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Age 8+A long drive ahead? A wet weekend? Just feeling bored? Bust your boredom with more than 100 pages of fantastic fun! There are picture puzzles, crosswords, riddles, word searches, mystery messages, great group games, and much more. Crack the codes, complete the quizzes, find the words, start guessing, laugh at the jokes — and have fun!

Age 10+A long drive ahead? A wet weekend? Just feeling bored? Bust your boredom with more than 100 pages of fantastic fun! There are picture puzzles, crosswords, riddles, word searches, mystery messages, great group games, and much more. Crack the codes, complete the quizzes, find the words, start guessing, laugh at the jokes — and have fun!

You have applied for the job of a samurai. there's a lot to learn if you are going to serve your shogaun and follow the code of the warrior. An interview a the end of the book will reveal if you have what it takes to be a samurai.

What's the Big Idea? explores the story of inventions through the ages and explains how ideas and technology from different countries and times are built on and developed - that inventions don't just 'happen'. Stunningly illustrated throughout, and with a clear text, it covers many important inventions, from the first stone axe to genetic engineering and the internet - not forgetting the 2,400,000 years in between! The lives of famous and not-so-famous inventors are described. Men and women from different cultural backgrounds, whos... read more

Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin takes readers around the world on a voyage of discovery with the famous scientist, from his early meeting with Captain Fitzroy to his modest return nearly five years later. The book also looks at seafaring in the early 19th-century, including navigation equipment, the captain and crew, and life on board ship. We explore in depth the discoveries which Darwin made on the voyage, the specimens he gathered and the conclusions be came to. The final part of the book deals with his famous writings and... read more

Each title in this series takes a detailed look at a different mode of transport, informing the reader when the given machine was invented and by whom, how it has evolved over the years and providing a glimpse into the future.

Discover the most amazing planes on earth!

Some 46 spectacularly ordinary Olympic events -- like switching your shoelaces -- done for time. Packaged with a battery-included stopwatch that's cute as a button and just as simple to operate. Written by the Editors of Klutz. For ages 6 and up.

A funky and fascinating book about contemporary architecture for children. Have you ever seen a house without walls? Is it possible to pack a house into a suitcase? Can a house behave like a turtle? What kind of house can homeless people have? Would you prefer to live in a moon, in a nut...or inside a sewage pipe? Architecture is amazing! HOUSE demonstrates that the space we live in doesn't have to be a dull cube. While it should meet the needs of its inhabitants and surroundings, it can also be distinctive, and sometimes utterly surprising.

Here is a riotously funny and intriguing collection of sayings, rhymes and rejoiners heard in homes all around Australia.

What exactly made Alexander so Great? King by age 20, he led an army of 50,000 men and defeated armies five times the size of his own. He conquered most of the known world. Over two thousand years later he is regarded as one of the greatest leaders of all time. Was he a brilliant warrior or a ruthless invader? Ages 10+.

From a festival held in honour of the god Zeus in Ancient Greece, to a marathon runner hitching a lift to the finishing line in 1904, to one of the biggest spectacles in the world, Carole Wilkinson, explores the history of the modern Olympics.

A bushranger story from Australia.

Exercises to educate, enjoy & enthuse. Learning essential times tables. This teacher-designed series of children’s educational workbooks are designed for students aged 5 to 9 and cover a wide range of topics.

Exercises to educate, enthuse & enjoy. Learning to tell the time.

This is the remarkable true story of Harriet the giant tortoise, believed to be the world's oldest living creature. Celebrating her 175th birthday in 2005, Harriet was discovered by Charles Darwin in 1835 when he visited the Galapagos Islands. Now she is as large as a medium-sized table, but when Darwin discovered her, Harriet was only the size of a dinner plate. Darwin was so fascinated by this strange creature that he packed her into a box and took her with him to England. From the bone-chilling winters of England, to the balmy... read more

A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to life in medievak Britain.

A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to brutal punishments of the past.

Discover the deadliest dinosaurs, bloodiest battles and super survival strategies of the prehistoric world in this lavishly illustrated 144 page book.