Jane Wilsher - Böcker

Ge dig ut på en spännande resa i Vintergatan och yttre rymden! Genom stora, färggranna illustrationer och korta faktatexter kan du ta reda på allt du vill veta om universum och de fantastiska planeterna i vårt solsystem. Utforska månen och dess kratrar, besök den röda och steniga planeten Mars och ta reda på vilken planet som vält på sidan. Här kan du också läsa om hur livet på den internationella rymdstationen ISS går till, hur en robotbil landar och hur en månbil ser ut. Och är du nyfiken på att veta mer om svarta hål, mörk materia eller olika typer av galaxer så är detta boken för dig!

A fresh and fun outdoors activity book to learn about and make friends with your very own (chosen) tree! First, select the friendly wooden giant that you want to get to know, then meet and explore it more fully with 21 games and activities, all taking place in the great outdoors.Hug your tree, rub its bark, ask your tree how old it is and meet the animals that make their homes in its branches.You can also take a bath with your tree (a forest bath that is!), play games together, and make forest art.This playful approach to an outdoor activity book supports learning, helps foster a vital bond with nature and stimulates creative and imaginative play for children of 6 and over.ContentsSay hooray for trees!Choose your treeMeet your treeHug your treeDraw a portrait of your treeRub your tree's barkAsk your tree its ageMeasure your treeTalk leaves to your treeWatch your tree over the yearBreathe with your treeMeet your tree's animal friendsCan you eat your tree?Picnic with your treePlay tree tagDream a tree houseClimb your treeMake forest artPlant a new treeThank your treeLook after your treeMore things to do with a treeMini tree glossary

Build towers out of baked mud bricks, gather soil to make a home for worms or ants, and decorate a gigantic mud pie with flowers, twigs and leaves.Packed with arts and crafts, games, thought exercises, science experiments and more, this fun and educational book gets kids to experience the wonder of nature – and talks them through how to safely (and cleanly!) play with slimy, squelchy mud.…all while helping them to develop an understanding of its fantastic superpowers, from its role in growing plants to the cozy home it makes for diverse animal species.With dedicated how-to boxes and step-by-step instructions, as well as splashes of informative detail on ecosystems, plant growth and more, this book is a companion to all sorts of outside activities that can be done wrapped up warm on a muddy autumn day, or baking in the sun at the height of summer.The activities can be done in any order, some alone, some with a grown-up or group of friends.Want to know something cool about Ivy Kids? We print our books on RUBBISH! All our books are printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, right here in the UK. That means they cost the Earth less to make!

Wow friends and family with the similarities and differences between over 150 comparative pairs in this detailed encyclopedia, ideal for picking up over and over again.  What's the difference between a country and a continent? What's the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?And what about a wormhole and a black hole?What's the Actually Factually Difference? is a fun-filled, fact-packed encyclopedia with sections on space, the body, the world, food, technology, transport, animals and more. This is an accessible and easy-to-understand introduction to all kinds of popular subjects for children.For every comparative pair the same fun question, ‘What’s the difference between?’, is clearly explained and answered. Each time, both words are defined, the similarities and differences between the two things are outlined, and additional facts and pull-outs are included. This entertaining and informative book brings every fact to life with humour and wit.What's the Actually Factually Difference? opens up a world of facts and quizzing with family and friends. This fresh and fun encyclopedia is the perfect next adventure for curious young minds.

Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside nests, dens, hives, burrows and other animal homes? Deep underground, high up in the mountains and way down at the bottom of the sea, animals make extraordinary homes in surprising places and in ingenious ways. Use the magic lens to look inside these clever constructions and discover all the amazing ways animals make themselves at home in their habitat. Take a tour inside termite mounds and squirrel dreys, bat tents and bee hives, bear dens and tarantula burrows. Explore a whole world of Marvellous Animal Homes!

If you could invent anything, what would it be? If there were no limitations to your creativity, how far would you go? This book makes the reader the inventor, and with over 450 variations, the sky is the limit when it comes to the contraptions you can create. From star-powered submarines to dream-powered space rockets, and flush-powered bicycles to solar-powered toilets, you can create the wildest, most unbelievable inventions ever seen on planet Earth.With bright, bold illustrations by Mar Hernández and brilliant facts, become the inventor of your own future.

In this eye-catching book, readers can explore the hidden inner workings of machines and inventions, from mundane objects such as toasters and bicycles to cutting edge technologies such as pill-sized medical robots and super-fast maglev trains. Readers use the see-through magic lens to reveal how things work and the elements hidden within machines – everything from wires and pipes to the magnetic and gravitational forces machines rely on to function.Accompanying text explains how these machines function, how they affect our daily lives, and the physical and chemical phenomena that enable them to work.

In this eye-catching book, readers can explore the hidden inner workings of the human body, look inside different organs and body systems and learn about how to look after their own physical and mental health at the same time. Readers use the see-through magic lens to reveal how our bodies function and the different body parts hard at work inside us. Find out how your senses work with your brain to show us the world around us, how doctors and nurses spot diseases and how we turn food into energy... and poo.So pick up the magic lens and take a tour of the marvellous human body!

A thrilling virtual tour animal safari.Take a hike through the world's rainforests and spot more than 200 wild, colourful, peculiar, and marvellous jungle animals - without ever leaving your own bedroom! Get up close to jaguars and sloths, swim with manatees and piranhas, and watch a bird of paradise show. The imaginative narrative makes you feel like you are actually there.

Zoom into Space for an exhilarating journey through the Solar System and beyond.Land on the Moon, visit the International Space Station, take a Space walk and tour the planets. But watch out for Space junk, dark matter and black holes!The bright, quirky images, evocative narrative and interactive 'Spot It' game will thrill budding young astronauts throughout the universe.