /e/ a /u/ o, our, o-e Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

From the Terracotta Army and the Lascaux cave paintings to Banksy''s "Sweeping it Under the Carpet" and Ai Weiwei''s "Sunflowers", some artworks throughout the centuries have had a profound effect on world history. This book takes a closer look at 10 of those pieces and considers their influence and how they have changed the world

From the war-time success of deciphering the German Enigma machine right up to modern-day computer hackers, the exciting history of code-breaking is explored.

Pages and pages of activity fun for the holidays, including coloring, drawing, spotting, and counting. Festive fun for ages 4 and up. Comes with Christmas tree eraser and four mini eraser baubles!

Are you thinking about taking on the huge responsibility of owning a cat? This book is a comprehensive guide for children aged 8+ to caring for a new cat or a kitten - including animals taken from a rescue centre such as Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. It covers all aspects such as choosing the right pet for you, making it feel at home, daily care, what to feed him/her and how best to communicate with your cat. The book is endorsed by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home - the most famous animal refuge charity in the country - and illustrated with images from Battersea''s photo library and by the quirky cartoons of Jason Chapman who has been illustrator for the Home for a number of years.

Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written by top children''s authors and subject experts. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six copies of each of Deep Down Weird, Perfect Pets, Zoom Out!, A Pony for a Day, Who Eats Who?, and Edward Lear''s Scrapbook.

These books have been specially developed to enhance children''s vocabulary and support comprehension. Did you know that scientists are finding new types of animal all the time? Meet some of the creatures that have stayed secret for centuries ...

Discover fascinating facts and figures about the longest things in the world! From excessive ear hair to lengthy swims and huge hotdogs, find out what makes it into the top 10 longest.

This book looks at all things toothy! Learn all about the different types of teeth in humans, what their functions are, and how and why we have two sets of teeth. Discover the role that dentists and oral hygienists play in looking after your teeth, find out about braces and what they do, which foods are best and worst for your teeth and much more. Our handy guide to brushing your teeth effectively will help you get your teeth squeaky clean! In fact, this book is so interesting it''s sure to be snapped up!

Are you thinking about taking on the huge responsibility of owning a dog? This book is a comprehensive guide for children aged 8+ to caring for a new puppy or a dog - including animals taken from a rescue centre such as Battersea Cats & Dogs Home. It covers all aspects such as choosing the right pet for you, making it feel at home, daily care, what to feed him/her and how best to communicate and train your dog. The book is endorsed by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - the most famous animal refuge charity in the country - and illustrated with images from Battersea''s photo library and by the quirky cartoons of Jason Chapman, who has been the illustrator for the Home for a number of years.

A 2008 study found that sustained intense interests, particularly in a conceptual domain like dinosaurs, can help children develop increased knowledge and persistence, a better attention span, and deeper information-processing skills.

This is the World Cup companion every kid needs! Official mascot Fuleco tells children all about his home and the host country, Brazil, and there''s everything a fan needs to know about the stadiums, top players, and statistics. Adding to the fun are quizzes, games, stickers, a tricky double-page search-and-find puzzle, and a foldout back jacket with a fill-in progress chart.

''Jam packed with the information necessary to make an informed decision about getting a dog.'' - The School Librarian Learn about looking after dogs with this heart-warming story. Would you really love a dog but don''t know the first thing about how it will affect you and your family? This book gives young children aged 6+ all information they and their families need to see if they could take on this big responsibilty. The information is given through the story of Alex who is is desperate to get a dog, but the rest of his family don''t think it''s a good idea. So Alex decides to start a scrapbook to discover what a dog needs. He finds out about different dog breeds and what they are like. He looks around his home and wonders where the dog will live. He goes out with his friend to walk her dog. He collects photos of different dog breeds and adds labels with their temperaments, how to care for them etc. Alex''s family see his enthusiasm and begin to get on board with the idea. Together they visit a puppy from a local family but they also visit a rescue centre and decide to get an adult dog from there. Using Jason Chapman''s lively illustrations and Alex''s photographic scrapbook, this ''two books in one'' describes the behaviour and needs of dogs and how it affects a family''s life day-to-day in a charming and fun way. The book is endorsed and checked by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.

What is it like to witness a natural disaster? This series of books looks at a range of natural disasters, using firsthand accounts to describe events and people''s experiences, providing multiple perspectives from eyewitnesses, survivors, the emergency services, scientists, and the media.

This pack contains six books. There is one copy of each of the Readerful Rise titles at Oxford Reading Level 10: Granphibian and the Seal Island Rescue; Tala and the Lake of Secrets; The Pasta Disaster; The Polar Lights: Myths and Science; Blackbeard: Fact or Fiction?; Family Business. These books are for readers aged 7 to 11 years old. They are for pupils who are working below expected standard in their reading. The Rise series ensures that older struggling readers have books with age-appropriate content and topics, that look like the books their peers are enjoying, but are written at a level they can read successfully.