England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live…
from the back cover: Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers - this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes - this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful places that you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell. Between 1950 and 2000 half of the worl…
Thousands of years ago, people looked out across an ocean and asked themselves, 'What is on the other side?' And the bravest of them began to travel and find the answers - beautiful islands, frozen lands, different peoples . . . And there are still interesting questions about the oceans. Why does the water go up and down twice a day? Why do most animals and plants live near the land? And what …
The extraordinary stories of shipwrecks are explored in detail through one hundred facts, fantastic images and fun cartoons. Find out how archaeologists investigate sites on the ocean floor, learn how treasures are raised from the depths and read amazing tales of survival at sea.
from the back cover: little fingers will have fun with this touch-and-feel version of a much loved nursery rhyme.
from the back cover: Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, …
from the back cover: On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night. In the beautiful first-class rooms, rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting…
from the back cover: Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald city,…
Minmie, Min, dan Yuurei akan mengadakan Pancake Party. Asyik banget bisa menyiapkan bahan-bahan dan memasak pancake bersama-sama di kebun belakang rumah Minmie! Namun sebelum Pancake matang, tiba-tiba terdengar suara ledakan. BLAAARRR! Wah, apa yang terjadi? Apakah acara Pancake Party mereka batal? Kalau mau tahu,baca saja cerita selengkapnya dalam buku ini. Selain Pancake Party, ada juga cerit…