Best Selling Books by Rosie Dickins

An illustrated introduction to art.

Each double-page spread has a stunning color illustration and several flaps to lift to find out more about what?s going on in the scene ? such as what goes on inside a computer, how programs organize and send information around, and many other facts. Learn about the history, and gain an understanding of how computers work.

This guide covers the world of riding and should appeal to riders of all ages and levels of ability as well as those who simply love horses. Live action photography and helpful illustrations are combined with straightforward text.

Offers an introduction to art, illustrated with works by famous artists from around the world. Of interest to young children, this title provides many art stickers and things to do with them - fill the picture frames, explore close-up details, or use the specially provided sticker shapes to create your very own masterpieces.

Once known, now largely forgotten, these empowering fairy tales have been brought together to inspire a new generation of readers. Discover heroines who outwit giants, fight evil, awaken sleeping princes and, of course, live happily ever after. With a foreword by Kate Pankhurst, author of Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World.

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An out-of-this-world tour of our Sun and its planets Blast off to explore our Solar System - from the fearsome heat of the Sun to the freezing distant planets, plus moons, asteroids and more. Discover how humans are planning to visit Mars, what you would weigh on Jupiter and what makes Venus so deadly.

Discover magical princesses, mighty dragons, mischievous monkeys and more, in this captivating collection of classic Chinese tales. Specially selected and retold for readers today, each story is brought vividly to life by traditional Chinese brush-and-ink illustrations. Beautifully illustrated by renowned Chinese artist Li Weiding.

This fun, friendly guide explains how computers work and what coding does - then shows you how to code your own stories and games on a tablet. The coding uses ScratchJr, a computer language designed especially for beginners, which is available to download for free. A perfect first introduction to computer coding. Entertaining projects with simple, step-by-step instructions. Includes helpful notes for grown-ups.

A comprehensive guide to horses and ponies covers how to care for them, the competitions they can participate in, and how they are portrayed in literature and motion pictures, and includes six short stories based on myths about horses.

Learn how to use different artistic techniques with projects based on masterpieces of art using the artist''s methods or ideas.

A princess runs away to avoid marriage, taking three of her favourite gowns with her. She works hard, herding geese in a tatty donkeyskin cloak, but when she thinks no one is looking, she tries on one of her beautiful gowns. She is spotted by a prince who falls in love with her at first sight, but she runs away. How will he find her? And what will he think when he finds out that she''s just a goose girl?

Calling all space cadets: Usborne assigns you a mission to see inside these extraordinary space stations and spacecrafts from the beginning of the space race to the latest missions to Mars and beyond. With over 70 flaps to lift, space-mad children can explore this information-packed book for hours. Written in association with the UK Space Agency.

Explore the exciting world of art with this write-in activity book and discover dozens of paintings through puzzles, doodles, stickers, colouring in and things to spot. Each double page features a well-known painting, with snippets of information and fun and creative puzzles and challenges. Children can guide St George through a maze next to Paolo Uccello''s "St George and the Dragon", add stickers to make a cubist portrait and fill empty frames with their own portraits and patterns. Published in association with The National Gallery, and featuring paintings by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Rousseau and Vincent van Gough, and movements including Cubism, Surrealism and Symbolism.

This is the gloriously gloopy tale of a magic porridge pot and what happens when it can''t be stopped.

Kunst selbst gestalten, nach dem Vorbild berühmter Werke: Dazu gibt es hier viele Anregungen und genaue Anleitungen. Ab 9.

Collects three stories about three ponies--one of whom has surprising talents, one who is nothing but trouble, and one who needs a small helping hand.

An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Python (a widely used programming language), allowing them to get inside the code of their computer and create simple games and animations on screen.

Detailed introduction to modern art with Internet links about featured artists and examples of their work and works by related artists.

This fantastic book is filled with real works of art and lots of ideas to help children create artwork of their own. Follow the simple step-by-step instructions and start drawing, painting, printing and making models. Each project includes full-color illustrations that show the materials to use and the steps to follow. Internal wire-o binding. For ages 4-8.

Un superbe recueil de contes qui raviront les jeunes enfants. Dix contes de fées traditionnels d''auteurs célèbres dont les frères Grimm et Andersen, avec entre autres : Les lutins, Le petit chaperon rouge, Les cygnes sauvages, etc. Des histoires conçues pour être lues aux jeunes enfants, ou abordées seuls par les plus grands. Belle reliure en toile traditionnelle, avec tranchefiles, dorure à la presse et ruban marque-page. L''ouvrage est protégé par un emballage sous film plastique. Un beau cadeau à transmettre de génération en génération.

Over 30 of the world''s best known pictures have been chosen for this introduction to art for children. Includes facts about the artists and their lives, and how they created their work. There are also Internet links to recommended websites where you can view lots more pictures, play art games and create your own art online.

Cet ouvrage d''initiation à la programmation avec le langage informatique Python s''adresse à tous les débutants, sans limite d''âge. L''approche simple et ludique séduira les jeunes lecteurs qui apprendront rapidement à créer leurs premiers programmes, dont des jeux passionnants, des dessins et des graphiques. Le langage Python est idéal pour faire ses premiers pas en programmation. Grâce à des instructions claires et faciles à suivre et de nombreux exemples, les programmateurs en herbe trouveront dans ce livre tout ce qu''il faut savoir pour s''initier au code informatique avec Python. Un excellent outil pour apprendre à programmer avec Python sur Mac ou sur PC et compléter l''apprentissage de l''informatique à l''école. Cet ouvrage à la fois amusant et instructif suscitera certainement des vocations.