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A pack of 6 international inquiry-based readers covering the PYP transdisciplinary theme of 'How we organise ourselves' for Level 10, designed to support comprehension and oral language and to motivate learners to develop important inquiry-based reading strategies.

This book combines good quality artwork and contemporary illustrations with simple, well-written text. Young readers will discover how the fire started, what devastation it caused and will be able to compare fire-fighting in 1666 to the present day.Photos of artefacts and original illustrations help bring the topic to life.

This book explains who Florence Nightingale was, and the work she did. Her role in the hospitals at Scutari during the Crimean War is looked at, together with the campaigning she did in Britain for better health care.Complete with photos, paintings, glossary and index.

Can you imagine what our lives would be like after we run short of vital fossil fuels? What would happen to our transport, to the way we produce and distribute food, and to the many machines and gadgets we use? How would people, communities, and countries respond to shortages of energy? This book traces the possible consequences of a global event on this scale, with ideas and evidence based on similar scenarios that are a part of fact and fiction.

This colourful and positive book explains why it's good to 'go green'!It's Anjali's birthday party and the children have had a great time. But looking around the room at the end, they see mountains of rubbish, from food waste to wrapping paper, burst balloons and small plastic toys. What will happen to all of this waste?The children find out what happens at a recycling centre and about the huge amount of objects that can be recycled or reused. They learn how to take action outside by helping nature, reducing waste at school dinners, and saving energy and water at home. Through chatting to teachers and local people, the children learn all about green topics such as landfills, litter, plastic mountains in oceans and global warming. But it's not all doom and gloom. They discover that there are ways that they can take action to help save their environment and the planet. By walking to school or switching off lights when they don't need them, this book is full of ideas for reducing and reusing. At the end they hold a fun Eco Festival to raise awareness of how easy it is to 'go green'!'Stop and Think' panels encourage readers to think about the problem in their local area and 'Take Action' panels give advice for how readers can get involved.Look out for the other titles in this series: Wild Weather!, Save the Seas! and Nature Needs You!Great for teaching children age 7+ about science topics including pollution, global warming, natural resources and energy use.

Discover how dinosaurs first appeared on Earth and how they developed through time!Prepare to take a chronological journey, from over 200 million years ago, when tiny Saltopus hopped around in search of food, and pterosaurs took to the skies, through to huge dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus and Allosaurus of the late Jurassic Period. Travel right up to the mass extinction event of the Cretaceous Period, which wiped out three quarters of all life on the planet ...Perfect for readers aged 7+ who want to find out more about the time of the dinosaurs, and their evolution over millions of years.

Nurture a child's natural curiosity with this quirky book about the jobs people do, which won the SLA Information Book Award 2020, for age 7 and under!Think of a person who does a heroic job. Perhaps you're thinking of a firefighter who puts out burning buildings, or a doctor who makes sick people better? These people are definitely heroes, but our world is full of lots of amazing people who's job it is to help us. From park rangers to police officers and from librarians to lifeguards, the heroes who help us are everywhere!Readers will love spotting the similarities and differences between the people and places that are familiar and those that are new to them. It opens up opportunities for talking about interesting careers, diversity and positive role models and will inspire them to become 'everyday heroes' through kindness and compassion.Our heroes in action are beautifully illustrated and accompanied by easy-to-read text, which is great for sharing with a child as they learn to read. It is perfect for more confident readers who can read alone.A truly inclusive and positive book, Heroes Who Help Us represents the diversity of people on our planet and celebrates Earth's infinite varieties of race, gender, ethnicity and abilities. From Botswana to Brazil and from Nepal to New Zealand, many countries from the six inhabited continents are included, and every child reading this book should be able to find themselves represented in some way.Perfect for children aged 5+ who are learning about values and citizenship and for curious minds eager to find out a little more about the amazing people in our world.

