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Linking art to the world around us
Clap your hands, stamp your feet, click your fingers to the beat! Look inside and find out how to make all kinds of music!
Louise Borden has explained the problem of longitude and its surprising solution in children's terms. Thanks to this fine book, John Harrison and his miraculous timekeepers will now inspire the dreams of young readers. Erik Blegvad's sensitive, warm-hearted illustrations evoke all the creativity of Harrison's workshop and the perils of life abroad ship in the eighteenth century.
Nine-year-olds are hovering on the brink of adolescence, and this in part contributes to their up-and-down nature. The book offer useful advice to make life easier for parents and children alike.'