Little explorers, ready yourselves for global travels! From the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, through continents, oceans and peoples, this book is a visual feast of maps filled with indigenous flora and fauna. The picture atlas explains not only nuggets of national culture and history, but also species that are particular to an area, which is sure to satisfy the keen zoologist.
Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe marks Dara Ó Briain’s first foray into the world of children’s books. The result is a witty and informative book that adeptly shares Ó Briain’s love of science and space with his young audience. The tone is conversational and delivers facts in an informal way. It is apparent that Ó Briain respects not only the wealth of knowledge children naturally possess, but also their proficient ability to soak up new material and their innate curiosity.
Colours – Early learning at the Museum, is part of an engaging series of books about The British Museum for the young. Created in board book format, it is ideal for little hands to explore and sturdy enough to last many reads.
Following the success of Tracey Turner’s previous releases (How to Make a Human out of Soup, How Can a Pigeon Be a War Hero?, to name but a few), she has produced yet another wonderfully fascinating book of facts. This time, there is one for every day of the year! From astronomy to zoology, ancient Egyptians to early Vikings, there is a wealth of knowledge to be learned each day.
Izzy Gizmo is a brilliant inventor. She’s constantly using the materials around her to construct complex gadgets. Sometimes they don’t work perfectly and she gets upset, but her grandfather always encourages her to keep making her work better. When Izzy finds an injured crow, she’s determined to invent a machine that will help him fly again, but it will be her greatest challenge yet.
Readers are challenged to decide whether this is a maths book or an art book. Personally I come down on the side of art! Anna Weltman has done it again, effortlessly putting the STEAM into STEM, she has created a terrific follow up to her 2016 Educational Writers’ Award winning This is Not a Maths Book.
Code tells a computer what to do. Each individual directive is very simple, but, when combined into a program, can accomplish amazingly complex tasks, including games. Many coders begin as hobbyists before turning professional. Code can be written in a myriad of programming languages. Different languages are optimised for specific tasks, and all have unique quirks. The concepts underpinning computer programming are the same, irrespective of the language of implementation.
This gorgeous picturebook turns the circle of life into a narrative a child can understand. The story follows a jungle food chain, from tiny ants, to mantis, to lizard, all the way up to the fate of a panther. Each animal is dominant on its own page, only to be put into perspective on the next page by its predator. In this way the book demonstrates the importance of each individual creature to the jungle as a whole. It shows how the animals depend upon and enrich each other.
Author and illustrator Susie Ghahremani’s first solo picturebook Stack the Cats is a delight for both adults and young readers alike. Even before opening the book, the cover’s bright and exciting colours will induce young and old to read onward. Susie Ghahremani’s unique illustrations are also easily recognisable from her previous collaborations with Jennifer Ward What Will Hatch? and What Will Grow?
Open the cover and let this book take you on a whirlwind tour of the British Library and its incredible collection, housed on 625 kilometres of shelves and spread over fifteen floors. With copies of every single book published in Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as extensive catalogues of newspapers, maps and music, this magnificent building has certainly earned the right to have its own biography!