An engaging and visually stunning look at some of Europe's major cities.This series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually stunning look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city's history. The cities of Europe covered in the book are Moscow, Russia; Paris, France; London, England; Berlin, Germany; Barcelona, Spain; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; Amsterdam, Netherlands and Stockholm, Sweden as well as Prague, Czech Republic, Reykjavik, Iceland; Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland; Warsaw, Poland; Lisbon, Portugal, Copenhagen, Denmark and Edinburgh, Scotland.Titles in the 6-book series feature the cities of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

Weather is awesome and exciting - it's part of our everyday lives but what is it? This funkily illustrated title explores all types of weather with four children Anjali, Lulu, Mason and Noah. Their teacher, Mr Sangar, explains that weather is about what's happening in the atmosphere. And, there are six major things going on up there that are constantly changing and making our weather. Mason's dad explains the water cycle to them. They experience all types of weather, such as rain, snow, sleet and hail and see some fantastic rainbows too. They learn about extreme weather, such as floods, hurricanes and typhoons and find out how to identify different types of clouds and lightning. They discover the different climate zones, learn about jet streams and get serious about climate change and global warming.Get Busy activity suggestions encourage children to be actively engaged.There are also full-page, step-by-step activities for how to make a cloud burst or a tornado in a jar.Look out for the other titles in this series: Go Green!, Nature Needs You! and Save the Seas!

Weather is awesome and exciting - it's part of our everyday lives but what is it? This fun and brightly coloured book explores all types of weather with four children Anjali, Lulu, Mason and Noah. They experience all types of weather, such as rain, snow, sleet and hail and see some fantastic rainbows too. They learn about extreme weather, such as floods, hurricanes and typhoons and find out how to identify different types of clouds and lightning. They discover the different climate zones, learn about jet streams and get serious about climate change and global warming.Includes fun step-by-step activities for how to make a cloud burst or a tornado in a jar.Perfect for children aged 7+ teaching science topics such as climate, environments, weather types, cloud formation and water cycles.Look out for the other titles in this series: Go Green!, Nature Needs You! and Save the Seas!

An engaging and visually stunning look at some of Asia's major cities.This series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually stunning look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city's history. The cities of Asia covered in the book are Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; Jakarta, Indonesia; Delhi, India; Seoul, South Korea; Tehran, Iran; Hanoi, Vietnam; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong, China as well as Islamabad, Pakistan; Kathmandu, Nepal; Singapore City, Singapore; Shanghai, China; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Dhaka, Bangladesh.Titles in the 6-book series feature the cities of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

An engaging and visually exciting look at some of Africa's major citiesThis series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city's history.The cities of Africa covered in the book are Lagos, Nigeria; Cairo, Egypt; Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; Algiers, Algeria; Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Cape Town, South Africa; Marakesh, Morocco and Maputo, Mozambique, as well as Tripoli, Libya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Monrovia, Liberia; Las Palmas, African Spanish Islands; Tunis, Tunisia, Windhoek, Namibia, Antananarivo, Madagascar and Johannesburg, South Africa.Titles in the 6-book series feature the cities of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

An engaging and visually exciting look at some of South America's major cities.This series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city's history. The cities of South America covered in the book are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bogota, Columbia; Santiago, Chile; Caracas, Venezuela; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cuzco, Peru; Montevideo, Uruguay; Georgetown, Guyana; La Paz, Bolivia; Paramaribo, Suriname; Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Lima, Peru; Manaus, Brazil; Cuenca, Ecuador; Potosi, Bolivia; Cartagena, Columbia and Asuncion, Paraguay.Titles in the 6-book series feature the cities of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

This colourful and positive book explores our seas and oceans. Four friends are having fun on the beach when they spot lots of plastic waste scattered everywhere. Discarded drinks bottles, straws, an old flipflop and even a toothbrush! How did it all get here? The children decide to investigate and soon learn all about seas and oceans, from tides and tidal waves to food chains and climate change. Full of fascinating facts and fun activities, this book will tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about our amazing seas and oceans and what you can do to help protect them!Includes step-by-step activities for how to make the layers of the ocean or how to make a surf board float.Great for teaching children age 7+ about science topics including food chains, habitats, erosion, tides, water safety and ocean wildlifeThroughout this book, there are Take Action advice panels, which give examples of small ways that people can get involved to help protect our seas and oceans. Get Busy activity suggestions encourage children to be actively engaged in conservation issues.By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of the importance of our seas and oceans, humans' impact on them and what can be done to help protect themLook out for the other titles in this series: Go Green!, Wild Weather! and Nature Needs You!

