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The Viking Life series explores the everyday lives of people who lived during the Viking era. This title looks at how and where the Vikings built and furnished their homes. It examines how Viking families lived and worked as well as what people ate and how they enjoyed themselves.

The skeletons want a pet. Skelly finds a bat in the tower and thinks she’ll be the perfect pet but Bony Tony doesn’t agree!

The animals on the farm have all got a present, but who is it from? Detective Dog finds a trail of treasure and sets off to follow it… Detective Dog is a series of four books a green band 5 of the Start Reading programme.

A colourful and lively exploration of the Caribbean island of St Lucia, looking at landscape, people, settlements and wildlife. With specially commissioned photography that captures the colour and vibrancy of St Lucia, this title will become a welcome source of information for this highly popular key stage 2 classroom topic.

A colourful introduction for young readers to the seaside. The young boy, Alex, tells us all about his home town at the seaside and the things in his local area such as his school, what he does after school, going to the seafront and the beach, what he does at the weekend, the different jobs people do there, different sorts of shops that are at in seaside towns and how people get about.

Includes a picture quiz and free downloadable worksheets.

This book encourages children to think about the similarities and differences between the place where they live and where other people live.

This books tells young readers all about the Ambulance Service, from who are the crew to what happens in an emergency. Looking at the ambulance’s equipment, first responders, how to call for an ambulance and the St John Ambulance.

Includes a picture quiz and free downloadable activities.

Follow some firefighters to find out what they do. Visit a fire station and see inside a fire engine. Find out how firefighters work as a team to put out fires. Discover how firefighters rescue people in danger. Learn how to dial 999 in an emergency.

The books look at religious stories, celebrations, how people worship and the importance of belonging to each religion. There is a fun, easy-to-make festival-related craft activity at the end of each title.

The books look at religious stories, celebrations, how people worship and the importance of belonging to each religion. There is a fun, easy-to-make festival-related craft activity at the end of each title.

The books look at religious stories, celebrations, how people worship and the importance of belonging to each religion. There is a fun, easy-to-make festival-related craft activity at the end of each title.

Clap Your Hands looks at the different sounds that you can make using your body, to support the teaching of reading using phonics.

Using specially commissioned photography, this series introduces the reader to common new and first experiences. The choice of titles reflect the most common types of experiences. The series uses the perspective of another child to tell the ‘story’ of a particular experience and explores how they feel by the event. At the end, advice will be given to help deal with difficult situations such as feeling jealous because a new baby in the family is getting everyone’s attention.

Using specially commissioned photography, this series introduces the reader to common new and first experiences. The choice of titles reflect the most common types of experiences. The series uses the perspective of another child to tell the ‘story’ of a particular experience and explores how they feel by the event. At the end, advice will be given to help deal with difficult situations such as feeling jealous because a new baby in the family is getting everyone’s attention.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.

This hugely popular brand of geography books take an interactive approach to each topic encouraging the reader to ask questions, collect, record and analyse their findings.

Classification: Focus on: Fish shows children how to identify and group fish according to their characteristics. It answers questions such as what is a fish? Where do fish live? What do fish eat? And how do fish move about? Along with many others.

The book looks at fish from sharks and piranhas to pufferfish and catfish and their young, as well as some more unusual amphibians such as lampreys and cleaner wrasses. It also offers advice on keeping fish as pets.

The book also contains a useful scale to demonstrate the size of many fish in comparison to a human hand or an adult man, along with a topic web, a glossary and some suggestions for extension activities.

Other titles in the series include Classification: Focus on: Birds, Classification: Focus on: Insects, Classification: Focus on: Reptiles and Classification: Focus on: Mammals.

Classification: Focus on: Birds shows children how to identify and group birds according to their characteristics. It answers questions such as what is a bird? Where do birds live? What do birds eat? And how do birds get around? Along with many others.

The book looks at birds from owls and penguins to eagles and hawks and their young, as well as some more unusual birds such as pelicans and secretary birds. It also offers advice on keeping birds as pets.

The book also contains a useful scale to demonstrate the size of many amphibians in comparison to an adult man, along with a topic web, a glossary and some suggestions for extension activities.

Other titles in the series include Classification: Focus on: Amphibians, Classification: Focus on: Insects, Classification: Focus on: Reptiles, Classification: Focus on: Mammals and Classification: Focus on: Fish.

Sheldon have made it to the Cup Final. They are very much the underdogs. Their opponents West Cross United are top of the league and full of internationals. It’s time for Danny, Robbie, Ledley, Kyle, Naz, Joe and the others to show how good and determined they are – and to believe that, as their manager reminds them, on their day they can beat anyone. But will their efforts be good enough to lift the trophy?

‘Freestylers’ are a range of reading books with low-level text for readers of both sexes with a reading age of 5-7. The engaging stories are perfect for older, struggling readers as well as emerging readers. The books can be used for both guided reading and independent reading.

A core character throughout the series of six football titles, provides familiarity, which builds confidence and eases readers from one story to the next, accelerating reading progress.

All texts have been checked by reading consultant Dee Reid. Dee is an expert in the field of children’s literacy and has produced many award-winning series and some of the best education books and training programmes available to teachers looking to support children’s literacy.

There are endless facts to learn about vehicles and motors, but once you’ve absorbed them, do you really know how these machines work? They keep on turning thanks to some incredible processes – and grasping them is the key to understanding machines. It’s time to discover how cars go, how a plane flies and how to dig a tunnel. Pore over the step-by-step infographic art and fascinating facts to uncover the dazzling truth about man-made inventions – then try out the mind-bending challenges on each page!

TOPICS:
How to make a bicycle go
How to stop a bicycle
How a crane lifts
How a digger digs
How a car goes
How to make electricity
How to harvest a crop
How to dig a tunnel
How a plane flies
How a submarine dives
How a hovercraft flies

The Infographic How It Works series is an exploration of the processes that make the world go round, from the activity in tectonic plates to the enzymes that break down food in our bodies. Each process is clearly explained using amazing infographics and essential facts – plus an experiment or challenge for readers to try, so they can keep the discovery going.

Other titles in the Infographic How It Works series:
Life on Earth
Our Planet
Our Universe
Today’s Technology
Your Body

From algae producing oil and driverless cars to Tsunami-proof towns and farmer-bots, welcome to how our environment may look in the near future! Find out all about the mind-blowing science and technology the future has in store for us.

Graffiti art is making an impact on our urban landscape – make sure it’s on your radar! Look inside to find out which artists are at the cutting edge of graffiti culture, learn about the different methods of creating urban art and read a star story of a famous graffiti artist! Are you on the radar?