New Releases by Ruth Thomson

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Originally published: London: Hodder Wayland, 2005.

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.

This title focuses on people''s everyday lives in different countries around the world. It features quality, specially commissioned photographs and offers a very accessible approach with a lot of information given in extended captions.

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.

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

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 families in art.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.