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Solar System Collection 6 Books Set Sun and Moon, Earth & Mars, Venus
Specially designed for those children aged 6 and over with Level 2 reading ability, this accessible and stunningly illustrated six-book collection offers early readers key details in a fun format about our Solar System and beyond.
What are stars made of? What surrounds our solar system? What’s Mercury like? Tackling these questions and more, the Up In Space collection is the ideal educational and entertaining resource that introduces children to stars and planets.
With straightforward sentences, enlightening photography and varying topics to be explored, the books provide a simple and pleasantly challenging step up from Level 1 reading and make for a very rewarding reading experience. Perfect for youngsters fascinated by space or those beginning to learn about this exciting subject at school.
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Published: 27-08-2015 Format: Papercover Edition: 1st Extent: 656 ISBN: 9781408839973 Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing -
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
“When my teacher, Mr Fullerman, doesn’t have his BEADY EYES on me, I like to draw pictures and write stories about stuff – like when we had the worst holiday ever (camping sucks), and when my parents came to school for parents’ evening (groan), and about how Marcus Meldrew is the most annoying boy in the world and how I don’t want to sit next to him in class. All I want to do is get tickets to see the best band ever, DUDE3, when they come to town. It’s not easy when I’m up against Delia, my weirdo big sister, and all my plans seem to get me into MAJOR TROUBLE.”
Tom Gates is a master of excuses, expert doodler, comic story writer extraordinaire – and the bane of his grumpy teacher Mr Fullerman’s life. And in his wacky journal of scribbles and silliness, you’ll find all sorts of comic craziness to make you groan with glee! Will Tom ever manage to get his homework in on time, avoid the rage of his teacher – AND impress Amy Porter, who sits next to him? Warning! Do not attempt to read this in public. You will snigger loudly!
Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers – Red House Children’s Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 5 – 12 year-olds category. The other titles in this series are: TOM GATES: EXCELLENT EXCUSES (AND OTHER GOOD STUFF)(9781407124407); TOM GATES: EVERYTHING’S AMAZING (SORT OF) (9781407124414); TOM GATES: GENIUS IDEAS (MOSTLY)(9781407134505). This book takes the form of Tom’s battered homework diary – crammed with his scribbles and stories and is totally accessible for boys and girls and reluctant readers. Honest, silly, and laugh-out-loud funny, Tom Gates is a superb voice for children of 9+. -
Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff) by Tom Gates
The second title in the bestselling series from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon.
No school for two whole weeks! (Yeah!)I can forget ALL about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew).
And concentrate on good stuff like:
Inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia. (So many).
Band practice for DOGZOMBIES (with my mate Derek).
Watching TV and eating caramel wafers.
Eating caramel wafers and watching TV.
Excellent.
Unfortunately a couple of small problems called the dentist and my big weirdo sister, Delia, seem to be getting in the way of my BRILLIANT plans . . . -
Super Good Skills (Almost…) (Tom Gates)
Look out! Tom, Delia and the whole Gates family are going on holiday. How will Tom manage to keep himself busy on the most boring campsite ever? By doodling, of course! An exciting new story – with doodle your own elements! – from award-winning and best-selling author Liz Pichon.
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Top of the Class (Nearly) (Tom Gates) Hard cover
From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers – Red House Children’s Book Award, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 5 – 12 year-olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013, comes the ninth amazing instalment of this brilliant series! TIPS FOR BEING TOP OF THE CLASS (Sadly…I did NONE of these things.) 1. Stay awake in lessons (it helps.) 2. Don’t draw HILARIOUS pictures of your teachers. 3. AVOID the class bully to stay out of trouble. 4. Don’t let Mum and Dad write ANYTHING in your school planner. 5. Don’t let your grumpy sister Delia BOSS you around. (Technically not a school issue – but still important.) I’m TRYING to get voted onto the school council as well – but thanks to the ABOVE list it’s not exactly going to plan.
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Point Blanc Graphic Novel (Alex Rider)
Investigations into the “accidental” deaths of two of the world’s most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy, a school for rebellious rich kids run by the sinister Dr Grief and set high in the French Alps. Armed with a new collection of gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and establish the truth about what is really happening there.
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Eagle Strike Graphic Novel (Alex Rider)
Relaxing in the south of France, reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like any ordinary fourteen-year-old – until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery. And this time, MI6 don’t want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends’ attackers, even if he must do it alone. But it’s a path that leads to a long-buried secret – and a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. Alex Rider has 90 minutes to save the world.
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The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
A powerful argument by the secretary general of Amnesty International that poverty is not just an economic problem but a global human-rights violation.
In our rapidly globalizing age with economic growth occurring in almost every corner of the world, it is easy to forget that more than one billion people still live on less than one dollar a day. Poverty is the worst human-rights crisis in the world today, denying billions of people their most basic rights. In a bracing argument enriched by compelling photographs from across the world, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan makes the case that poverty remains a global epidemic because we continue to define it as an economic problem whose only solution is foreign aid and investment. Khan calls for a reevaluation of this longstanding assumption and turns us toward confronting poverty as a human-rights violation. Empowering the poor with basic rights of security is our only chance for eradicating poverty and giving freedom and dignity to those who have never experienced it -
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The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa’s Economic Miracle
- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (August 25, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 113728014X
- ISBN-13: 978-1137280145
- Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
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The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
By David Walliams
- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Age Range: 9 – 12 years
- Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books (3 Nov. 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0008164614
- ISBN-13: 978-0008164614
- Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 4.2 x 22.3 cm