New Releases by Ruth Thomson

A brilliant series that combines historical facts with interesting and relevant ideas for craft activities

This great series looks at how children can help themselves to stay safe

Describes how a bean grows from a seed to an adult plant.

Describes how honeybees grow from an egg into a full-grown insect.

Describes how a salmon grows from an egg, becomes stronger by feeding on plankton, and swims back upstream to where it was born as a fully grown adult.

Describes the physical characteristics of an adult cat and the process by which it grows from a newborn kitten into a cat.

Describes the physical characteristics of frogs and introduces their life cycle, from egg to tadpole to adult frog.

Describes how chickens grow from an egg into an adult chicken and introduce their physical characteristics.

''What is a Self-Portrait?'' features well-known examples of fine art and discusses how artists reveal themselves through their self-portraits.

Objects from around the world are gathered together to give design inspiration and then linked with art and design projects for readers to create their own work

Examines why metal is useful, how it is made and how to reuse it.

First Writing is a range of books from the hugely successful Adventures in Literacy series. These two new titles in the range offer the basic skills essential for forming simple sentences, rhymes and stories and guide children from phonics through to independent writing and reading. The series covers non-fiction and fiction writing skills, enabling children to expand their vocabulary and express their imagination.

This lively series provides an accessible introduction to the subject of art. Examining sculpture, still life, self-portraits, and textiles, each title features examples from a variety of artists, techniques, and cultures and includes simple activities and observation questions. While inspiring their creativity, the books also encourage kids to look for art in the world around them.

One of the most awesome forces of nature, weather has long been a source of inspiration for many of the world''s most gifted artists.

Teaches young readers to examine and appreciate myths in paintings and sculptures, and provides activities to encourage the development of creative skills.

See how the explosion of color and pageantry of life''s celebrations remains a constant source of inspiration for some of the world''s greatest painters.

Discovering Paintings is a thought-provoking series of books, which compare and contrast paintings on a particular theme. The books are packed with intriguing facts and questions about pictures and painters, and also include observation games and activities.

Features words and word games to help children speak in simple and complex sentences.

Presents a variety of works of art that depict landscapes and buildings in different media, explains how they express the artist''s ideas, and suggests related projects.

What is Still Life? Featuring examples of fine art, this title looks at the variety of subjects used for still life paintings, plus elements of painting such as colour and line. What are Textiles? This title uses examples from different cultures to discuss materials and techniques for making different kinds of textiles.

Saints introduces some popular saints, explains how to recognize them, relates the stirring story behind each painting, and encourages you to take a closer look.

Over 1,100 words, grouped under keywords, provide a wide variety of words to make writing more exciting.

A beginning grammar guide that provides more sentence structure, including sentence examples, grammar instruction and creative writing ideas.

This A First Look at Art series has activity-filled books which teach children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills. It contains projects, art tips and examples from well-known works of art. This title looks at portraits in art.

A First look at Art is a series that teaches children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills.

This A First Look at Art series has activity-filled books which teach children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills. It contains projects, art tips and examples from well-known works of art. This title looks at creatures in art.

Children can become mathematical problem solvers, learning to communicate and reason mathematically, by using the Math Counts series. The full-color photographs and simple text encourage talk about topics that are essentially mathematical.

Every day, tons of used materials-from glass and paper to plastic and rubber-are thrown away and taken to landfills. This series explains how we can simultaneously do Earth a favor and create practical items from materials that would otherwise be discarded. Each book features colorful pictures and easy-to-follow text that explain how to turn glass jars into pencil holders, newspaper into bags, and much more