New Releases by Ruth Thomson

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The book supports both the writing and spelling objectives of the National Literacy Strategy at KS2 and should appeal to parents keen to help their children extend their vocabulary and develop their writing skills.

Photos First is the perfect introduction to studying photography, looking at important photos every child should know.

Vincent van Gogh was a sensitive, passionate, and eccentric individual. Painting gave him the means to express who he was and what he was feeling. Although his career lasted less than ten years, he created more than 2,000 artworks, and today most people consider him one of the founders of modern art. In this irresistible narrative, readers explore van Gogh’s artistic influences, inspirations, and painting skills. In this vibrant presentation, the legacy of van Gogh’s still lifes, self-portraits, landscapes, and other works are clearly evaluated.

Portrait. Nature. Art. Documentary. A look at some of the world’s most iconic photographs invites viewers to focus on the medium’s place in art and history. Photographs can be beautiful or harrowing, honest or manipulative, dramatic or comforting. Photos Framed explores twenty-seven of the most important and vivid photos taken over the medium’s history, from a formal portrait of Louis Daguerre taken in 1844 to a candid shot of a Cuban girl and her doll in 2011. Readers are invited to use their powers of observation to zoom in on photographic elements, blow up details of the subject matter, think about the big picture, and pan out on the photographer. Photos Framed will open viewers’ eyes to the art of photography and its power to tell a story.

Pocket Activity Fun & Games have all the same fun activities as Barron''s larger format Creativity Books in a compact, take-along size! In Art, kids can learn to draw a human face, change the expression on the Mona Lisa, color Van Gogh''s Sunflowers, and more!

Pocket Activity Fun & Games books have all the same fun activities as Barron''s larger-format Creativity Books in a compact, take-along size! In Science and Inventions, kids will make a flip-book movie, explore robots and rockets, and craft paper airplanes that really fly!

Through inmates'' own voicesNfrom secret diary entries and artwork to excerpts from memoirs and recordings narrated after the warN"Terezin" explores the lives of Jewish people in one of the most infamous of the Nazi transit camps in Czechoslovakia. Illustrations.

"Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazi authorities turned the small town of Terezín, Czechoslovakia, into a ghetto and then into a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people, many of them artists. It was a "show" camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the world, hiding the truth of gas chambers and horrific living conditions for imprisoned Jews. In this accessible, meticulously researched book, Ruth Thomson allows the inmates to speak for themselves though secret diary entries, artwork, and excerpts from memoirs and recordings made after the war. Terezín: Voices from the Holocaust is a moving portrait that demonstrates the strength of the human will to endure, to create, and to survive." -- cover, pg. 4.

Introduction to France''s weather, landscape, jobs, transportation, food, religions, and festivals.

Introduction to India''s weather, landscape, jobs, transportation, food, religions, and festivals.

Introduction to Poland''s weather, landscape, jobs, transportation, food, religions, and festivals.

Presents an introduction to Spain, describing its geography, weather, cities and towns, family life, food, leisure activities, and holidays.

Discover the world''s most beautiful coastlines. Find out about waves and tides, rockpools and rocky cliffs, beaches and dunes, sea birds and animals, harbours and ports and how people are protecting coasts.

This title provides an introduction to the seaside in the local environment with ideas for activities and investigations.

Presents a comprehensive look at the characteristics of a sunflower as it develops from a seed into a flower.

Presents an introduction to the life cycle of a chicken, from its beginnings as an egg, to its life as a chick, to its full maturity as an adult.

Presents an introduction to the life cycle of a frog, from its beginning as an egg, to its life as a tadpole, to its maturity as an adult frog.

Presents an introduction to the life cycle of a bee, from its beginnings as an egg, to its life as a grub, to its full maturity as an adult.

These books will help you think about and look around your local area. Find out what your surroundings can tell you about how people live and work, where they shop and go to school and how they travel and spend their leisure time. Discover the clues that will tell you how people lived in the past. Think about the changes that could benefit your local area, whether it''s your home, school or further afield.

In this book, children follow a day in the life of a Triceratops, as he wanders away from his herd and has an encounter with a deadly Tyrannosaurus rex. DK Readers is a multi-level learning-to-read program combining DK''s highly visual style with appealing stories at five graduated levels. Stunning photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories are guaranteed to capture a child''s interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge. DK Readers allow progression from stories for beginning readers with simple sentences and word repetition through to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure for proficient readers. Written by leading children''s authors and compiled in consultation with leading literacy experts.

Learn how big oak trees grow from small acorns.

Pictures and simple text present the life cycle of a rose.

Learn all about apples, from seed to picking.

This book follows the life cycle of a frog, from laying frogspawn in a pond, to developing from tadpoles, into froglets and finally frogs. The book looks at the frog''s habitat, threats, what it eats and how it grows. Questions and facts encourage the reader to look more closely at the detailed photographs.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and natural environment of the owl.

Introduces young children to the jobs people do to help others.