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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1839948493|title=Rubik's Quest: Mission InventA World of Dogs|author=John FarndonCarlie Sorosiak and Luisa Uribe|rating=35
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|summary=The Rubik Cube is not only a great toyIn the interests of full disclosure, but also I must tell you that I'm a great brandsucker for dogs. Why should Lego have all the fun? To wit Rubik have recently branched out into creating variations of their famous puzzleIn nearly eight decades, but also into other formats including books. I've never met one I didn'Rubikt trust and I's Quest: Mission Invent'' by John Farndon is one ve loved most of a new series of fun puzzle books designed for kids that combine a story with improving your knowledge; in this casethem. I wish I felt the same about human beings. So, any book about dogs, in scienceI'm going to sit down and devour. Can science be fun? Then I'm going to go back and read it properly. The answer is yes, but perhaps And so it was with ''Mission InventA World of Dogs'' is not , with ninety-six pages devoted entirely to my four-legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the best example accidental owner of thisan American Dingo - she's learned quite a lot about dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781715580</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529507987|title=ElephantThe Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Suzi EszterhasWalker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=I love ''ElephantThe Repair Shop'' is part of the wonderful . It's my go-to programme when I want to be cheered up. After a hard day, there'Eye on the Wilds nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they'' series by award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhasre worth. The book follows You see, the value is in what these possessions are worth to the people who own them and the journey of a young bull elephant calf from birth through adulthoodmemories they hold. The vivid full-page photographs show heartwarming snapshots of life in No expense appears to be spared and the herd; a purely matriarchal society where strong females form a close family bond experts spend as much time and work hard rearing effort as is required to achieve the desired result. Regular viewers know the experts and protecting their youngthey're all brilliant at explaining what it is they're doing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805035</amazonuk> But how did they start?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=024162343X|title=TigerStolen History|author=Suzi EszterhasSathnam Sanghera
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|genre=For SharingChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=I was the bad company other people got into at school. I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the existence of a 'god'Tiger. Where was the proof? In history lessons, it was probably worse still. Not too long after the end of WWII, I didn't so much want to learn about the British army's successes (and occasional failures, but we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be called ' is a simply stunning picture book following the lives of a tiger family from birth colonies' as want to adulthood. Each page is filled with enchanting pictures of dispute what right the tigers army had to be there in the wildfirst place. Looking back, taken by awardI still believe I was right -winning photographer Suzi Eszterhasbut I regret that I lacked the maturity to approach 'the problem' politely. I wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805043</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=50 Things You Should Know About The First World WarJeremy Dronfield and David Ziggy Greene|authortitle=Jim EldridgeFritz and Kurt
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=ItWe start with the pair of brothers Fritz and Kurt, and their muckers, doing things any Jewish lad in 1930s Vienna would want to do – kicking things around the empty market place, helping the neighbours, being dutiful when it comes to the synagogue choir and at a vocational school. Kurt has to make sure the lamps are turned on at their very Orthodox neighbours's a non-fiction book certainly each Friday night – the Sabbath preventing them for the primary school audience, using anything nearly as mechanical and workmanlike as a result light switch. But this is the time just before the Austrian leader is fully pictorial going to cave to Hitler's will, and not terribly wordyinstead of having a national vote to keep the Nazis out, invite them in with open arms. The '50 Things' idea is a hook to draw one Kristallnacht'' happened in, and that leads to fifty more salient paragraphs being given us Vienna just as much as in bold printGermany, mostly but not as did all given a doublethe round-page spreadups of Jews. But there are other boxed-out paragraphs, timelines, factoids written up These in their turn leave the edge younger Kurt at home with his mother and sisters anxious to hear word of an evacuation to Britain or the pageUS, illuminating captions while Fritz and morehis father are, unknown initially to each other, so packed off on the same train to Buchenwald and the stone quarry there is certainly a welter of detail. Said diversity of detail can be delivered at times in awkward fashion – even with three paragraphs at most per page it can still be a test to read them in And us wondering how the right order – but it does mean this book covers titular event for the gamut adult variant of the War, pretty much in chronological order, and more or less in perfectly-judged depth.all this could come about…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1781715890</amazonuk>024156574X