This sensitively written guide will help children to understand and come to terms with death and grief, whether they are dealing with the death of a loved one themselves, or whether they want to help a friend who is bereaved.Practical, straightforward advice will help readers through the grieving process, encouraging children to open up and talk about how they feel and showing them steps they can take to help them cope with the situation.Consultants from CHUMs, the Children's Mental Health and Emotional Well-being service, provides expert advice and information. Other titles in The Kids' Guide series:Anti-BullyingAnti-RacismDealing with AnxietyDealing with DivorceUnderstanding Autism

Today’s hottest movie stars are profiled in this glamorous volume. Readers will learn the secrets of success for each star. Zac Efron, Robert Pattison, and Amanda Seyfried are just three of the young stars covered. Quotes and photographs supplement fascinating text.

The lives of superstars like Lady Gaga and Jay-Z are explored in this exciting pop-music volume. Readers will learn about the rise of their favorite pop artists and read about their secrets to success. Fascinating facts and detailed biographies will engage and encourage readers.

A funny, engaging, picture-book approach to dental health for young readersLooking After My Teeth is about Marta and her dog, Billy. Billy loves eating chocolate, but it has given him a bad tooth and he has to go to the vet to get it taken out.Not long after this, Marta's front tooth starts to wobble and she worries that she has to have it removed, just like Billy! Marta's mother explains that everyone loses their baby teeth and that they are replaced by adult teeth. The dentist shows how Marta can look after her adult teeth so that they will be strong and healthy for her whole life.Illustrated in Mike Gordon`s inimitable and entertaining style, this book is an ideal introduction to the idea of looking after your teeth. Notes for adults and lists of further resources make these books ideal for KS1 classroom use.

This is the story of how a young girl from Florida began her career in musical theatre, before a big break on television propelled her to international stardom. This retelling of Ariana's life story is perfect for young fans to learn about the early life of a musical megastar, and her amazing rise to fame.Discover a world where dreams really do come true!

This is the story of how a young girl from Florida began her career in musical theatre, before a big break on television propelled her to international stardom. This retelling of Ariana''s life story is perfect for young fans to learn about the early life of a musical megastar, and her amazing rise to fame.Discover a world where dreams really do come true!

This is the story of Ariana Grande's incredible journey to superstardom.Discover how a young girl from Florida began her career in musical theatre, before a big break on television propelled her to international stardom, becoming very, very Popular, indeed. Find out how Ariana went from Daydreamin' and became a Disney star before becoming a world-famous singer and Dangerous Woman, landing her dream role of Glinda in the 2024 blockbuster Wicked. This retelling of Ariana's life story is perfect for young fans to learn about the early life of a musical megastar, and her amazing rise to fame.Discover a world where dreams really do come true!This updated edition now includes a new chapter, following Ariana as she takes on the role of a lifetime as Glinda in Wicked.

This is the story of Sabrina Carpenter's incredible rise to stardom!Sabrina could hear the audience chanting her name. She stepped onto the stage in her platform heels and raised the microphone to her lips. Silence fell in the arena, and she knew this was where she belonged. She started to sing...Discover how a young girl from Pennsylvania began her career posting videos of herself singing to YouTube, before a big break on television propelled her to international stardom. This retelling of Sabrina's life story is perfect for young fans to learn about the early life of a musical megastar, and her amazing rise to fame from Disney child-star to chart-topping superstar.Discover a world where dreams really do come true!