Mighty Machines is an action-packed book for 3+ years, bursting with all types of farm machines. The books are with: bright, animated artwork with plenty of fun details to spot on every page; filled with a multitude of tractors and other farm machines, each delightfully characterised to engage young children; engaging text and helpful labels throughout explain what different machines do. Mighty Machines is certain to delight young vehicle fans. With clear, engaging text and bright illustrations, including a host of lively vehicle characters, there's lots for busy little people to look at, talk about and ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold by Jennifer Bassett. ... Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the ... |
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Introduced by Judith Flanders. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Poems for Christmas" is an exquisitely produced gift anthology which is guaranteed to get anyone in the festive spirit. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Judith Flanders, author of Christmas: A Biography. Through the generations, poets from William Shakespeare to Thomas Hardy and from ... |
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Robert Koch (1843 - 1910) war der Begründer der modernen Bakteriologie. Er hat in vielen Bereichen die Medizin revolutioniert. Wer ist eigentlich...? stellt den Medizin-Nobelpreisträger vor, reist in die Welt der Bakterien und Viren und schlägt zum Schluss einen Bogen zum aktuellen Thema Epidemien und Pandemien. Drei unterschiedliche Sachtexte vermitteln Einblicke in Biografie (Leben), Leistungen (Werk) und stellen diese in einen unmittelbaren Bezug zu aktuellen Gegenwartsthemen (Wirkung): Biografie: Robert Koch. Die Faszination der Bakterien. Epidemien und Pandemien - von der Grippe bis Corona. ... |
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Margarete Steiff (1847 - 1909) ist nicht nur die Mutter des auf der ganzen Welt bekannten Teddybären mit dem Knopf im Ohr, sondern auch Deutschlands erste Unternehmerin. Ihre kleine Nähwerkstatt entwickelte sich in kurzer Zeit zu einem bis heute weltbekannten Unternehmen. Wer ist eigentlich...? erzählt die beeindruckende Geschichte der Margarete Steiff, wie ihre Stofftiere das Leben der Kinder veränderten und womit und wie Kinder heute spielen. Drei unterschiedliche Sachtexte vermitteln Einblicke in Biografie (Leben), Leistungen (Werk) und stellen diese in einen unmittelbaren Bezug zu aktuellen ... |
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Bis heute ist das Auto aus unserem Alltag nicht wegzudenken. Seine Erfolgsgeschichte begann 1886 in Mannheim mit dem Patent-Motorwagen von Carl Benz (1844-1929). Wer ist eigentlich...? stellt den weltberühmten Erfinder vor, zeigt die spannende Entwicklungsgeschichte des Automobils und blickt in seine klimafreundliche Zukunft. Drei unterschiedliche Sachtexte vermitteln Einblicke in Biografie (Leben), Leistungen (Werk) und stellen diese in einen unmittelbaren Bezug zu aktuellen Gegenwartsthemen (Wirkung): Biografie: Carl Benz. Die Erfindung des Automobils. E-Mobilität - Die Alternative der Zukunft. ... |
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Angela Merkel (*1954) war die erste Bundeskanzlerin Deutschlands. Wer ist eigentlich...? blickt auf ihre politische Karriere und zeigt, wie sie die Krisen unserer Zeit gemeistert hat und befasst sich zum Schluss mit dem Thema Frauen in Deutschland. Denn noch immer ist es in Deutschland nicht selbstverständlich, dass Frauen einen Weg wie Angela Merkel gehen - egal ob in der Politik oder in der Wirtschaft. Drei unterschiedliche Sachtexte vermitteln Einblicke in Biografie (Leben), Leistungen (Werk) und stellen diese in einen unmittelbaren Bezug zu aktuellen Gegenwartsthemen (Wirkung): Biografie: Angela Merkel. Die ... |
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Based on the story of J. M. Barrie. Text adaptation by Alex Raynham. ... Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up. He lives in Neverland, an island with fairies and pirates--and he isn't real. Or is he? Wendy and her brothers learn the truth when Peter and the fairy Tinkerbell come and take them all to Neverland. Neverland is wonderful and dangerous. Peter Pan is real, but so are the pirates, and their terrible leader, Captain Hook. Peter cut off Hook's hand, and now Hook wants revenge. Who will win - Pan or Hook? And Will Wendy and her brothers ever go home to London? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive ... |
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"– Today you can go round the world in eighty days - says Phileas Fogg. – Do it, and I pay you 20,000 pounds - says his friend Stuart." By the book This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 21st or lose all his money. And with the help of his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels in many ways - from train to elephant - and has some surprising adventures on the way. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities ... |
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Based on the story of Jonathan Swift. Retold by Clare West. ... "Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall... I was so surprised that I gave a great shout." By the book But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels ... |
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Based on the story of Anna Sewell. Retold by John Escott. ... When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world's oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have seen there, travelling faster than a whale and cutting holes in the bottom of the strongest ships? Dr Aronnax joins the search for the monster, hoping for an exciting adventure. But when he meets the mysterious Captain Nemo, his adventure becomes more extraordinary than he had ever imagined, and he discovers a new underwater world, full of wonders, but of strange dangers too... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading ... |
