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Publisher
Guinness World Records
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
The record-breaking records annual is back and packed with more incredible accomplishments, stunts, cutting-edge science and amazing sporting achievements than ever before. With more than 3,000 new and updated records and 1,000 eye-popping photos, it has thousands of new stats and facts and dazzling new features.
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Get ready for a new decade of record-breaking with Guinness World Records 2020. Fully updated and redesigned, GWR2020 celebrates the latest record-breaking achievements, covering topics from the classic - amazing animals, jaw-dropping geography and spectacular sporting achievements - to the cutting-edge - including viral sports and robots and AI.
Author
Publisher
Little Tiger
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
With his space-pod destroyed, the Star Boy is adapting to life on Earth with help from his friends. Kiki's long list of don'ts is a reminder of how hard passing for a human is, but more troubling for the Star Boy is the strange pings and pangs he's experiencing and the hard-to-hide electrical surges that threaten to reveal his alien self.
Author
Publisher
UCLan Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
With far-right Albion on the brink of war with Europe, ten-year-old Alan and his little brother Sam are sent away to safety. Dad tells Alan he has to be brave, like the superheroes he loves, but Alan isn't too sure. He wants to be wherever Dad is, and, anyway - can he really be sure who's a hero and who's a villain?
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Abridged edition.
Language
English
Description
This is one in an award-winning series of books that reveal revolting scientific facts. Among the facts revealed here are - how much pee one's bladder can hold without popping and why astronauts can't eat beans before a space flight.
7) On this day
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
'On This Day' is a history book with a difference. Travel back in time and discover the weird and wonderful things that happened around the world on every day of the year, from January 1st to December 31st. From the first day of China's rule by the Han dynasty on February 28th, 202 BCE, to the introduction of Dolly the Sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, on July 5th, 1996, there is something incredible to learn on every page. Unlike other day-by-day...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Can you find the Himalayas and the Andes mountain ranges on the map? Can you spot the difference between the flags of Australia and New Zealand? You can! Then what are you waiting for? Take on this brain-busting challenge about our amazing planet! 'Earth Knowledge Genius!' is packed with more than 60 topics, including the highest mountains, largest deserts, most extreme weather, breathtaking natural wonders, and much more! As you hop from one continent...
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Explore the exciting world of dinosaurs! Whether you're a dinosaur fan or just simply enjoy practical hands-on projects, this ebook combines creativity with a prehistoric twist. Each of the super-fun make-and-do projects in this book comes with simple step-by-step photographs and instructions that will inspire imaginative minds and bring the dinosaur world to life!Perfect for kids who are interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths),...
10) Gymnastics
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Build your sports skills with the 'Sports Academy' series. Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important gymnastics skills you'll need. Full of tips and illustrations showing key techniques, you'll discover everything - from training to competing.
Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
If my hair looks like bright green seaweed, it's because that's exactly what it is. My eyes, a pair of abalone shells, polished blue by sand. Teeth, two rows of pebbles. And my skin is made of wax. Corpse never asked to be a kid ghost. She doesn't remember anything from her life - all she knows is her home on the rock-that-doesn't-exist, her friend Simon the spider, and the vile Witches whose magic she steals. So, when she discovers that there's a...
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
It's the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it's the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down. Like face her fear of deepwater. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt's eco lake-side house for the summer. But Truthwater Lake is beginning...
Author
Series
Publisher
Young Arrow
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Things heat up at Hills Village Middle School when Rafe gets an invitation from Dr Daria Deerwin to join a research study on polar bears. How many times in life do you get a chance to come face-to-face with a real polar bear in the wild? Rafe is ready to find out! Alaska is pinkie-freezing, hair-freezing, snot-freezing cold, but Rafe might be headed for a meltdown. He's spending every waking moment with Penelope, who he definitely has a crush on,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Young Arrow
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Jacky Hart finally knows the thrill of having people laugh with her (not at her). She tries to put her comedy and theatre skills to use in her summer job - but the boardwalk crowds aren't exactly adoring. So Jacky jumps at the opportunity of a lifetime: an all-expense paid trip to theatre camp! When Jacky gets to Camp Footlights, she realises she's way out of her depth. The highly trained campers all seem to know everything about performing, and exactly...
15) Goal!
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
New edition.
Language
English
Description
A feast of football facts, plus everything you need to know about action on the pitch and behind the scenes at the stadium. This book is a visual guide to the world's most popular game. From the rules of the game to the top tournaments - the information leaps right off the page! Learn about historic ball games and the birth of football. Gen up on the laws of the game and the new technology that referees use to make vital decisions. See what it takes...
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When the Full Moon Fayre makes a rare visit to Hollow-in-the-Marsh, six sisters slip out to see the famous Shadow Man, an enigmatic puppeteer. Afterwards, the oldest sister Grace is missing. Can twelve-year-old Willa save her sister from one fate and yet outrun her own?
17) Magicborn
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are magicborn. When Tempest is captured after accidentally unleashing a power she didn't know she had, she is taken to Kensington Palace alongside a boy like her, Peter. Trapped, Tempest and Peter find their magic flickering to life - and with it, long-buried memories. For they are the lost prince and princess of Fairyland, bound by a deadly curse - and now the fairies...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
1945. War has ended, but for sisters Isobel and Flora the struggles still continue. They've lost their father and had their home destroyed in a bombing raid, and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband Mr Godfrey in their ancestral home, Splint Hall. From the moment of their arrival it seems that this is a place shrouded in mysteries and secrets. Who are the strange men who arrive with packages at night? What is the source...
19) Fledgling
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel's bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accident or part of something more sinister. With a self-obsessed opera singer for a mother, a strange taxidermist father, and a best friend who isn't quite what he seems, Cassie is forced to unearth the secrets of her family's past. As the dark forces gather around them, can Cassie protect all that...
20) The history book
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From ancient history to modern times, journey through the past with this picture-packed encyclopedia of curiosities. Explore galleries of intriguing objects from ancient civilisations, bygone eras, and breakthrough moments, to understand how the modern world has been influenced by the past. Marvel at the jewellery created in ancient empires. Discover the treasures that travelled along the Silk Road from East Asia to Europe. Uncover the gadgets used...
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