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Contents STEM Life Sciences.................................................4 Physical Sciences...................................... 13 The Human Body...................................... 14 Earth & Space............................................ 15 Science & Technology.............................. 21 Earth Science & the Environment......... 28 GEOGRAPHY.................................................... 34 HISTORY........................................................... 36 SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCES................... 42 SPORT............................................................... 51 ART.................................................................... 54 BIOGRAPHIES................................................. 58 CAREERS.......................................................... 60 INTERACTIVE LEARNING............................ 62 COLLECTIONS Go-To Guides............................................. 66 Flowchart Smart....................................... 70 Introduction to.......................................... 74 My Feelings and Manners........................ 80 My Behaviour and Emotions................... 82 Wheels and Automobiles........................ 84 My Fairy Tale Classics............................... 85 Dinosaur Tales........................................... 86 INDEX............................................................... 87
A Guide to Our Catalogue Please look out for key details about each series in the information boxes on each page.
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Please contact andrew@mms-publishing.com or petula@mms-publishing.com to discuss availability. Any series with a ‘Coming Soon’ bubble are not yet at print, but rights are available to purchase.
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Our books cover a huge variety of topics, from history, geography, literature, and science to social studies and art and activity books. We have something for every child, both those who already love books and reluctant readers who find reading more challenging. Whatever the topic, our aim is to reach out to readers and help them discover how rewarding reading can be.
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Food Chain Kings In the animal kingdom, some animals are born to be kings! Readers will discover apex predators and the food chains they rule in this exciting series that explores top predators, their prey, and the intricate food webs they weave.
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On Earth, life is a biological battle that only the fittest survive. In this gripping and fascinating series, readers will discover some of our planet’s most incredible organisms and the brutal biomes they inhabit.
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Life on the Edge
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Animal Armies Find out how the world’s greatest animal groups operate as a highly-organised, and often ruthless, army to survive in these fascinating insights into the animal world.
The Science of Survival Discover how life on Earth thrives through life science. Beautiful photographs and a captivating design brings the science of survival to life.
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This hands-on series looks at plant life cycles and encourages readers to follow a plant life cycle themselves by growing their own plant.
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Nature’s Got Talent Discover nature’s most talented singers, jumpers, divers, jivers, and a lot more in this fun and informative series about the natural world.
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See How it Grows
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Invaders From Earth Find out where on Earth aggressive animal and plant invaders are attacking the ecosystem and the species they are threatening.
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Welcome to My World Welcome to My World introduces readers to the world’s most exciting biomes, the awe-inspiring predators within them, and the intrepid people who study them.
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Discover biology at its most extreme – from nature’s cruellest life cycles through to the most extreme food chains on Earth.
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Billion-Dollar Biomes Billion-Dollar Biomes explores the Earth’s most resource-abundant biomes. It looks at why these areas are full of natural riches, and how humans are profiting from them through big business.
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Extreme Biology
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Titles in the series: Bounty of the Ocean Fortunes from the Rivers Prizes of the Mountains Riches of the Rain Forest Treasure in the Tundra Wealth of the Wetland Abundance of the Grassland
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Animal SOS Discover some of the world’s most endangered animals, why they are in danger, and what you can do to help protect them.
A Home in the Biome Find out what biomes are and why some animals and plants are suited to living in particular biomes around the world.
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Written with a high-interest style and complete with fun activities that help children put engineering into practice, this series brings natural engineering to life.
Top of the Food Chain The world’s food chains are dominated by awe-inspiring predators. Find out more about the planet’s top killers and discover just why they are at the top of their food chain.
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Engineered by Nature
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Life Science Stories Discover the stories behind survival, from how animals and plants adapt to their environment to the fight they have to survive in the world’s toughest food chains.
Math Attack! A life science series with a twist – providing fun math challenges throughout each book.
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What would the world be like without gravity, light, or sound? Find out in this exploration of physical science and the role it plays in our everyday lives.
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Genetic Diseases and Gene Theory Discover what it means to have an hereditary disease, how it is passed on, and what scientists are doing to try to stop and control such conditions.
Tiny Battlefields Find out how a war against disease is being fought and won through cutting-edge science.
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This series examines Earth – seen first from space then close up, revealing one biome, layer by layer, through stunning photographs.
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Comi Soonng Titles in the series: Oceans Mountains Rain Forests
Deserts Wetlands Rivers and Lakes
Rock Cycle Road Trip The series explains the cycle of rock formation and takes the reader on an epic road trip journey across countries and continents to find out more about our amazing planet and its rocks.
