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Dive into the world of business with this lively introduction, whether you want to be an entrepreneur or a smarter consumer. With bright, infographic pictures, it describes how to start your own business, manage your money and beat the competition and explains global supply chains and interest rates. Includes links to websites to find out more.Chapters in this book include:- What is a business?- Why do we need businesses?- Business is everywhere- Why set up a business?How to start a businessDo you want to start a business? Here are the basics you need to get stuck in: think up business ides, testing them, sussing out your competition, and raising the money you need to start.How to sell your stuffRaring to go? Now you need to answer these questions: where should your goods or services be on sale? How much should you charge? And how do you persuade people to buy them?Keeping track of moneyHow do businesses make sure they spend less money than they make? Why do you need to pay taxes? And why do some businesses fail?People in businessHere's where to find out who does what in business. Read about what makes a good leader, how leaders get the best out of their employees, and how businesses can affect consumers and communities.Making a productHow do you make something that is high quality, without it costing too much? How do businesses satisfy customers and protect the environment at the same time?Growing the businessBigger is better, isn't it? But how do you grow your business? And can a business ever get too big?The bigger pictureAll businesses are affected by the world around them. Find out about the economy and interest rates and how they affect business. Discover how governments support and control businesses, and the impact of new technology.What now?

This friendly, engaging book shows how English really works. With over 125 flaps to lift, children can learn about verbs, pronouns, commas and more. Discover apostrophes at superhero school, defeat a dragon in a quest to understand adverbs and meet a pair of sloths who know the difference between its and it's. At the end, a Silly Sentence Maker game allows readers to practise what they've learned, and there are links to websites with more games, activities and help. Even the trickiest topics are brought to life by Shaw Nielsen's bright, quirky illustrations and characters.Chapters in this book include:- Nouns and pronouns- Adjectives- Verbs- Adverbs and determiners- Prepositions- Sentences- Clauses and conjunctions- Apostrophes- Speech marks- Spot the difference- Silly sentence maker

Nobody has everything they need, all the time - so how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem. With bright, infographics pictures, this informative book describes why markets are so important, how businesses work out what to sell, and how governments choose how to run a country. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites for more information.Chapters in this book include:- What is economics?- What is an economy?- What do economists study?- How do you do economics?Not enough to go aroundThe things we need to survive, how we choose them, and why there's never enough time: the big reasons why economies exist.MarketsBuying and selling and how prices are set - as if by magic.Making choicesHow do people make choices and why are those choices often unexpected? How can businesses and governments change people's choices? Why would they want to?Production, profit and competitionWhat big choices do businesses face? Why is competition so important? Why do some businesses produce pollution and what should we do about it?Economic systemsIs there a set of rules that would make it possible to share everything fairly? Or is it better to have winners and losers? What systems have people tried?MacroeconomicsWhat tools do governments use to measure the economy? What effects do their choices have on individual people and the economy as a whole?International tradeWhy everyone from around the world benefits from buying and selling each other's products - and why governments sometimes don't like it.Big questions (and a few answers)How the tools of economics help us make sense of everything, from war to famine to saving the planet.What's next?

Step outdoors with this book and wave goodbye to boredom! Open a bug hotel, read the night sky and go bird spotting, then learn to draw animals, write a nature poem, and do an outdoor quiz. With specially selected links to websites for even more fun outdoor activities. Wherever you are, wherever you go, there'll never be a dull moment again!

Follow a plane on a journey around the world in this little book, and peep inside its cockpit, engine and even its wings to find out how it works. With colourful illustrations, flaps to lift and holes to peep through, there's so much to discover in this fascinating introduction to planes and how they fly.

Everything you need to embroider, frame and hang a beautiful flamingo, including a piece of cotton fabric printed with a flamingo design, a needle, embroidery hoop and green, blue and pink thread. There's also a 16-page book with simple, step-by-step instructions showing you exactly what to do, and links to video clips of embroidery skills.

With questions such as How do you write a song? and Can you play music in space? this book is perfect for encouraging an interest in music. Lift the flaps to discover instruments from around the world, and hear them come to life by listening to the book's playlist on Usborne Quicklinks.

Nee naw, nee naw! The fire engine is here to save the day. Peep into the cab, roll out the hoses and slide out the ladder to find out how it works. Truck-obsessed toddlers will love all the details to spot, flaps to lift and holes to peep through. An exciting introduction to some of the people who help us.

Now breathe.and relax. This write-in activity book is all about taking a little time to breathe, focus and be calm, with the help of some friendly sloths. Try a spot of yoga, colour in soothing squiggles or go on a sense safari - take a quiet moment, just for you. With links to Usborne Quicklinks with specially selected websites for more relaxation activities.

