Provides helpful advice on choosing the best words for creating characters, setting scenes and shaping stories, as well as special vocabulary for different story themes. Young authors can create their own stories and build up a word bank of favourite words and phrases, so that they need never use 'nice' again...The perfect companion to Usborne's best-selling Write Your Own Story Book.
This beautifully illustrated introduction to the work of the great Post-Impressionist artist contains feature spreads, timelines and information boxes on key works, techniques and influences to provide information for the reader in a highly accessible manner.
From roller-skating to church, to carving decorations from radishes, there are so many surprising and wonderful traditions going on around the world at Christmas time. Young children can dip in at any page and enjoy the visual feast, whilst learning about different countries and cultures.
With the help of this lively book, children will have fun spotting a range of birds from around the world, from flamingos and penguins to toucans and hummingbirds, as well as the birds they see in their everyday lives - and they'll learn a lot about bird behaviour too. There are over 100 stickers to add to the vibrant scenes.
Dive into the incredible underwater world of sharks and rays, from menacing Great Whites and weird-looking Hammerheads to graceful Manta Rays. Learn how these mysterious creatures swim, breathe and feed and marvel at their lives on the ocean floor, in the open seas, and among coral reefs. With lots of labels, astonishing facts and over 150 stickers, there's plenty to learn and talk about.
An inviting feast of festivals, from well-known celebrations, such as Christmas, Hannukah, Eid and Diwali, to more surprising events such as the Woolly Worm Caterpillar Race and the Hungry Ghosts' Feast. Young children can dip in at any page and feel all the fun of the celebration, while learning about different cultures and traditions.
A gorgeous sticker book that introduces children to the fascinating world of butterflies and moths. Takes a close-up look at how butterflies feed from flowers, fruit and puddles, and follows their life-cycle, from a tiny egg to a caterpillar, and then from a pupa to a beautiful butterfly. Includes over 150 stickers.
Find out about different kinds of trees around the world, from mangroves and palms to monkey puzzles and oaks. Take a close look at their leaves, seeds and fruits and discover the amazing range of birds, animals and minibeasts that make trees their home.
The friendly animals in this workbook help children understand and practise the rules of English grammar and punctuation. With charming illustrations by talented Polish artist, Magda Brol, children (and their grown-ups!) are gently guided through topics such as noun phrases, fronted adverbials, plurals, possessives and paragraphs.
This lively workbook helps children develop their spelling skills, including using common prefixes and suffixes, silent letters, apostrophes and homophones. Varied activities, delightfully illustrated by accomplished Polish artist Magda Brol, provide lots of opportunities for children to practise what they've learnt.
This engaging and delightfully illustrated word book helps children boost their vocabulary and develop their speaking skills. A thousand really useful everyday words, carefully matched with detailed and amusing pictures, provide lots to spot and talk about. There are also QR codes to scan so you can listen to all the words.
An entertaining activity book filled with spelling activities, including adding the missing letters, choosing word endings and a spelling quiz. Part of the Usborne Key Skills series that supports the English lessons children learn at school.
Guided by a friendly group of woodland animals, children can learn simple spelling rules to improve their writing. The activities in this book build confidence in joining words together, forming plurals and adding different endings.
Help a team of animal workers tackle some big projects, whether it's building a school, making an adventure playground, or laying a road. Discover over 170 detailed stickers to bring each busy scene to life with bulldozers, diggers, dump trucks and more.
We are bombarded by warnings about the health of our planet, but what can we actually do to help? This hands-on guide is filled with suggestions for everyday actions and choices that will help readers take better care of the Earth. Armed with this informative and helpful book, they can feel ready to make a positive difference.
This colourful activity book is a great way for children to learn how to write lots of simple three- letter words. Each page has a different theme with accompanying words, including a fancy-dress party, a building site, at the beach and lots more. The pages are wipe-clean for endless practice and ideal for developing pen control.
Critically acclaimed first history series brought back new and refreshed to support the introduction of the new history curriculum.
When Jane Eyre becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Mr. Rochester. But he hides a terrible secret that threatens to drive them apart... Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, this beautiful retelling of the classic story includes informative notes on both the author and the original text.
This fun book is a playful way for young children to develop their counting, observation and pen control skills. Join the dots to build sandcastles, spot the difference between skiers, help monsters find their tents and lots more. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can revisit their favourite activities again and again.
Read all about the Victorians who lived in a time of great progress and change.
Explore! makes history relevant to everything kids learn at school: geography, art, science, technology, literacy and numeracy!
Explore! makes history relevant to everything kids learn at school: geography, art, science, technology, literacy and numeracy!
An easy-to-use guide to grammar and punctuation with sections on nouns, pronouns, verbs, apostrophes, quotation marks and more. Clear explanations, fun illustrations and lively example sentences will help children develop their writing style and skills and there are short quizzes to test their knowledge. A useful reference book for home and school.
Read about how the warm climate and Roman Catholic religion have affected clothing choices in Mexico, a country that draws its cultural traditions both from its ancient civilizations of Olmec and Maya and the conquering Spanish settlers.
Japan's strong cultural and religious traditions, as well as the varied climate, have affected the way Japanese people young and old dress for special occasions. Sections about modern-day dress include how men and women dress for work, for sports, and for more formal events.
Looking beyond the image of a picture-perfect rural idyll, the author reveals a complicated history of the Cotswolds
A comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, over 10,000 entries and 25,000 straightforward definitions with part of speech indicators, example sentences and pronunciation guides for tricky words. Also contains information on parts of speech, the conventions of written English and a brief history of the English language.
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