This is a stylish and beautifully illustrated picture word book with flaps to lift to encourage counting skills and number recognition. Each themed page has plenty of flaps to lift with the number of objects or animals underneath. Flaps on the opposite page show the same number with an accompanying, delicately illustrated picture underneath. Themes include at the park, on the farm and in the garden.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9792-2
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
As Jack scurried down the beanstalk, the hen squawked anxiously, `If that giant gets his hands on us, He`ll eat us for his tea!`. This is the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and pop-up surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. Now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks: listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50622-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
See how nature changes with the seasons, find out which creatures live in the garden and learn how flowers grow in this beautifully illustrated introduction to nature, with over 80 flaps to lift. There are counting and matching activities, and lots of things to look at and talk about on every page.
A bright, impactful book, explaining simply and effectively what`s going wrong with our planet and what we can all do to help - from reducing greenhouse gas emissions and farming responsibly to protecting our forests, oceans and endangered animals. It sets out why conditions on Earth are just right for life, how our modern lives are putting the planet at risk and what we can all do to work towards a greener future.
Red Riding Hood said to the wolf, `I`m on my way to see My granny, who is ill in bed`. The wolf cried, `Dearie me`! The story of Red Riding Hood and the wolf, retold here in irreverent, playful rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and pop-up surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. It comes now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks. Listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50621-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Cinderella`s sisters were such a rotten pair, She did all the housework, They never did their share. The story of Cinderella and her ugly stepsisters, retold in glorious rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. Now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks. Listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-230-73612-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A colourful book with over 60 flaps to lift to teach little children about Opposites in a fun way. Pages include colourful scenes at the park, in the ocean, in the jungle and more. Each flap has its opposite hiding behind it. Bright illustrations of large and small parrots, high and low swings at the park and hot and cold picnic foods make the opposites clear and give prereaders lots to spot and talk about. With pages for commonly used opposites such as above and below, inside and outside and big and little.
Carries EU Toy Safety Directive `CE` logo. This is a brand new and innovative jigsaw book to help children learn the colours of the rainbow. Each double page focuses on one colour of the rainbow, in a busy scene with removable jigsaw pieces, which can be taken out to reveal surprises underneath. Robust tabs help the child find their favourite pages with ease. It includes colourful illustrations by Stacey Lamb.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8935-4
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: август 2011
Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worsePercy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. Percys mom decides its time that he knew the truth about where he came from. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friendsone a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of AthenaPercy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a...
As a partner at one of New York`s most prestigious law firms, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave birth to at forty. But Alex feels blessed with her life and happy marriage-until lightning strikes her. Suddenly a routine medical check-up turns her world upside down when tests reveal shattering news. Sam Parker is a star venture capitalist, a Wall Street whiz kid, and is as proud of his longtime marriage to Alex as he is of his successful career. As a major player in New York`s financial world, Sam is used to being in control-until he is caught off guard by Alex`s illness. Terrified of losing his wife and family, and haunted by ghosts from his past, Sam is unable to provide any...
ISBN: 0-440-22150-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2007
Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers rest and seclusion to over-stressed professionals who have paid the price of getting to the top. But when one of these distinguished visitors is found hanging from the top of the island`s lighthouse, murder not suicide is suspected. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are immediately called in: the investigation must be swift, discreet, decisive. However, Dalgliesh has his work cut out, since both residents and visitors to Combe Island guard their privacy well - even when murder makes them a suspect. Does the islanders` reticence betray a knowledge of the crime? Another death and Dalgliesh`s own life in danger throws the entire investigation into
ISBN: 978-0-14-104446-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous O`Connors in Kilgarret, Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling O`Connor, a friendship which will endure through twenty turbulent years of change and chaos, joy and sorrow, soaring dreams and searing betrayals. Writing with warmth, wit and great compassion, Maeve Binchy tells a magnificent story of the lives and loves of two women, bound together in a friendship that nothing could tear asunder - not even the man who threatened to come between them forever.
ISBN: 978-0-09-949857-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Throughout history, artists around the world have been drawn to the nude. Photographers, too, have been fascinated by the subject, and many of the medium`s most enduring images have depicted the unclothed human form. But the nude is among the most challenging of subjects to master. The camera`s gaze is indiscriminate and unforgiving, so conveying a sense of artistry and subtlety requires careful control over the posing and, crucially, lighting of the nude. And that`s where this guide can help. Lighting The Nude (Third Edition) reveals the lighting secrets of some of the top photographers working today. It showcases over 100 images of the nude, in a wide variety of styles. Each image is accompanied by detailed lighting diagrams and an...
ISBN: 978-2-88893-123-2
Издательство:
RotoVision
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
PERCY JACKSON is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. And that's the least of his troubles'. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning l&plt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of...
Beautifully written, enthralling and unforgettable, The Light of Day is a bold, unconventional tale of love, murder and second chances. Over the course of a single day, we meet George and Sarah who are bound together and cruelly separated by a momentous act that has cut deeply into both their lives. Teasing out the magical in the ordinary, truth from deceit, The Light of Day is a timeless love story about how we can find the beautiful and enchanting in the most unlikely places.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101201-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. But just as lightning illuminates, darkness always follows close behind.
ISBN: 978-0-425-19203-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lighting is an integral component of interior design and architecture. The keys to creating exceptional luminous environments is revealed in Lighting Spaces. Thirty of the world’s top lighting designers and consultants showcase their finest accomplishments in this volume. The selected examples illustrate how high quality, thoughtful design can be the visual cornerstone of a successful project. In over 500 beautifully-reproduced photographs you will see how light can establish moods and manipulate attitudes, reinforce feelings and heighten excitement. A full range of high quality, inventive and brilliant lighting design projects are shown including hotels, restaurants, retail, corporate, public, residential, exteriors, houses of...
ISBN: 978-1-58471-116-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Valerie Lemeunier, Ilahum Binan, Sophie Abreu de, Laurence Alemanni, Julien Cardon
Ligne Directe invite a interagir en francais en integrant les modes de communication multimedia des adolescents. Acteur du processus d`apprentissage, l`eleve est amene a identifier le theme de l`unite et les besoins de communication en vue des missions a effectuer. La demarche actionnelle structure l`unite : - Les 3 defis, etapes intermediaires avant la mission finale, incitent l`eleve a explorer et s`approprier les outils de la langue tout en s`entrainant aux competences de communication en vue de petites productions. L`acquisition des competences socioculturelles se fait au fil de l`unite a partir de documents authentiques ecrits et oraux; le 3e defi insiste sur des activites culturelles de decouverte et de production qui stimulent...
ISBN: 978-2-278-06922-4
Издательство:
Didier
Дата выхода: июль 2011