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Zoom in On
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Comi Soonng Titles in the series: Crystals Fossils Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks Minerals Sedimentary Rocks
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Disaster Zone Earth—it’s a disaster zone! Discover the science behind epic natural disasters, the world’s worst-ever disaster events, and the technology that scientists are using to help prevent devastating natural disasters of the future.
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Discover Earth’s rock cycle and how fossils, soil, minerals, and crystals are made in this high-interest science series.
Nature’s Ultimate Disasters Discover the world’s most devastating catastrophes, from the top 10 worst volcanoes on record to the 10 deadliest tsunamis and hurricanes to hit the planet.
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Earth’s Rocky Past
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Earth Figured Out Learn about our planet’s incredible processes through amazing facts and figures, from the water cycle to how our weather works and what causes natural disasters.
Earth Under Attack Find out what natural forces are attacking our planet and the destruction they reap in this high-interest approach to natural disasters.
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Why do terrifying earthquakes shake the ground and what causes tsunamis? Discover the answers in this fascinating series.
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Science on Patrol
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Brilliant scientists working in Earth’s most extreme places are making incredible discoveries. Find out about science on patrol in the toughest places on Earth.
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Beyond the Theory Explore the most cutting-edge and intriguing theories about space science and the future of the human race in this exciting new series.
Spectacular Space Science Find out more about the incredible world of space and what scientists are discovering about our solar system and beyond.
Be a Space Scientist This exciting series introduces readers to space exploration and invites them to use their STEM skills to be a space scientist.
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Crime Science Uncover the science behind solving crime! Readers will discover how the latest science and technology is used to crack cybercrime, understand criminal psychology, close cold cases, and much more in this exciting exploration of the criminal world.
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Rise of the Robots Robots are taking over the world—but is this robot revolution all-good? Readers can join the debate in this high-interest, high-tech series that explains how awesome robotic machines are transforming our world.
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This series explores the story of engineering, how breakthroughs were made, and how each eureka moment paved the way for future engineering greats.
STEM to the Rescue STEM to the Rescue examines how science, technology, engineering, and math have helped save lives and made intrepid exploration possible in the most challenging of Earth’s environments.
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Engineering Eurekas
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Titles in the series: Desert Rescue Jungle Rescue Mountain Rescue Sea Rescue Snow and Ice Rescue Space Rescue
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How to Build a... This series explores the STEM skills required to create space buildings and machines, and invites readers to think about how they might use their own STEM skills to create space inventions of the future.
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Titles in the series: Colony on Mars Space Ship Space Center Space Probe Space Station
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Hi-Tech Science Find out how the world of high-tech science works, from GPS to Cloud Computing, and how high-tech science has changed the way we live today.
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Find out how robots are changing our world and the way we live, and what the future of amazing robots could hold.
Tech Timelines Tech Timelines explores the story of technological development throughout the course of human history.
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Amazing Robots
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Comi Soonng Titles in the series: From Stone Age to Phone Age: the History of Communication From Fire to Solar Power: the History of Energy From Wheel to Rocket: the History of Transportation From Shaman to Bionic Man: the History of Medicine From Club to Bomb: the History of Warfare From Cave to Skyscraper: the History of Buildings
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Weird Ways to Save the Planet
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Discover some of most amazing ways in which brilliant brains are using extraordinary science to save the planet in this fun exploration of ingenuity.
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Titles in the series: Pollution Solutions Heroic Home Improvements Transforming Transportation Agricultural Advances Bright Ideas for Lights Super Solar Energy Brand New Burials Water Wonders
Technology in Action Discover how simple machines work and how they help us, from the wheels and axles on a bicycle through to the pulleys on a crane.
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This series looks at how robots are allowing us to make pioneering discoveries and carry out groundbreaking work that helps in many aspects of our lives.
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Energy Evolutions The energy industry is evolving—fast. Find out why fossil fuels are being fast-tracked into history and how cleaner, greener, and science-smart energy is helping us build a sustainable future.
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How does going green work? Discover how the eco-friendly world operates, from how an electric car or a solar-powered home works to how community gardens are run.
Be an Earth Scientist This series introduces readers to the systems that shape our planet. It offers activities that encourage them to see earth science in practice.
