Most Popular Books by Mick Manning

Familiar images and subjects are a starting-off point for extending knowledge. Wonderwise links the familiar and the unknown, encouraging primary graders to think and question as they explore basic topics and concepts, like atmosphere and altitude, human bodies and animal bodies, that they will return to again as they learn and grow.

Part of the Smarties Award-winning ''Wonderwise'' series, ''What''s Up?'' takes the reader on a voyage of discovery to the world above our heads from skyscrapers to mountains to stars.

Readers are introduced to a fly just before it is snapped up by a frog, which in turn is eaten by a duckling, and so on until the top of the food chain is reached with a bear.

Este libro ilustrado para niños compara a las madres animales con las madres humanas.

Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom, award-winning author/illustrators of many of the Wonderwise titles, have created an exciting new collection of young non-fiction books that are perfect for children just beginning to read. Each book explores a particular area of learning with a simple narrative text and beautiful illustrations which, where appropriate, are labelled or given very simple captions. This differentiated text gently introduces readers to some of the methods of extracting information from a non-fiction book, but still enables them read the book as a story - or simply look at the pictures. Each book has a list of contents, further information and a glossary/index. I Feel Sick follows the progress of a germ, what it does to people and ways of staying health The Seed I Planted looks at seeds and growing new plants, in particular a conker a young child planted 35 years ago.

How Will I Grow? is a sensitive and straightforward introduction to how we change from a baby into an adult. Find out how bones grow; why our milk teeth fall out; what we need to do to be strong and healthy.Friendly questions and answers also explore what happens to boys and girls when they reach puberty. Sharing this book is the perfect way to answer those questions about growing up.

Illustrations and simple text discuss water, where it comes from and how it is treated so that we can use it for drinking, washing, and playing.

A Welsh adaptation of What''s Under the Bed?, a colourful story book presenting valuable information about the earth, by following the adventures of two children and their cat underground to examine hidden caves, fossils and even silver, gold and diamonds before reaching the end of their journey at the centre of the earth; for 4-6 year old children.

This sumptious book is a wonderful first-introduction to British history. Masters of illustrated non-fiction, Mick Manning and Brita Granström tell the story of Britain from the Stone Age up to the present in a truly integrated narrative of text and illustration. It moves throughs the Iron Age, Stonehenge, the Celts, the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, then on to the marvels of the Medieval era, the Tudors and Stuarts, the Industrial Revolution, the Victorians and the 20th century right up to the modern day. The exciting story is supplemented by many amazing facts and introduces key figures from kings, queens and military leaders to scientists, artists and writers. History doesn''t have to be horrible - here it is gripping, fascinating and fun!

Using a sketchbook format, describes what daily life was like for the inhabitants of and visitors to a Roman fort on the empire''s northern frontier while following centurion Vespian and other people on such tasks as patrolling and partying.

Award-winners Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom bring British history to life in this lavishly illustrated book, telling our island''s story from the Stone Age through to the present."

Introduction to families, how they are structured, relatives, variety of family life; promotes respect for individuals.

A friendly and inspiring introduction to music history, telling the stories of the world''s greatest musicians from Bach to Beyonce. The Story of Music begins with the early drums and flutes of our ancestors, which date back to the last icea age, through to the modern day. Mick Manning and Brita Granström take your on a tour of their personally selected music library which showcases the work of some of the world''s most famous artists and few a less well-known ones. The musicians featured include Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry; Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Blondie, Grandmaster Flash, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce as well as Bjork and Kraftwerk. The friendly text and illustrations help children to appreciate the music, highlighting interesting biographical details. The book''s large format means the music artwork is reproduced on a wonderfully impactful scale. This really is a book to give and treasure. The creative team of Mick Manning and Brita Granström are well-known for their ground breaking children''s information books. Their many awards range the TES Information Book Award for What''s Under the Bed? and the English Association Non-fiction award for Charlie''s War Illustrated.

Previously published in hardback in 1997, one of a range of titles in the EARLY WORMS series which provides an introduction to the weather. Illustrated in colour by Brita Granstrom. Includes parents'' notes.

Good manners make life pleasant for us all. Taking a range of scenarios and the appropriate way to react to them, Manning and Granstrom explore manners and their relevance at Key Stages One and Two to the PSHE and citizenship curriculum.

Shows a mom taking care of her children and at the same time shows different animals taking care of their young with all of them being supermoms for all that they do.

Produced to coincide with 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë, this book introduces the three extraordinary Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne. We also meet their brother Branwell. With a mix of strong story-telling and wonderful illustration, Mick Manning and Brita Granström relate the sister''s tragically short lives in the remote village of Haworth in the Yorkshire Dales. They explore how the girls were inspired to become writers and the sensation their books caused when people realised they had been written by women. Each of the sister''s greatest novels, Jane Eyre (Charlotte), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne) and Wuthering Heights (Emily), are simply retold in engaging comic-strip form. The illustrations and text of this book really capture the life of the children of the moors and how the magic and wildness of their surroundings inspired their work. It is perhaps not surprising as Mick Manning was born and brought up in Haworth and, as a child, even played a shepherd boy in a BBC adapation of Wuthering Heights.

Have you ever wondered what life was like for the Woolly Mammoth? It was very hard! These kings of the elephant race faced the harsh Ice Age climate and the threat of natural predators - none more terrifying than Man and his merciless spear. Includes an illustrated fact strip giving more information on how we know about the lives of mammoths today, taken from the very latest mammoth findings.

Explains the importance of bathing and good hygiene and also shows how other animals groom themselves.

When you are fast asleep in the middle of the night, it''s daytime on the other side of the world and someone else is wide awake. ''Out There Somewhere'' provides an introduction to geography for young children.

Sam the guinea pig is having a busy day involving lots of different things, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. At the end of this book, the child is encouraged to remember what it has just learned.

In 1831, at only 22 years old, Darwin was offered the position of Naturalist on HMS Beagle''s world voyage. He was set to become a clergyman but returns after five years at sea an inspired genius. This book follows the journey of HMS Beagle, showing life on-board the ship for Darwin, the captain, crew and the expedition''s artist. The reader sees Darwin discovering and observing insect life in Brazil, fossils in Argentina, earthquakes in Chile and turtles in the Galapagos Islands. The reader is therefore able to follow the steps which led to Darwin''s inspired theory of evolution, while also showing the adventures and escapades he had during the voyage. A fascinating and colourful story of Darwin''s life, this book also introduces young readers to one of the world''s most important scientists and his discoveries. It concludes with a simple explanation of the theory of evolution. Written by an outstanding team in the field of children''s non-fiction, this is a book to enlighten and inspire young readers.

Mick Manning''s grandfather joined the army in 1914 and served right through World War One. Fighting in the artillery on the front line in Egypt, Palestine and France, Charlie lived to tell his tale. Here Mick and Brita tell us about Charlie''s War, illustrating his story with stunning artwork, period scraps and artefacts.

"Mick Manning''s grandfather Charlie joined the army in 1914 and served right through World War One. Fighting in the mud of France, the baking deserts of Palastine and the freezing hills of Salonika, he lived to tell the tale"--Back cover.

En este libro ilustrado los lectores pueden seguir las aventuras en el subsuelo de dos niños y su gato para explorar cuevas secretas, encontrar fósiles e incluso plata, oro y diamantes, antes de descubrir qué es lo que realmente hay debajo de la cama.

Este libro ilustrado para niños es una sencilla explicación de la cadena alimenticia, o, quién se come a quién.