Best Selling Books by Ruth Thomson

In 'World of Design' you can read about unusual and inspiring crafts created by people in many different parts of the world. This book features masks made for a variety of reasons using all sorts of materials, techniques and decoration.

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

What was it like when your relatives were young? -- Changing times is an original series that looks at life in the recent past through the eyes of four generations of the same family. Change and continuity are emphasized through contemporary photographs and artefacts. The books will stimulate historical interest and awarenes.

With a cross-curricular approach that links environmental issues with both science and geography, this series provides insight into the ways materials are re-used or recycled all around the world.

This book looks at the life cycle of a ladybird. Discover how the tiny white eggs turn into a colourful ladybird. Learn what ladybirds eat to help them grow.

Examines the uses of paper, how it is made and, how it may be reused.

Discover the world's rainforests. Find out about the different layers of a rainforest, how creatures, plants and people live in the rainforest and learn how to make a model of a rainforest.

The titles in Let's Discover present a mix of information, ideas and activities to engage children with four popular historical subjects. The books employ words, pictures - including photographs of actual students - and make-and-do projects to take young readers on a thrilling voyage of discovery, where they can find themselves at a castle siege, taking part in a Jacobean banquet, or working machinery in a Victorian mill. This series has been specially developed to support project work and provides an excellent resource for any class or school library.

A simple, attractive book introducing young children to the work of staff at a primary school. Explaining the day-to-day tasks of various people including teachers, cooks and site manager, and how they work together as a team. Illustrated with specially-commissioned, on-location photography.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, food, and reproductive cycle of the crab.

This title is a new resource based on the genre of adventure stories. The book features a range of fiction and non-fiction writing activities alongside each story to encourage every child to write. Lively illustrations also help support and engage the reader.

With over 1000 words, this first wordbook should help young children aged five and over to extend their vocabulary and improve their spelling. Using lists of illustrated words about many subjects, children will be inspired to write both fiction and non-fiction.

Provides the young reader with ideas to help develop creative writing skills; teaches language, structure, and conventions of writing fairytales, while telling four well-known fairytales, each with an activity that help further develop language, comprehension, and non-fiction writing skills.

Describes the cities, famous sights, family life, and celebrations of Italy.

Intended for the literacy hour, this book aims to teach budding writers how to plan, draft and write through the practice of writing styles such as invitations, labels and lists. There is also a large format version for class use.

Meet Joel to find out what it's like to live in a city. Find out about the many types of city transport, see where people live in a city and read about the different things you can do in a city.

With a cross-curricular approach that links environmental issues with both science and geography, this series provides insight into the ways materials are re-used or recycled all around the world.

New Mexican Cooking Cookbook Get your copy of the best and most unique recipes from Ruth Thomson ! Do you miss the carefree years when you could eat anything you wanted?Are you looking for ways to relive the good old days without causing harm to your health?Do you want an ideal way to preserve your food?Do you want to lose weight? Are you starting to notice any health problems?Do you want to learn to prep meals like a pro and gain valuable extra time to spend with your family? If these questions ring bells with you, keep reading to find out, Healthy Weekly Meal Prep Recipes can be the best answer for you, and how it can help you gain many more health benefits! Whether you want to spend less time in the kitchen, lose weight, save money, or simply eat healthier, meal prep is a convenient and practical option and your family can savor nutritious, delicious, homemade food even on your busiest days. ✩ Purchase The Print Edition & Receive A Digital Copy FREE Via Kindle Matchbook ✩ In this book: This book walks you through an effective and complete anti-inflammatory diet-no prior knowledge required. Learn how to shop for the right ingredients, plan your meals, batch-prep ahead of time, and even use your leftovers for other recipes.and detailed nutritional information for every recipe, New Mexican Cooking Cookbook is an incredible resource of fulfilling, joy-inducing meals that every home cook will love. In addition, 2 weeks of meals-a 14-day schedule of meals, including step-by-step recipes and shopping lists for each, with tips on what you can prepare ahead of time to get dinner or meal on the table faster. Let this be an inspiration when preparing food in your kitchen with your love ones for the Holiday. It would be lovely to know your cooking story in the comments sections below. Again remember these recipes are unique so be ready to try some new things. Also remember that the style of cooking used in this cookbook is effortless. I really hope that each book in the series will be always your best friend in your little kitchen. Well, what are you waiting for? Scroll to the top of this page and click the Add to Cart button to get your copy now!

Get Set Go is an innovative activity series which explores a variety of popular themes, combining information with ideas for fun activities.

A series of books about individual countries that really brings a flavour of everyday life in the different parts of the world they explore. The text is straightforward and accessible, largely taking the form of extended captions to plentiful illustrations. The photographs are all specially commissioned for the series and taken by top-quality photographers. The books are in unusual landscape format which really lends itself to the lavish illustrations and ensures a clear reading order. India and Kenya look at different aspects of life in these two countries, from the home to school, and from town to country. Information about capital cities, famous sights and popular festivals are also included. The endmatter gives extension activities and web references as well as a glossary and index.

Inspiring Artists tells us what it is that makes some famous artists so important and memorable, not only in terms of their artistic legacy, but also as to their impact on the wider world. It explores their life and times through significant pieces of their art, looking at the work in terms of its context, from conflict (Goya), to festivities (Bruegel) to personal struggle (Van Gogh). Each work is also considered in terms of its style, technique and artistic innovation. Derided and overlooked during his brief lifetime, the brilliant but tortured Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is today celebrated as one of the most important figures in modern art. His vibrant, expressive paintings of everyday settings and ordinary people have had a huge impact on artists as varied as Gustav Klimt, Francis Bacon and Anselm Kiefer.

Find out about the people and culture of Spain in this colourful book about the country. Looking at topics such as land and sea, weather, town and country, homes, shopping, food, sport, holidays and festivals. Includes instructions on how to play a traditional Spanish ball game.

Part of a series which uses oral history, archive photographs and colour ephemera to bring to life social history over the last century. This book focuses on children's toys. What were/are toys made of? The book brings the topic up to date by finishing on the experiences of the five-year-old child.

Argues that the hands are the busiest part of the human body, and looks at gestures, sign language, and other things we can do with our hands.

Describes how washing was done at the turn of the century, and discusses clothes care, soap, water supplies, washday routines, ironing, and laundries

Ready Set Go is an innovative activity series that explores a variety of popular themes, combining information with ideas for fun activities. Ages 7+.

First writing; Adventures in literacy.

Jim and all the farm animals make sounds trying to wake up the cow sleeping in the middle of the road.

Looks at cars and driving, and shows how they have changed during this century by examining the experiences of four generations of one family. Suggested level: primary.

These engaging books show budding writers how to plan, draft, and write imaginative stories, plus all kinds of practical writing, including invitations, labels, and lists. Young writers will learn how to shape their stories, develop characters, create effective endings, and much more.

Special detective Peabody and his assistant, Humbug the dog, plan to a trip to the seaside but end up searching for the thieves of their ship's missing valuables.