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Eco Works
Titles in the series: The Rock Cycle Living at Extremes The Water Cycle Biomes and Ecology Weather and Seasons Natural Resources Landforms Natural Disasters Plant Anatomy Changing Climate Animal Anatomy Pollution Adaptation and Survival Sustainable Life
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Earth’s Innovators A series that examines how young innovators are using science, research, and ingenuity to solve our planet’s most pressing problems.
Totally Toxic Discover how we are poisoning our planet, who is to blame for planet pollution, and if our world can survive this toxic attack.
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Discover how scientists are fighting back against the issues that threaten mankind today and explore the incredible weapons they are deploying.
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Eco Action Young people today have never been more aware of how humans are damaging the planet. They know it’s time to take action – eco action. This compelling series will show them just how they can do that, so they can join other youth activists in the fight to save our precious Earth.
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Mission Survival introduces and explores some of the most threatened animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List – animals that could become extinct if we don’t do more to save them. This compelling, call-to-action series will inspire readers to join the fight to protect the planet and make a future career in conservation their mission, too.
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Tough Guides
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From shark-infested oceans to deadly deserts and towering mountains, discover just what it takes to survive in the world’s toughest environments!
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Sole Survivor This series is packed with incredible stories of sole survivors who managed to survive single-handedly in the most dramatic and deadly of situations and environments.
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Complete the maths challenges to work your way across the globe in this fun new approach to maps and maths.
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Mathalon Maps
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Explore Your World This series takes a look at the authentic cultures of countries around the world, examining lesser-known facts about their customs, beliefs, and traditions.
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Hidden Italy Hidden Turkey Hidden Spain Hidden Israel Hidden France Hidden Japan
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Deadly History History is deadly! From brutal battles and scary sacrifices through evil empires and bloodthirsty games, readers will love digging up the past and discovering its frightening facts in this fascinating exploration of ancient civilizations.
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This series explores the paranormal in human history, from its earliest recordings through to our modernday experience of paranormal phenomena.
We Shall Overcome This series introduces readers to the Civil Rights Movement and the inspirational stories of people who overcame huge adversity in the fight for their rights.
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The Paranormal Throughout History
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Analyse the Ancients Take a look at history’s ancient civilisations through the objects they left behind. Readers analyse amazing artefacts and answer key questions.
The Bizarre History of Beauty Discover the bizarre beauty routines and rituals of people throughout history, from toxic lotions and deadly potions to painful body binding and piercing.
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If two children from both sides of a conflict could write to each other, what would they say? This series explores what it means to be a child caught up in a war-torn country.
Frontline Families Using primary and secondary sources to examine the evidence, find out what life was like for families during wartime and how conflict changed the roles of parents and children.
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Peace Pen Pals
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Mystery Hunters Examine some of the world’s most exciting mysteries, hoaxes, and unsolved puzzles using fact and evidence.
I Witness War This series draws upon eyewitness accounts of modern conflicts, using the evidence to learn about each war and what it was like to experience it.
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What was it like to be a toilet cleaner in medieval times, a miner in ancient Greece, or a wig-maker in colonial America? Find out in this fun and informative series.
History’s Horror Stories Uncover some of the most chilling practices in ancient history. This series explores the gruesome past with a horrible detail that readers will love!
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History’s Most Horrible Jobs
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Hashtag Help! Study skills are life skills, but sometimes they’re hard to pick up in the classroom. From explaining how to write and research to giving a speech, this fun, funny, irreverent, and helpful series will guide every student through.
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It Happened to Me explores painful life crises that affect many young people through poignant diary entries from composite teens who have experienced these situations, supported by informational text.
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It Happened to Me
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STEM Career Choices Choosing a STEM career can be tough – with so many choices, how do you figure out what is right for you? This innovative career guidance series combines insightful personality testing, informative job analysis, and step-by-step actions to take to help students find a pathway to their perfect STEM career.
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History is pretty spooky! From ghosts, alien visitations, and UFO sightings through mysterious places, unexplained vanishings, and cursed tombs, the strange and sinister past explored in this spine-chilling series will enthral every reader.
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Spooked!
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Mindful Mind Maps This series takes young readers by the hand and uses mind map strategies to help them navigate the brain-boggling world of adolescent problems!
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Titles in the series: Beat the Bullies Deal with Drinking and Drugs Figure Out Your Family Deal with Hormones Mind Your Money Cinch Your Career
What Goes on Inside Your Brain? Discover how the amazing human brain works in this intriguing series. Includes critical thinking questions that invite readers to further explore the mind.
