In Don’t Read Poetry, poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another—and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like, and how to con…
Both the experienced detective, Mr Lestrade, and consulting expert, Mr Sherlock Holmes, have concluded that this horrible series of events is the work of a MADMAN, not a common criminal. No other explanation makes sense. Someone is smashing statues of Napoleon and the police have no idea why. Luckily, Holmes and Watson are on hand to help. Little do they know that these few small crimes will…
What’s the weather? Wake up to this ultimate reference, teeming with fascinating facts, amazing features, the latest science, and tons of close-up images of the wildest weather on the planet. Did you know that a bolt of lightning can crack through the air at up to 136,000 miles per hour and reach temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun? Or that if all the ice in the Antarctic melte…
Eddy knows he's not like other teenagers. He doesn't look like them. He doesn't think like them. He doesn't go to school or have friends like they do. Eddy's not even allowed to leave his bedroom - except on shower day of course. He doesn't know why; all Eddy knows is that he's different.Abandoned by his mother and kept locked away by his grandmother, Eddy must spend his life watching the world…
Join Jelly Bear and his clever little friends on their adventures and learn over 50 first words along the way.
Join Jelly Bear and his clever little friends on their adventures and learn to count from one to ten along the way
Join Jelly Bear and his clever little friend on their adventures and learn over 50 first word along the way
Acetate windows invite you on a journey through the busy and bustling farm in this beautifully illustrated book. The see-through pages build a layered effect, and as each page is turned a barn, pond or field full of farm animals is revealed. Explore the farm and meet cows, sheep, farm birds, horses and more interesting wildlife.