New Releases by Deborah Kespert

"A great introduction to nonfiction for children who like adventure stories.” — School Library Journal History, adventure, and survival combine in this book about the most daring voyages made from the golden age of discovery to recent times. Young readers are introduced to the passionate and headstrong explorers who undertook these intrepid journeys and the challenges they faced. Dividing the world into key types of terrain—polar, ocean, land, desert, river, sky, and space—the book relates the real-life stories of men and women from around the world and throughout history, from Christopher Columbus and Lewis and Clark to Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, and Yuri Gagarin. The fascinating background details such as expedition kits, supplies, and survival tips for the extreme conditions of each journey help children see how explorers pitted themselves against adversity to brave the wild and help shape our world.

This pack contains six of each of the following titles: Big Weather, Jungle Journal, Man Meets Metal, Time Zone, Invasive Species, Flashes and Bangs.TreeTops 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.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.

This pack contains six of each of the following titles: Step Away from the Kitten!, Explorers: Then and Now, William Kamkwamba: Bright Spark, Rainforest Secrets, Dance!, The Craft of Paper. TreeTops 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.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Takes young readers inside the lives and minds of the greatest inventors in history Genius! tells the stories behind the amazing inventions that helped shape our modern world. Young readers are introduced to the technologies developed by thinkers and inventors such as Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Gutenberg, James Watt, the Wright brothers, and Tim Berners-Lee, and the creativity and determination behind their discoveries. The book is divided into five key thematic sections: Pioneers, Communication, Technology, Transport, and Into Space. Read about how the innovators who brought us today’s world of communications, the Internet, fast travel, space exploration, and entertainment faced challenges and dangers as they dared to create new machines and technologies. Combining lively, entertaining stories with well-illustrated information on the inventions and their implications, as well as an activities section with mini-experiments for the budding inventor, Genius! brings all the excitement of scientific invention alive for children growing up in an increasingly technology-oriented world.

Take a trip to the Congo to learn how wildlife documentaries are made in Jungle Journal. TreeTops inFact is an exciting non-fiction series for children aged 711. Its range of subjects and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love.

Rainforest Secrets takes a journey through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, to discover the animals living in each layer. TreeTops 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.

Following their friends in Carlton''s popular Press-out Dog Show title, these fabulous felines will win everyone''s hearts and hopefully the judges'' approval. The eight perky press-out models are chockfull of character, from Marmaduke the big tabby to Sienna the slinky Siamese, and they come with a range of accessories such as prize-winner rosettes, collars and more. No scissors, cutting out or glue are required. Just press out, make and play. Clear child-friendly instructions with illustrations are augmented by a QR code, which takes you to an online video that shows how to make your press-out pets.

It''s show time for everyone''s favourite four-legged friends in this colourful activity book, which combines fun facts about dogs with clever press-out dog models and cool dog show accessories. Children can make pressout pets, including Fifi the super-stylish poodle, Scoot the sausage dog and their friends, as well as accessories, such as prize-winner rosettes, stylish dog jackets and more. They can then get together with their mates for hours of creative play. With eight sheets of die-cut models to press-out and make, plus a kennel-full of canine know-how, this book is definitely the ''best in show''! Other titles in the Press-out Pets series will include other popular children''s pets, such as cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs, plus horses and ponies, and even more unusual ''pets'' such as dragons and dinosaurs.

Trek je ruimtepak aan en laat je de ruimte in schieten! Stap voor stap leer je hoe je hierop voorbereidt, wat je nodig hebt en hoe het leven daar is. Tussendoor zie je allerlei ruimtevaartuigen. Met quiz en kleurenfoto''s en -tekeningen. Vanaf ca. 10 t/m 12 jaar.

"Find out what puts some animals at risk on land and at sea." --Back cover.

