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DK Life Stories Ada Lovelace

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

79 kr

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Discover the inspiring story of Ada Lovelace, one of the world's first computer scientists!In 1833, Ada Lovelace met mathematician Charles Babbage, inventor of calculating machines. She went on to devise a way of inputting data into Babbage's Analytical Machine, and in doing so became the first ever computer programmer. In this biography book for 7-11 year olds, learn all about Ada Lovelace's intriguing life, including her talent for languages and mathematics, and her fascination with science.Life Stories is a new biography series for kids from DK that goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history's most interesting and inspiring people. Full-colour photographs and hand-drawn illustrations complement age-appropriate narrative text to create an engaging book children will enjoy reading. Definition boxes, information sidebars, inspiring quotes, and other nonfiction text features add depth, and a handy reference section at the back makes DK Life Stories the one biography series everyone will want to collect.

DK Life Stories Ada Lovelace

AvNancy Castaldo

E-bok

Engelska, 2019

48 kr

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Discover the inspiring story of Ada Lovelace, one of the first computer scientists, who predicted how computers could change our lives in this fascinating kids' biography.In 1833, Ada Lovelace met mathematician Charles Babbage, inventor of calculating machines. She went on to devise a way of inputting data into Babbage's Analytical Machine, and in doing so became the first ever computer programmer. In this biography book for 8-11 year olds, learn all about Ada Lovelace's intriguing life, including her talent for languages and mathematics, and her fascination with science.This new kids' biography series from DK goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history's most interesting and inspiring people. Full-colour photographs and hand-drawn illustrations complement age-appropriate narrative text to create an engaging book children will enjoy reading. Definition boxes, information sidebars, inspiring quotes, and other nonfiction text features add depth, and a handy reference section at the back makes DK Life Stories the one biography series everyone will want to collect.

DK Life Stories: Ada Lovelace; Helen Keller; Harriet Tubman

AvKitson Jazynka,Libby Romerom. fl.

Ljudbok

Engelska, 2020

79 kr

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Learn all about - Ada Lovelace and the world''s first computer programme - Helen Keller and how she overcame her disabilities - Harriet Tubman''s inspirational life and work - in this children''s biography.Discover the inspiring story of Ada Lovelace, one of the world''s first computer scientists!In 1833, Ada Lovelace met mathematician Charles Babbage, inventor of calculating machines. She went on to devise a way of inputting data into Babbage''s Analytical Machine, and in doing so became the first ever computer programmer. In this biography audiobook for 7-11 year olds, learn all about Ada Lovelace''s intriguing life, including her talent for languages and mathematics, and her fascination with science.In this kids'' biography, discover the inspiring story of Helen Keller, who overcame the odds by learning to understand and communicate with the world.Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing due to an early childhood illness and spent the first 6 years of her life unable to interact with other people. She remained isolated from the outside world until Anne Sullivan came to work as her teacher. In this biography audiobook, learn all about Helen Keller''s amazing life and achievements - how she learned to read Braille and speak, go to college, write books, and ultimately revolutionize the world through her activism on behalf of the deaf and blind.Discover the inspiring story of Harriet Tubman, a fearless activist and abolitionist who helped guide many slaves to freedom.Born into slavery in the 1820s, Harriet Tubman would later run away and help scores of other African American slaves escape to freedom in the North, using the ""Underground Railroad"". A nurse, scout, and advisor during the American Civil War, Harriet co-led the Combahee River Raid, in which 700 slaves were liberated. After the war, Harriet became involved in women''s suffrage, or the right to vote, and opened a retirement home for sick and elderly African Americans.Learn all about Harriet Tubman''s fascinating life, the hardships she endured, the people she helped and rescued, the battles she fought, and how this American icon of strength continues to inspire so many people today.This new biography series from DK goes beyond the basic facts to tell the true life stories of history''s most interesting people. An age-appropriate text to create an engaging audiobook children will enjoy listening to. This is the one biography series everyone will want to collect.© 2019; Nancy Castaldo; Libby Romero; Kitson Kazynka © 2020 DK Audio

Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures)

How Nellie Bly Chased an Impossible Dream...

AvNancy Castaldo

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

94 kr

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Does Nellie Bly have what it takes to race around the world? Travel to all corners of the globe in this action-packed Totally True Adventure. When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and did it in less than eighty days? In 1889, people doubted it could be done—especially by a woman. But with one small bag and a sturdy coat, Nellie set out anyway. Soon the whole world was rooting for her. Could she make it back home in time? This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Farm That Feeds Us: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm

AvNancy Castaldo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

282 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

Farm That Feeds Us

A year in the life of an organic farm

AvNancy Castaldo

E-bok

Engelska, 2020

143 kr

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Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way. Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping and baking bread.To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms.Through this colourful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.

