Roman Diary - Richard Platt (Author)

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RM81 ( save RM43)

Explore the city at the heart of the ancient Roman Empire with Iliona, a Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into slavery.The year is AD 102 and Iliona, an educated Greek girl, has been orphaned and sold as a slave in Rome. Apart from her beloved diary, she hasn't a friend in the world...But the family she works for are not unkind, and as Iliona begins to make friends and look around her, she discovers that the teeming city at the heart of the empire is a fascinating place. Through Iliona's eyes, watch the Roman army return in triumph from war against the Dacians, visit Nero's baths, witness gladiators fighting in the famous amphitheater, attend the senate and a sumptuous banquet, escape a house fire, discover how Roman women dress their hair...and celebrate with her on the day that she is granted her freedom for her bravery!

About the Author

Richard Platt is the author of Pirate Diary (9780744594300), which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Silver Smarties Book Prize and the Blue Peter Award for Best Factual Book, and Castle Diary (9780744582208), which was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award.

•  For age 7 and up
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens Hardbacks (May 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844287378
• ISBN-13: 978-1844287376
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

Most Brilliant, Boldly Going Book of Exploration Ever... By (Brainwaves)

RM35
RM90

[Hardcover] Lisa Swerling (Author)

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age 7 and up
Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (3 May 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405352078
ISBN-13: 978-1405352079
Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 1.4 x 30.5 cm 



Pack up your rucksack and go on some of history's most exciting journeys of discovery

Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief-makers who are about to take your child on an incredible journey to meet a host of famous explorers and share their incredible discoveries! They'll find out why the Ancient Phoenicians were bewildered by Britain, laugh at the great big fibs told by 'explorer' Sir John Mandeville, and travel along the River of Disappointment!

Packed with amazing explorer facts to learn about - timelines, and things to find - your child will take a journey just about everywhere, and discover everything they ever wanted to know about the whole world and beyond!

Poop Happened

RM30
 Sarah Albee (Author), Robert Leighton (Illustrator) 

Did lead pipes
cause the fall of the Roman Empire?
How many toilets were in the
average Egyptian pyramid?

How did a knight wearing fifty
pounds of armor go to the bathroom?
Was poor hygiene the last straw
before the French Revolution?
Did Thomas Crapper really invent
the modern toilet?
How do astronauts go
in space?
History finally comes out of the water-closet in
this exploration of how people's need to relieve themselves shaped human
development from ancient times to the present. Throughout time, the most
successful civilizations were the ones who realized that everyone poops, and they
had better figure out how to get rid of it! From the world's first flushing toilet
invented by ancient Minoan plumbers to castle moats in the middle ages that
used more than just water to repel enemies, Sarah Albee traces human
civilization using one revolting yet fascinating theme.

A blend of historical photos and humorous illustrations
bring the answers to these questions and more to life, plus extra-gross sidebar information adds to the potty humor. This is bathroom reading kids, teachers,
librarians, and parents won't be able to put down!

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802720773
• ISBN-13: 978-0802720771
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802720773
• ISBN-13: 978-0802720771
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802720773
• ISBN-13: 978-0802720771
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802720773
• ISBN-13: 978-0802720771
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches

Wild West Pop-up

RM60

 by  Anton Radevsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RrnvHxB4VM - The Whole spread of Wild West Town Pop-up

Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ym0jYt-YZI - Page by page detailed info

 Through popular lore, fantastic true stories, and some of the finest movies ever made, the western has an enduring grip on Americas - and the worlds - imagination. Paper engineering genius Anton Radevsky has caught the spirit of this legendary era in an amazingly constructed and informative pop-up book. Vivid artwork, including maps and stunning three-dimensional illustrations, brilliantly capture all the hardships, romance, danger, and adventure associated with the period. Page by eye-popping page, it covers the rapid development of communication and transport, the conflicts with Native Americans, the great Gold Rush, and the long cattle drives. And, in addition to pop-ups that literally jump out at you (an entire old west town, teepee, holster and pistol with a working trigger, cattle on the trail, and cowboys on horseback), The Wild West Pop-Up Book offers an exciting bonus: freestanding action forms including a stagecoach and horses, covered wagon drawn by oxen, steam engine with passenger and coal cars, and cowboy in full regalia!