An interactive introduction to space travel that encourages children to imagine themselves piloting spacecraft Here is a training class that shows children how to pilot different kinds of spacecraft. Filled with stats and facts, this book covers essential space science, plus the latest space hardware, gadgets, and know-how. An introductory “Astronaut School” section looks at the technology of space travel. “In Orbit” takes children into space, putting them in the hot seat on different kinds of spacecraft or at mission control. They learn how to fly an Apollo rocket to the Moon, take a space shuttle to the International Space Station, go on a spacewalk, and ferry a cargo of tourists into zero gravity. The “ID section” at the back of the book explains how to identify different kinds of rockets and manned and unmanned craft, including probes, rovers, and shuttles.

¡Explora! cuenta las aventuras reales de los grandes exploradores que desafiaron obstáculos y peligros para llegar a lugares remotos, ayudando así a configurar nuestro planeta. Entre los aventureros ;hombres y mujeres de todo el mundo y de distintas épocas de la Historia; se encuentran Colón, Marco Polo, Scott y Amundsen, Capitán Cook, Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart o Jacques-Yves Cousteau, entre muchos otros. Con fascinantes detalles complementarios, como los equipos y víveres que llevaban en las expediciones, y consejos para la supervivencia en las extremas condiciones de cada viaje, este libro da una clara idea de cómo hicieron frente a la adversidad estos intrépidos exploradores y cómo sentaron las bases para quienes vinieron detrás.

A series of monster profiles combines details about legendary werewolves, zombies, and other fantastical creatures of the night with images designed to appear in three-dimensional form.

"Discover this gruesome game show and take on the queasy quiz master ... if you dare! With over 400 yucky multiple-choice questions, grouped into themed rounds, you''ll soon discover who is the grossest gamer of all!" -- p.4 Cover.

This title features over 400 queasy questions to keep kids occupied. It includes perennially popular topics for kids such as animals, science, history, food and body. A multiple-choice approach makes the title easy, light, entertaining and fun.

A colourful, lively book of rhymes, illustrations and photographs based on the Tumble Tots exercise programme for pre-school children. The Tumble Tots programme helps young children to become more coordinated, gain confidence, increase their skills of agility and balance, and enjoy physical play and activities. Visually, the approach is sweet and gentle with plenty of interest on the page for both children and parents. The book focuses on learning body parts through physical play as well as finding things on the page and first concepts, such as counting and opposites.

Read, play and discover! Merge colorful, fun-to-read information books with CD-ROMs, and you have an interactive start to early learning. Theses books offer questions to answers, games to play, and activities to challenge and stimulate.

Explores the places on Earth where plants and animals live. Includes a multimedia disc containing activities, puzzles, and games.

A lively, action-packed book and interactive disk that teaches children 6-9 amazing facts about the world of dinosaurs. Every page of Smartcard: Dinosaurs, is written in a style that invites children to set off on a journey to discover the amazing world of dinosaurs. Lively text and realistic illustrations invite children to explore, discover, and learn facts about dinosaurs-where they lived, what they ate, and who their enemies were.

A lively, action-packed book and interactive disk set that teaches children 6-9 fun and incredible facts about the mysterious world of sharks. Every page of Smartcard: Sharks, is written in a style that invites children to set off on a journey to discover the amazing world of real-life sharks.

Presents information on the stars, planets, and other celestial objects, as well as how astronauts travel and live in space. Includes a multimedia disk containing activities, puzzles, and games.

Illustrations and simple text show how changing weather and seasons affect the world. The text is in Spanish. (Escalones).

This is a large format atlas accompanied by an integrated CD-ROM with a hyperlink and password for complete access to www.childrensatlas.com, This is a fully interactive online resource featuring maps and graphics which provide views of the world''s physical, environmental and political landscapes.

Un lion qui rugit, un éléphant qui se douche avec sa trompe, des chimpanzés qui font des grimaces... Pour découvrir comment ces animaux sauvages vivent dans la savane : - des questions et des réponses, - des mots nouveaux à apprendre, - des faits étonnants et vrais, - des jeux et des devinettes, - et... le plaisir de lire une histoire. Mon encyclo répond aux questions des jeunes enfants sur le monde qui les entoure.

This book discusses plants, including their characteristics, their necessary environments, how they are helped with pollination, and their uses.