From atoms and X-rays to the Big Bang and the Internet, brilliant breakthroughs by successful scientists have changed the world. Dip inside this intriguing book to read the stories of 100 scientists and their amazing discoveries, including Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. With Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites where you can meet amazing scientists and try online activities.
In this boxset of quality Usborne readers, you can explore all those cool things and boost your reading skills. Get ready for a close-up look at erupting volcanoes, your miraculous body, and the challenges of living in space.
Exciting hardback readers in a collectible boxset. Simple books that explains the many wonders of nature. Bright color pictures help children to decode the text.
The perfect beginning library set for young readers. How many eyes do spiders have? What do fire fighters wear? What kind of truck can transport the space shuttle? Find the answers to these questions and lots more in these exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own.
Design and build a real, working website from scratch, using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Written for complete beginners of all ages, this book uses simple step-by-step instructions -and zero jargon- to help readers get to grips with basic web design and create their very own space on the internet. With bright quirky illustrations throughout and lots of extra advice and downloads via Usborne Quicklinks.
This inspiring book will unlock children’s ideas for writing stories, poems, comics, blogs, reviews, movie scripts and more. As well as activities for writing compelling story outlines, dialogue and lively characters, there are tips for writing horror stories, romance and thrillers, and even shock journalism. With lots of space to write in – but no scary blank pages.
This write-in activity book explores all sorts of design skills, from how to create stunning lettering and logos to designing costumes, gadgets, games and websites. Aspiring designers will have hours of fun coming up with their own designs, with lots of handy tips and tricks to help them along the way.
Simply pull out a sheet and follow the straightforward instructions to fold stylish, full-colour origami animals, from birds and butterflies to fish, dinosaurs and whales. Featuring 11 different animals, printed on 61 sheets.
Everything you need to embroider, frame and hang a magical unicorn, including a piece of cotton fabric printed with a unicorn design, a needle, embroidery hoop and red, green and purple thread. There’s also a 16-page book with simple, step-by-step instructions showing you exactly what to do and links to video clips of embroider skills.
Discover how engineers solve problems in this innovative activity book, filled with inventions to brainstorm, puzzles to solve and objects to design. Create an earthquake detector, design a moon base and lots more, all using only the book and your pencil case. Includes downloadable templates and links to websites with more engineering experiments.
Pony Island is in danger. The fairy ponies are losing their magic and the Pony Queen’s powers are under threat. Can Holly and Puck uncover the mystery of the missing magic before it’s too late?
Holly and her friend Puck, the fairy pony, are visiting the Pony Queen when a magical necklace is stolen from the palace. Can Puck and Holly help to track it down before the thief uses its magic?
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