the most brilliant boldly going book of exploration ever

RM39

by The Brainwaves

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brilliant-Boldly-Exploration-Ever-Brainwaves/dp/1405352078#reader_1405352078

Pack up your rucksack and go on some of history's most exciting journeys of discovery

Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief-makers who are about to take your child on an incredible journey to meet a host of famous explorers and share their incredible discoveries! They'll find out why the Ancient Phoenicians were bewildered by Britain, laugh at the great big fibs told by 'explorer' Sir John Mandeville, and travel along the River of Disappointment!

Packed with amazing explorer facts to learn about - timelines, and things to find - your child will take a journey just about everywhere, and discover everything they ever wanted to know about the whole world and beyond!

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (3 May 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405352078
• ISBN-13: 978-1405352079
• Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 1.4 x 30.5 cm

Real Heroes: Courage Under Fire (Help for Heroes)

 [RM20]

by HarperPress and Jeremy Clarkson

• Hardcover: 210 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK (February 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 000737903X
• ISBN-13: 978-0007379033
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds

A unique, full-color, action-packed collection of true stories of astounding bravery from the front lines of present and past conflicts fought by the British Armed Forces. Real Heroes combines fast-paced, adrenalin-fueled stories from the front lines of Afghanistan, World War II and World War I. Blending exciting visual content on soldiers' kit, weaponry, and survival tactics with graphic illustrations of real-life stories and first-person accounts of everyday bravery, Real Heroes is a rousing, high-octane celebration of Britain's fighting men and women, as well as the courage of the loved ones who await their return on the home front. Real Heroes is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to support our troops—proceeds from the book will be donated to Help for Heroes, a tremendous charity set up to support the men and women of the British Armed Forces who are wounded in the line of duty. Blisteringly exciting, eye-catching, and informative, Real Heroes is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about modern warfare, or simply enjoys a fast-paced account of real courage, comradeship, and battle.

Explorer's News (The History News)

RM15

 [Hardcover]
 MICHAEL JOHNSTONE (Author)

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: WALKER BOOKS (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744528887
• ISBN-13: 978-0744528886
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 10 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Explorer's News is a colorful and informative presentation of major explorers in world history. This would be a great read for any child interested in history and people. I am a teacher and have found this book a great source for my world history students. Stories are written in a news style format with pictures and maps that relate to the events described. The news stories are easy to read and accurate. Mr. Johnstone tells the stories of the Polynesians, Erikson, Columbus, Magellan, Peary and others in brief eyewitness accounts of their experiences.  Suggest the title to both young readers curious about their world and to older readers seeking a concise and interesting account of exploration.

Glimpses of Paradise: The marvel of massed animals

[RM35]

[Hardcover]
 Fred Bruemmer (Author)

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (October 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552976661
• ISBN-13: 978-1552976661
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds

For ten years, internationally respected photographer and writer Fred Bruemmer traveled around the world to capture on film the staggering spectacle of massed animals of all kinds. Glimpses of Paradise is just that: a peek into a world rapidly fading into extinction -- an Eden where animals and birds pulsed across the earth and through the air in huge numbers. Coupled with Bruemmer's engaging and earnest text, this is a stunning record of a world few have the privilege to see.
While forty-five animal and bird species from all corners of the globe are featured, all of these massings reveal the truly remarkable, interdependent relationships that are the web of nature. Masses of shorebirds migrating to their arctic breeding grounds stop along the Jersey shores to fill up on billions of eggs left by massing horseshoe crabs. In the Amazon, pierid butter- flies mass near Madre de Dios River, where they sip the salty tears of nesting turtles. Risking their lives, Peru's blue-headed parrots flock to exposed cliff-sides to lick the clay that protects them from the poisons in their preferred food, unripe fruit.
From across the world, Bruemmer brings us stunning photographs of nature's spectacles, including:

• a million wildebeests -- the last great massing of an animal species in Africa
• the world's largest black-browed albatross colony nesting on the Falklands Island
• Africa's immense Rift Valley is dusted pink by a million flamingos
• the world's only colonies of king penguins on Antarctica's South Georgia Island
• millions of monarch butterflies filling the tree tops of remote Mexican mountains
• the roar of Canada's migrating caribou, last of North America's great wildlife herds
• millions of ladybird beetles "painting" remote Arizona hills in a deep red lacquer
• a thousand beluga whales congregating in Canada's Arctic to mate, molt and talk 

CrimeBusters - Learn to be a scientific super sleuth

[RM10]

by Clive Gifford

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (October 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199114951
• ISBN-13: 978-0199114955
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches

Catching criminals today is as much about science as sleuthing. Crimebusters looks at a huge variety of crime from burglary to forgery and from arson to cyber crime. Fingerprinting, gathering clues, and DNA testing are just a few of the areas covered in detail. Gripping real-life cases are examined under the microscope, and the author presents several simple forensic experiments that can be performed by amateur detectives using ordinary objects.

Explore Within a Pirate Ship

[RM25]
[RM35]

Set out on a 3-D adventure as you reveal a pirate's brig,layer by layer!

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
• Hardcover: 16 pages
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books (February 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592237452
• ISBN-13: 978-1592237456
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 10.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia

[RM50]
[RM80]

NEW BUT SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT POCKET COVER AS SHOWN IN 1ST IMAGE

An encyclopaedia for children covering topics such as animals and plants, geography, history, the human body, how people live, seas and oceans, and science and space. The chapters are arranged thematically and there are over 150 recommended Web sites and over 500 downloadable pictures.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Usborne (October 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0746047835
• ISBN-13: 978-0746047835
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds

Cars (pop-up)

[RM45]

[RM70]

Robert Crowther


Crazy about cars? Get in gear — and get ready for action — as Robert Crowther’s info-packed, interactive pop-up book showcases some very cool wheels.

Hop in and take a drive in the smartest, fastest automobiles — from the earliest carriages to the cars of tomorrow. With the pull of a tab or the lift of a flap, fans can ride in the first automobile, find out how engines work, see their car slide off the production line, and plenty more. And the grand finale? Feel the thrill of the racetrack by taking pole position with stock car and Formula 1 stars!

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• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
• Hardcover: 12 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick; Pop edition (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076364448X
• ISBN-13: 978-0763644482
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.1 x 1.3 inches

Horses - A Portrait Of The Animal World

[RM30]
[RM40]


An informative series (this title : Horses)that provides, in a concise format, better understanding of animals and their habitats. Fascinating in its diversity, the natural world comes to life on the pages of these spectacularly illustrated volumes.

A Knight's City: With Amazing Pop-Ups and an Interactive Tour of Life in a Medieval City!

RM45

Philip Steele (Author)

Children and adults alike will be awestruck as a stunning three-dimensional medieval world unfolds before their eyes! The sliding castle gate on the front cover serves as an entrance into a world from long ago. Inside, vibrant art and amazingly intricate pops guide readers through life as it really was for Sir Hugo, a brave and noble knight! From pages and ladies, to castles and cathedrals, this book is certain to educate and entertain readers both young and old!


This sturdy 8 1/2 x 11 paper-over-board book includes multi-level detailed pops and acetate windows

How To Be A Knight [RM35]

 David Steer (Author), Alistair Graham (Illustrator)

Retail Price [RM76]
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Templar Publishing (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840119284
• ISBN-13: 978-1840119282
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds

Math Curse [RM28]

Jon Scieszka (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator) 

Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants -- can you make 1 good outfit? Don't worry -- it's just the Math Curse striking! An amusing book about dealing with numbers in everyday life.