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913750353|title=The Secrets Britannica's Word of Stonehengethe Day|author=Mick Manning Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Brita GranstromSue Macy|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I hope ''Britannica's Word of the Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you agree with me need to know about the sheer optimism of this brilliant book's title. It carries a certain chutzpah starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', tells you how to pretend to show all the secrets about a mystical site which remainspronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''), even with gives you a lot of evidence, sheer conjecture. Yes we know when the stones were erected, definition and from where they came under then includes the orders of what kind of prehistoric man, but nothing is guaranteed word in the occult world of pagan ritual, prehistoric pantheons a sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and primitive perpetual calendarsfrequently amusing illustration too. This book wonI don't admit to doubt beyond saying some people have different ideas about Stonehenge, but it will succeed in giving think I've ever encountered a fleeting glimpse to some of the mysteries and oo-er factors that make word which uses the site so intriguing for all ages to this day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805205</amazonuk>letter Z four times before!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0711266204|title=Big Meals for Little HandsThe Secret Life of Birds|author=Virginie Aladjidi, Caroline Pellissier Moira Butterfield and Marion BilletVivian Mineker (illustrator)|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=When you learn that it features recipes I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the vast numbers of birds which visit our garden on a daily basis. An hour can pass without my noticing. I've established which species feed from a Michelin starred chef, Sébastien Guénardthe ground, you immediately know that this is not going which pop to be just any kids’ cook book. And it’s notthe feeders for a quick snatch of some food and who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. Featuring recipes categorised by season It would have been wonderful if, and utilising fresh fruit and vegetables as the centre for each disha child, this is I'd had access to a book that may appeal most to children with more adventurous palatessuch as ''The Secret Life of Birds''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263168</amazonuk> So – what is it?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192779230|title=Do Nice, Be Kind, Spread HappyVery Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Invisible World of Germs|author=Bernadette RussellIsabel Thomas|rating=45
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Bringing up a child right 'Germs' seems an almost impossible task to me. You can do right by them at home, only for them have become a catch-all word to go crazy out of cover anything unpleasant which has the housepotential to make you ill. Kids will In the first book in what looks to be kids, be they happy, sad, curiousa very promising new series, lazy or any other trait that adults also have. If you are lucky to OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a kind natured kid, or are hoping clear and accessible introduction to influence the world of germs. We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they thought caused them and how the thinking has developed over time. The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a little, then ‘Do Niceregular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the trickiest concepts and you'll soon be familiar with bacteria, Be Kindfungi, Spread Happy’ by Bernadette Russell is a super sweet book that is bound to chime with the right type of mini humanprotists and viruses – and how we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401059</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1800464495|title=The Story 100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of the World CupMaths|author=Richard BrasseyEmma Smith|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Look at the calendar and you will see that it is a year ending in ''Babies seem to be born with an even amazing numbersense: understanding shapes in the womb, what does this mean? To a host being aware of football fans it means a summer free from boredom as an International Tournament will fill the void that the Premier League has left. For non-football fans it's more excuses for people to watch a pigskin be knocked around. Be you young or quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, football can get in your blood and you want to know morecomprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old. For the younger fan, there are worse places to start their obsession than the World Cup and getting to know more about the esteemed tournament in Richard Brassey’s 'The Story of the World Cup'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144400946X</amazonuk>}}
I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=Earth in 30 SecondsThe Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Anita GaneriNicola Morgan|rating=45|genre=children's Non-FictionTeens|summary=As 2020 has been a former cataloguer strange year: I doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of children’s books there are names that are synonymous with juvenile nonour routines have been completely dismantled and for some teenagers this will have brought about sleep problems. Some teens will dismiss this as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? -fictionI've got loads to be doing) and others will worry unnecessarily. Most people, in my time from children to adults will have the author Anita Ganeri has graced my work table 112 timesodd bad night but worrying about your lack of sleep is only likely to make it worse. She is a prolific author and her legacy continues in And there's also the form of ‘Earth in 30 Seconds’fact that for far too long, part lack of sleep has been lauded as a series of books for 7-11 year olds that explore scientific principles in easy bite size piecesvirtue and sleep made to seem like laziness. Being up early, working late has been praised and the ability to survive on little sleep has almost become something to put on your CV.