Farm That Feeds Us

A year in the life of an organic farm

AvNancy Castaldo

E-bok

Engelska, 2020

166 kr

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Where does our food come from? What role do farms play? What’s it like to be a farmer? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow a farm throughout the year to discover how the farmer grows fresh and tasty food for us to eat in a sustainable and natural way. Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life. In the spring, visit the chicken coop, till the fields and tour the farm machinery. When summer comes, plant corn, meet the pollinators and head to the county fair. In the fall, make pies and preserves, harvest pumpkins and put the fields to sleep. Winter activities include trimming and pruning the orchard, seed shopping and baking bread.To conclude your year on the farm, learn what you can do to support the farmers who pick our carrots and raise the cows for our milk. A glossary defines key sustainable farming terms.Through this colourful and intimate look at life on a small-scale farm, children will learn not only how the farm feeds us, but how the farmer must feed and care for the farm.

World That Feeds Us

AvNancy Castaldo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

151 kr

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'A clear and engaging guide to sustainable food production with lovely illustrations.' - The Sunday TimesWhere does our food come from? Is farming different around the world? In this charmingly illustrated book, follow sustainable farming around the world to discover how farmers from Hawaii, to Sweden, the UK and beyond grow the fresh and tasty food we enjoy eating.Explore the seasonal workings of farms around the world, and how food can be grown using sustainable methods that focus on quality versus quantity to ensure an environmentally healthy future. The World That Feeds Us explores fascinating farms and farming techniques around the world, including: Global cacao production City farms, on rooftops and beyond Heirloom crops and heritage breeds Farmer's markets across the globe High tech machinery such as farmbotsA glossary defines key sustainable farming terms. Through this colourful and global look at farming, children will learn how farmers, and us, can make choices to protect the planet, whilst still enjoying delicious and nutritious food.

Riverkeeper

Protecting an American River

AvNancy Castaldo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025, 9-12 år

319 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

Riverkeeper: Protecting an American River

AvNancy Castaldo

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

234 kr

Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar

National Geographic Kids Ultimate Food Atlas

Maps, Games, Recipes, and More for Hours of Delicious Fun

AvNancy Castaldo,Christy Mihaly

Inbunden, Engelska, 1900

260 kr

Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar

Squirrel

How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World

AvNancy Castaldo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

255 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and bird feedersnever failto exasperate. But squirrels are more than amusing backyard entertainers, and few of usknow much about them or fullyappreciate their role in keeping the environment healthy. As stress on the natural world intensifies,should we be paying more attention to the plight of squirrels? In Squirrel, Nancy Castaldo shines new light on thisfamiliar backyard mammal, exploring their staggering diversity(they're found on all continents but Antarctica) and the many surprising ways they shape our world, our communities, and our cultures. Each chapter explores anaspect ofsquirrels and their close and sometimes fraught association with humans: their importance to myriad ecosystems through sophisticated food-caching strategies; their introduction tonineteenth-century urban parks as adorable ambassadors for nature; their complicated global status as both invasive and endangered; their role as celebrated cultural icons and social media memes; andultimately, why we must preventpopulation declines and protecttheir well-beingwhile we can.Like other wildlife species, squirrels areincreasinglystressed by climate change, and their speculative fate may foreshadow our own.Thebook includes a detailed bibliography, an exhaustive list ofsquirrel species and their status, and tips for coexisting peaceably with squirrels in ouryards and neighborhoods.Chapters are introduced by exquisitely drawnhistorical illustrations.

Squirrel

How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World

AvNancy Castaldo

E-bok

Engelska, 2025

281 kr

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Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and birdfeeders never fail to exasperate. But squirrels are more than amusing backyard entertainers, and few of us know much about them or fully appreciate their role in keeping the environment healthy. As stress on the natural world intensifies, should we be paying more attention to the plight of squirrels?In Squirrel, Nancy Castaldo shines new light on this familiar backyard mammal, exploring their staggering diversity (they're found on all continents but Antarctica) and the many surprising ways they shape our world, our communities, and our cultures. Each chapter explores an aspect of squirrels and their close and sometimes fraught association with humans: their importance to myriad ecosystems through sophisticated food-caching strategies; their introduction to nineteenth-century urban parks as adorable ambassadors for nature; their complicated global status as both invasive and endangered; their role as celebrated cultural icons and social media memes; and ultimately, why we must prevent population declines and protect their well-being while we can. Like other wildlife species, squirrels are increasingly stressed by climate change, and their speculative fate may foreshadow our own. The book includes a detailed bibliography, an exhaustive list of squirrel species and their status, and tips for coexisting peaceably with squirrels in our yards and neighborhoods. Chapters are introduced by exquisitely drawn historical illustrations.