Daisy's getting into trouble again, and this time it's at her school Sports Day Daisy's determined to win her race, and she and best friend Gabby have been training hard. They're going for gold They're in the zone They're sticking to a strict athlete's diet of Mars bars, Twiglets and cheese strings Trouble is, everyone else in the class wants to win too.
No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop! Zoop! Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children! Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of…
from the back cover: how much trouble can a burp get you into? A lot, if the burp is a magic one that makes you do wild and crazy stuff.
What happens when we cool a liquid? What is temperature? What causes condensation? Read 'Cooling' to learn about the different ways we can cool materials and how materials can change as they cool. Find out about the freezing points of different materials, how we can reduce the temperature of materials, and what we can do to prevent cooling.
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a m…
What was skiffle? How did technology impact the look and design of everyday things during these years? Disney and drive-in theaters, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe, this is the era where popular culture really comes into its own! Its also the era where a TV set might find its home in the living room of an average family. Find out how fashion, music, and movies changed and developed after WW…
What did people do for fun in the earliest years of the 20th Century? How did they dress? What were they reading? This book looks at popular culture at the turn of the century and covers the dawn of recording technology, the birth of jazz, early moving pictures, the first daily comics, and much, much more. Looks at how WWI effected the popular culture of the era, as well.
The British Invasion, Andy Warhol, Swinging London, the Summer of Love, disco dancing, and polyester, this is the era that most people think of when they think of pop culture. So much changed during these decadesfrom technological advances such as the moon landing, to conflicts like the Vietnam War. These changes all had a great impact on pop cultur
Who were the flappers? What were talkies? What was the Harlem Renaissance? Covers the effect of prohibition and the newfound freedom of women on the popular culture of the era. The effects of the Great Depression, as well as the rise of communism and fascism is also discussed in terms of their impact on popular culture.