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401091</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1849767343|title=Flowerpot Farm: A First Gardening Activity BookCount on Me|author=Lorraine HarrisonMiguel Tanco|rating=34.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=With the demand for us to eat seemingly more fruit The title and vegetables every day, the world format of growthis book might lead you to think that it's either about responsibility -youror it's a basic 1-own is back2-3 book for those just starting out on the numbers journey. Why buy from the supermarket when you can release the kids into the garden It isn't: it's a hymn of praise to graze like cattle? maths. However, before you do this, perhaps you should pick up a book like ‘Flowerpot Farm’ by Lorraine Harrison It's about why maths is so wonderful and Faye Bradley which will show them how to create their own fruit, veg and flower garden no matter how small a space they have to work withyou meet it in everyday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400818</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1849767009|title=A First Book of NatureIt Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Nicola Davies and Mark HearldRosie Haine
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=There This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is a difference between a book for children OK and the ones who ''know'' that the kids themselves it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and one that adults will like-bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to bust. A But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more mature person may like some interesting illustrations or imaginative story, but most than a book about not wearing clothes. It's a celebration of bodies: bodies large and small and of the children I know are happy just to see some dinosaurs in their pantsevery possible hue. However, there are books that transcend this Bodies with disabilities and can appeal to both groupsmarkings. They're fine. Books that may have slightly dry reading for the very youngIn fact, but illustrations that will transfix and amaze – introducing ‘A First Book of Nature’ written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Mark Hearldthey're wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140634916X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776572858|title=Jake's BonesHow Do You Make a Baby?|author=Jake McGowan-LoweAnna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-FictionHome and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. My oldest son has wanted to be a palaeontologist since he mother was three deeply embarrassed and both boys are fascinated by how things worktold me that she'd get me a book about it. Last year my youngest saw some scientific anatomy drawings and begged for A couple of days later I was handed a pamphlet (which delivered nothing morethan the basics, so in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and I began looking for childrenwas told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which nice people talked about''s books on skeletons, and anatomy. There are very few available and this looked the best by far I ''knew'' more, I spent two days searching not only British but American booksellers before noticing that the book had not been released yet - so sadly we were forced to waitwas little ''wiser''. It was worth waiting for though Thankfully, this book is truly one of a kindtimes have changed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783250259</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1526362759|title=The BeatlesDosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Mick Manning and Brita GranstromRashmi Sirdeshpande
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=What a relief! A book about money, for children, with clear explanations of what it is, why it matters, how to acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and what you can do with it when you've managed to get hold of it. Your reasons for wanting money don'Are you keen t matter: we all need it to some extent. You might want to paint picturesgo into business, but afraid of making mistakes?be a clever shopper, a saver (you might even become an '' With this opening gambit investor''Let’s Paint!) and there might be something you really, ''really'', kicks off a short exploration of artistic styles and conceptswant to buy. Illustrated with a combination There's also the possibility of black pen and ink line drawings and paintings, Alborozo sets out using to demonstrate how art can be fundo good in the world.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1743361327</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=178112938X|title=Secrets of the Apple TreeSurvival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=Carron Brown David Long and Alyssa NassnerStefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=On a cold winter night, long after bedtimeIt's fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, what could be more inviting than curling up under but the blankets with a book to read by torch light? What surprises might your torch reveal? In story of that journey remains one of the case greatest survival stories of ‘Secrets all time. ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a brilliant retelling of the Apple Tree’ you may get more than you bargained for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400680</amazonuk>what happened.
