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Playground Potting Shed
By Dominic Murphy
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2006
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £6.99 |
| You save: | £2.00 |
Relating how he helped his local school establish a garden and grow an array of flowers, fruit and vegetables during term-time, the author describes the triumphs and the setbacks he encountered while getting the gardening club off the ground, and shares advice on environmentally friendly pest control to avoid troublesome varieties of vegetables.
In stock, usually despatched within 24 hours.
Big Questions From Little People ... Answered By Some Very B
By Gemma Elwin Harris
Hardback
Published 04-Oct-2012
| RRP: | £12.99 |
| Our price: | £10.39 |
| You save: | £2.60 |
Why is the sea salty? How far away is space? Why can't I tickle myself? What makes me me? But how are we supposed to answer them? This title is suitable for those who wants to understand the complexities of life, the universe and why cakes taste so nice.
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Dear Zoo
By Rod Campbell
Paperback
Published 28-Mar-1985
| RRP: | £5.99 |
| Our price: | £4.79 |
| You save: | £1.20 |
What kind of pet would you like from the zoo? An elephant, a lion, a snake - or something a bit smaller, and cuddlier and playful?
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Mission: Explore Food
By Geography Collective
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2012
| RRP: | £20.00 |
| Our price: | £16.00 |
| You save: | £4.00 |
Mission:Explore Food is a revolutionary cookbook, guide, fieldbook and atlas to what we grow in the ground, chase around fields, put in our mouths, poo out our bums and plant our seeds in. The book will include scores of both delicious and disgusting recipes, missions, games and wisdom on good ways to find, eat and dispose of food.
Written by The Geography Collective (a team of teachers, academics, artists and explorers) in partnership with City Farmers and illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones, Mission:Explore Food will go where no other family food-related book dares!
Mission:Explore Food will covers sustainable, healthy, slow, self-grown, urban farmed, ethical, local and international food. A very informative book showing you how to think critically and creatively about where food comes from, how it's transported, traded, processed, prepared, cook, eaten and disposed of.
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True or False Animal Cards
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Paperback
Published 16-Aug-2011
| RRP: | £7.00 |
| Our price: | £5.60 |
| You save: | £1.40 |
Based on the animal cards produced by NGKids and tested with the NGKids audience, this title includes cards that are chock full of very cool animal true-or-false questions and animal pictures that provides hours of fun learning.
Usually despatched within 7-10 days.
Deadly Days in History
By Terry Deary
Hardback
Published 02-May-2013
| RRP: | £12.99 |
| Our price: | £10.39 |
| You save: | £2.60 |
DEADLY DAYS IN HISTORY is the most horrible HORRIBLE HISTORIES book yet. Terry Deary take a whirlwind tour through the most dreadful, disastrous and deadly days in the whole of horrible history, from the grim Great Fire of Rome to the vile St Valentine's Day Massacre, leaving the gory bits in (and the boring bits out).
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How to Build a Human Body
By Richard Walker
Hardback
Published 01-Oct-2012
| RRP: | £14.98 |
| Our price: | £11.98 |
| You save: | £3.00 |
Learn all about the human body and how it works with this accessible paperback book and 3-foot model skeleton that you build complete with organs.
This item is currently re-printing. You may still order this book and we will despatch it as soon as it becomes available.
World Record Paper Airplane Book
By Ken Blackburn
Paperback
Published 26-Jan-2007
| RRP: | £14.99 |
| Our price: | £11.99 |
| You save: | £3.00 |
Provides resources for beginners and experienced paper airplane fliers alike with a total of 20 models and 112 flyers, ready to pull out and fold. This book features a text section with photos and information on aerodynamics, competitions, and designing your own high-performing models.
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What Happens When ...
By
Hardback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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| Our price: | £7.99 |
| You save: | £2.00 |
*What happens to all the things that we lose or let go? The balloon that floats off into the sky, the sock that slides behind the radiator, the bucket swallowed by waves or our shadows when the sun goes down?
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Chess for Kids
By Richard James
Paperback
Published 28-Oct-2010
| RRP: | £6.99 |
| Our price: | £5.59 |
| You save: | £1.40 |
An introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. This book contains 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills.
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