From the author of Can we Save the Tiger?, Exploring Space, and the Kate Greenaway award-winning adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, this book tells the story of the universe: how it began, how the Milky Way was formed and how Earth and the other planets that make up our galaxy came into being.
The title sets the tone for this factual book. It is packed with thought-provoking questions followed by complete answers and interesting descriptions. Are Coconuts More Dangerous than Sharks? stimulates the reader to be more aware of the world around us and to find out more about everyday entities.
Norah Patten was 11 years of age when she visited NASA on a family holiday to the United States. From that moment on she decided she wanted to be an astronaut and become the first Irish person in space. Shooting for the Stars is Norah’s story, in which she tells us all about her life, how space travel works and what astronaut training is really like.
Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti have just launched the child-friendly version of their original New York Times bestselling book, Does it Fart? While the original explores the topic in depth (eew!), this version is extremely suited for families and children. Does it Fart? Find Out Which Animals Parp, Toot And Bottom-Burp! gives a brief explanation on how farts are formed and then it invites children to guess which animals fart (or don’t) and why.
This is the perfect book if you want to introduce pre-school children to the wonder of space travel.
The city is a place full of noises, sounds, smells… a bustling haven for the senses, and the present picturebook by Dominika Lipniewska conveys this idea most perfectly! Here, geometrical shapes and primary colours come together to pay tribute to the beauty of life in the city.
The title is a question that is asked by many a curious child, and Philip Bunting has bravely accepted the challenge to explain the incredible journey of life. Described as the ‘unauthorised biography of you’, How Did I Get Here? charts the journey from the Big Bang to the birth of the young reader.
This light and pretty book introduces the reader to seven types of housing beginning with the Middle Ages and ending with the present day. The eras have loose parameters and simplified explanations, but there are a lot of interesting things to discover! In describing each home, the author and illustrator offer facts on not just architecture, but on fashion, roofing materials, interior decoration, social history, and even types of entertainment over the centuries.
This excellent guide to animals and their wonderful sense of smell shows an invisible world of all things nosey. Did you know that rats, dogs and pigs all use their noses to help humans? Or that an elephant has a sense of smell five times more developed than a human and is twice as sensitive as a dog’s?
Clive Gifford strikes back again with the potent You Smell (and so does everything else) to entice not just the imagination but also the senses of any interested reader. This book is here to joyfully remind you: EVERYONE SMELLS! Gifford and Gamlen take a silly sniff at the serious science behind scents. Gifford’s funny word play will hook the reader from page to page and help them navigate the more scientific terms used.