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{{Frontpage
|author=Kathleen Boucher and Sara Chadwick
|title=Nine Ways to Empower Tweens
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''9 Ways to Empower Tweens'' is a self-help book for tweens, setting out to show them vital #lifeskills. Don't groan! I know there is a market glut of such books for we grown-ups and for young adults too, but there is a needful space in an increasingly technological world accessible to younger and younger children for material for tweens too.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1609809173|title=Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and BelievingEiffel's Tower for Young People|author=Clive Gifford and Professor Anil SethJill Jonnes
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=My husband doesnBrash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the 1889 World't usually do bookss Fair in Paris encompassed the best, but when this arrived in the post it was a good two hours before anyone could get it out of his handsworst and the beautiful from many countries and cultures. The whole family ended up joining in French Republic laid out model villages from all their colonies, put on art shows, dance performances, food festivals and commenting on each illustration or illusionconcerts to stun the senses. On the surface, And towering above it just seems like some light-hearted funall, the most popular and this book certainly is fun. But in addition the most hated monument to being great fun, this is an incredibly educational book as wellFrench accomplishment and daring – the Eiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400842</amazonuk>
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=1848576536
|title=Humanatomy: How the Body Works
|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=''Get under your own skin, pick your brains, and go inside your insides!''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Langford_Emily|title=Richard HammondEmily's Great Mysteries of the WorldNumbers|author=Richard HammondJoss Langford
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Have Emily found words ''useful'', but counting was what she loved best. Obviously, you ever wondered whether or not the Loch Ness Monster actually exists? What about the Abominable Snowman? Do can count anything and there's no limit to how far you think can go, but then Emily moved a step further and began counting in twos. She knew all about what really goes on inside odd and even numbers. Then she began counting in threes: half of the Bermuda Triangle? Welllist were even numbers, donbut the other half was odd and it was this list of odd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called 't expect a definitive answer from Richard Hammond's threeven''Great Mysteries . (Actually, this confused me a little bit at first as they're a subset of the World''. You'll have odd numbers but sound as though they ought to make up your own mind after being presented with be a subset of the arguments. You'll need to marshal your brainpower. There are eighteen mysteries hereeven numbers, arranged within four topics - Weird Waters, Alien Encounters, Creepy Creatures and Ancient Treasures. All the biggies are herebut it all worked out well when I really thought about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0370332377</amazonuk>)
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Buckingham_Dawn|title=Deadly Detectives: Top Tips to Track WildlifeThe Little Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Steve BackshallCaz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionAnimals and Wildlife|summary=Steve Backshall is best known for his Deadly 60 series, which focuses on deadly predators. This book has plenty What a treat! I really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of predators from all around the world, Dawn Chorus'' but it also includes many less dangerous creatures, including a fair amount on animals in the UK. Tracking pull of the sounds of a fox may not sound as exciting as tracking a leopard, but it something many children may find a chance dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to do in the UK, and Steve very helpfully shows the reader how to differentiate between resist on a fox print cold and that of a dograther wet February morning. The book has several other footprint illustrations, teaching children subtle differences between may types of prints. It even had crab I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and bird prints listening to look for at the seasidetheir song. But this is about so much more than tracking Then - just because I could - I went back and did it all again and footprintsit was just as good the second time around.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444006436</amazonuk> So, what do you get?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Pankhurst_Women|title=Bones RockFantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Peter L Larson and Kristin DonnanKate Pankhurst