Fully-illustrated and filled with real-world examples, this book explains the basics of psychology, from how people think, feel and behave to how scientists can study and be sure about what is actually going on in other people's brains.Chapters in this book include:- What is psychology?- So much to explore...- Looking for answers- Psychology's close relativesExperimentsPsychologists ask questions about how people think, feel or behave. They then find a way to test possible answers.The core functions of the mindHow do we sense our surroundings, learn language or remember things?Thinking things throughHow do we make judgements and decisions? And do they always make sense?Differences between peopleWe're all unique but we're also very similar. How do psychologists define the difference between us?Growing up and upWe turn from a tiny cell to a baby, to a child, to an adult. Psychologists call this development.We are social creaturesDiscover how our behaviour is affected by the people around us.Brains and mental healthMeet your brain, and find out about brain illnesses, injuries and other mental health problems.Jobs in psychology

An entertaining and thought-provoking guide to what laws are, who makes them and how people enforce them. It covers crime and punishment as well as social and citizenship issues such as politics and international law, using a mixture of debates, cartoon strips and clear diagrams.Chapters in this book include:- What is law?- Why do we need laws?- How does the law work?- Right and wrong- It isn't black and whiteCriminal LawAn unlucky accident, or a serious crime? Follow a story to see what happens, and who gets involved, from a person's arrest to trial and beyond.Civil lawMost law isn't about crime and punishment - it's about settling arguments, and making sure people behave fairly to each other. This is 'civil' law.How is law made?Laws used to be made by leaders with limitless powers. Today, most laws are made by elected politicians, who have to follow all sorts of rules.Law across bordersAre there laws that the whole world has to obey? How are those made - and how are they enforced?Human rightsSome of the most important laws, or rights, are meant to ensure that all people can live safe, healthy lives with equal opportunities. But does this actually happen?JusticeJustice means fairness. It's what law is all about, isn't it? But are laws themselves fair? And what about the system that enforces the law - is that fair?Big questionsOften in law, there are questions that don't have simple answers. Read some of the arguments and see if you can make up your own mind.What next?What about YOU? Could you be a lawyers, or a lawmaker, or a law enforcer?

Find out how to turn old newspapers into trees that grow. Transform junk mail into jewels and coil strips of paper into pictures. Fold origami frogs for a race, test paper planes and parachutes and design your own board game. There are amazing tricks you can do with just a pair of scissors and a piece of paper and tips for making your own cabinet of curiosities. This treasure trove of a book has so many rewarding ideas for cutting, folding and sticking that you'll never be bored again!

Beep, Beep! The recycling truck has arrived! Peep under flaps and through holes to find out how it works, as it trundles around town collecting recycling and taking it to the sorting factory. This friendly introduction to the topic of recycling is perfect for little hands and curious minds.

Why can't I be happy all the time? What can I do when I feel like exploding? Is it ok to give up? This book is packed full of tips, tools and everyday situations to help kids think about and answer these BIG questions for themselves.

Meet monsters, ogres and giants - plus a very grumpy troll - from all over the world. Ten entertaining stories include a female Jack climbing the beanstalk, a lonely ogre and a brave little tailor whose adventure begins with some annoying flies and a pot of jam.Chapters in this book include:- Jack and the beanstalk- The magic bird- The one-inch prince- The billy goats Gruff- The brave little tailor- Hop-on-my-thumb- Theseus and the Minotaur- The giant princess- The princess and the ogre- The valley of diamonds

The world we live in is complex and constantly changing. It's battered by weather, shaken by earthquakes, and mined, farmed and polluted by humans. This book helps readers understand these processes, make sense of our relationship with the planet, and find ways to change it for the better. Geography is a HUGE subject area that deals with so much more than map-making, rocks, and town planning. This book unpicks how an awareness of geography helps people think about how important the world around us is, from the landscape we live on to the relationships between entire countries.Part of the award-winning 'for Beginners' series, which explains big subjects to kids in late primary and early secondary education. Each book outlines what those subjects are about, which big questions experts are grappling with, and what jobs people who study them might go on to do.Chapters in this book include:- What is geography?Journey into the EarthWhat the Earth itself is made of, how that all works, and how we find out more about it.Weather and climateWhat goes on in the Earth's atmosphere, the difference between weather and climate, and how they both affect people's lives around the world.Watery worldAll about oceans, rivers and ice - and how people's lives depend on water in all sorts of ways.Homes, towns, citiesWhere people live, why they live there, and how people shape the places around them.How money and power shape the worldHow countries and borders work, and how and why some countries are more powerful than others.Improving livesUsing the tools of geography to find out how people live in different countries and identify ways to improve lives.Big issuesWhat are some of the big questions that geographers ask? What geography mysteries are yet to be solved?Geography is EVERYWHERE!Jobs in geography

Find out how English really works with the help of some friendly bugs. They know all the spelling, punctuation and grammar tips and tricks for good writing. Brought to life with funny examples and imaginative activities.Chapters in this book include:- About English- Letters- Wonderful words- Nouns- Adjectives- Verbs- Adverbs- Prefixes- Suffixes- Spelling- Punctuation- Sentences- Types o fwriting- Telling stories- Poems- Creative writing- Top tips- Tricky spellings

Discover how your body works in this brightly illustrated peep-through book. Find out what happens to food after you eat it, discover how and why you breathe, and learn how your growing muscles can lift heavy objects.