What it was like to be an ancient maya

Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featured astonishing pyramids and palaces, while they were also successful farmers and highly creative artists. The Maya were the first people in the Americas to learn how to read and write, and they invented things like rubber, chocolate and chewing gum. They had a deep understandin…

Living Things

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9780751649147

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29 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm

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Let's Explore Science

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570 EVA l

The story of William Wallace

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9781902407067

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29 p. ; ill. ; 17 cm

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920 ROS t

Elmer and the lost teddy

Baby Elephant cannot get to sleep when he loses his teddy bear, so Elmer sets out to find it

The day moon and earth had an argument

Sometimes we have to travel a few billion miles to find our way home.

Run wild

Izzy and Asha need a space to call their own, away from difficult families, the Skull brothers and the trouble they bring. But the derelict building site where they stake their claim already belongs to something else, a wilderness they never expected and an injured wolf that desperately needs their help. Can they reconnect to the wild and save the wolf? Or is their pack too weak to fight much s…

The disconnect

Could you last six whole weeks without your phone? Six weeks without sharing photos, without group messages, without being kept in the social‑media loop? An eccentric entrepreneur has challenged Esther’s year group to do just that, and the winners will walk away with £1,000. For Esther, whose dad and sister live thousands of miles away in New York, the prize might be her only chance …

What it was like to be a viking

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9781800902121

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104 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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F LON w

Swan song

Excluded from school, Dylan is forced to move to a tiny village in Wales where his grandad lives. With no Xbox or internet, life is looking pretty bleak, but when Grandad takes Dylan out on his boat to see the whooper swans, things begin to change. Out on the water, free from all the pressure he’s been under, Dylan begins to feel like himself again. But when the swans’ habitat is thre…

Solids, liquids, gases and plasma

Straightforward text presents the facts and Raff's infographic illustrations demonstrate the science and tell a humorous story. There are hands-on activities, such as using a chocolate bar to demonstrate material consistency and using a balloon to prove gases have weight, to reinforce the learning. A glossary defines density, plasma, vapor, and more essential terms.