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Most children go through a dinosaur phaseA lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, but it feels almost as though there are always a few children who are completely captivated by dinosaurs - and everything that goes with them. This is the most detailed palaeontology book for children I have ever found. This book is written for older childrenwere no women in history at all, even teens who may wish let alone ones young girls might like to seriously consider palaeontology read about or regard as a career choicerole models. The book beginsOf course, not with dinosaursthis isn't true and there are plenty of women who, but with science. The book explains how science works. It presents sciencethroughout history, not as a set of factshave achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, but of theories and ideas that are subject to changeor created something never seen before. Science becomes a living and fluid thing rather than a stuffy set facts to memorise. Reading So here, in this wonderful picture bookfrom Kate Pankhurst, I can almost forget how much I hated science as a childare the stories of some of them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>193122935X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Ignotofsky_Sport|title=Alan Turing (Real Lives)Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Jim EldridgeRachel Ignotofsky|rating=45
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Alan Turing was one of Britain's greatest thinkers of 'Women in Sport'' is coming to us just before the last Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. It celebrates a century. He did pioneering work on computing and artificial intelligence. He was also a hero half of World War II, working in the famous code-breaking community development of women's sport by looking at Bletchley Parkfifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, cracking German naval codes used to lethal effect organising Uand much more. Think of a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double-boat attacks. Turing was the man who beat the Enigma machinepage spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472900103</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Rooney_Dino|title=How the Meteorite Got to the MuseumDiscovering Dinosaurs|author=Jessie HartlandAnne Rooney and Suzanne Carpenter
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The range of subjects covered in ''Discover Lift the Savage World'' is astonishingflap books have progressed somewhat since I was a child. The first three chapters are science related topics. The first section ''Earth's Power'' covers the birth This one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of the universedinosaurs, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters. '' Deadly Nature'' brings new meaning to the phrase ''acting like animals'', as we see the darker side meet a variety of nature, from venomous creatures, deadly carnivores and a real surprise about a some of whom are very common and well known bird. 'familiar but some I'Wild Science'' has a mixed bag d never heard of topics with dangerous elementsbefore! Each scene peels open, explosionslayer by layer, fireworks and exactly how a bullet works, as well as showing you what the birth of a star. ''Tough Machines'' dips into technology and innovation with an incredible variety of mechanical subjects with everything from massive transport vehicles and diggers, various dinosaurs are getting up to robots, military vehicles, ice breaking ships, rocketswith background noises, roars and flood control systems. squawks to accompany them! The focus turns to geography with ''Harsh Lands'' show book creates a myriad of cultures and lifestyles in inhospitable locations. Life is difficult in some regions due to naturedinosaur experience, but man made hazards like Chernobyl and land mines occur as well. Finally we close with history and rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it''Brutal Battles''. This covers ancient warfare with events such as the Battle of Marathon and the Siege of Masada right up to the Sommes very visual, placing the Battle Of Stalingrad with a heavy focus on snipers dinosaurs in their habitats and the Battle of Kurskgiving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848109180</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mason_poo|title=Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of SpaceThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Dominic Walliman Paul Mason and Ben NewmanTony de Saulles
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The first thing I noticed about know, I know, sometimes you really don't want to encourage your children's poo jokes, but this book was the illustrations. There is a strong nostalgic feel to this that makes me think of space race era film clips brilliant! I sat and early Flash Gordon comics. Perhaps it was the wonderfully fun illustrations that made me assume (incorrectly) that this would be less academic than most of the books in our space collection. I was expecting this to be a fun light read. It was certainly fun, the whole family loved this book, but it was anything but a light read. We spent three days reading this book, researching topics online after reading about them, engaging by myself when the entire family in debates on space, conducting experiments inspired by our research etc... We kids had gone to rearrange our entire school week - and we still havenfound it fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn't finished - we have a number of new projects inspired by this know about poo? The book planned for next week manages to be both funny (and silly) as wellas being very interesting and educational. This book isUsing a mixture of facts and figures, photographs and funny cartoons, without any doubt one you come away having sniggered a little at the vulture who poos on its own feet but also knowing a lot about different types of the most educational books we have ever readpoo, all the while not only holding the children's interestwhy poos smell, but completely captivating themand why wombats do square poos.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263079</amazonuk>
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