World Religions World Religions takes an in-depth and exploratory look at the world’s chief religions, examining their origins, their core beliefs, and how people today follow their ideologies.
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This series looks at issues that trouble young people and offers them tactics and skills to help them navigate the teenage years.
Diversity in Action This series looks at how people of different abilities, race, culture, and social and economic background have had careers in many important fields.
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Life Skills
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What’s Your Viewpoint? A thought-provoking series that examines critical issues. Each book presents the two sides of debates, and asks the reader figure out what their own viewpoint is.
Ask the Experts What do the experts really think about population explosion, genetic engineering, or the state of the global economy? Find out in this insightful series.
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Explore some of the most pressing issues facing young people today, from drugs to homelessness.
World in Crisis Learn about the most pressing issues facing humanity today, from famine to disease, and discover how science can help solve these crises.
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Undercover Story
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Big-Buck Business Discover the big business players of today, and who the global movers and shakers of the future might be in this fascinating series about the world’s top businesses.
Understanding Political Systems From communism to democracy, discover what the world’s key political systems are, how they work, and where in the world they are found today.
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Packed with information about extreme sports, the extreme geography in which they take place, and the extreme sportspeople who practice them, this engaging, high-interest series will inspire the next generation of ultimate extreme sports stars!
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Adventures in the Great Outdoors Calling all young explorers, it’s time to escape into the great outdoors! Get busy, get active, and go wild with these great outdoor guides.
Mind Vs Muscle This series explores how sports psychology and strategy is as important as physical fitness and strength in competitive sports.
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This series shows girls that extreme sports are not just for the boys! Girl readers will discover just how great girls can be at all kinds of sports - and then find their inner supergirl to try them out themselves!
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Draw Your Pet Find out how to care for your favourite pets, then discover how to draw them too in this fun and informative learn-to-draw series.
Learn to Draw... Find out how to draw your favourite subjects, from fairies and mermaids to pirates, dragons, and knights with these fun and easy step-by-step guides.
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Calling all Manga fans, now you can draw your own favourite Manga characters! Discover how to recreate this captivating art style with easy step-by-step guides.
How to Draw Monsters Discover how to draw the world’s most legendary monsters in easy step-by-steps, from the monsters of the big screen to the strangest creatures of science fiction.
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Origami Holidays This fun series looks at religious festivals for young readers while offering them beautiful origami activities for festivity fun.
Awesome Art Discover how awesome art can be and how you can make amazing pieces of art from just about anything!
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Try origami projects that are fun and exciting. These books provide clear, simple instructions and are an engaging introduction to this cool craft.
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Dynamic Duos Discover some of science’s most dynamic pairings and how the joint work of two genius scientists changed the world.
Superheroes of Science Meet the superheroes of the world of science and find out how these legends changed our world forever.
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This series looks at the great writers, novelists, and poets who have affected society and changed people’s outlooks and views through their works.
Explorers Who Changed the World Explorers Who Changed the World looks at some of the world’s greatest adventurers and how their explorations and discoveries changed the world forever.
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Writers Who Changed the World
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Covert Careers Step inside some of the world’s most secretive organizations and discover what it is really like to have a challenging covert career within them.
Careers That Count From firefighters and doctors through to soldiers and police officers, discover the jobs that save and change lives – the careers that really count.
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Exploring the world of the armed forces, this series examines how men and women are trained to take on roles that defend and protect their countries.
Inside the Industry Great STEAM skills can make for a glittering career. Take a look inside the industry and find out how STEAM is used every day in some of the world’s most exciting jobs.
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Stage School Do you want to be on stage? Perhaps you’re a budding pop or movie star? Find out how you can become a superstar with the Stage School guide to stardom!
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Defend and Protect
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Titles in the series: Careers in Video Games Careers in Comic Books Careers in Social Media Careers in Music Production Careers in Fashion Careers in Culinary Arts
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Kitchen Lab This series examines the scientific processes at work when we cook, and offers fun recipe activities so children can see science in action in their own kitchen.
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Science Experiments with Simple Machines Readers discover what wedges, wheels, screws, planes, and axels are and the role they play in machines all around you in this informative introduction to physical science.
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Titles in the series: Breakfast Lab Lunch Lab Dinner Lab Dessert Lab Snack Lab Drink Lab
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A series that includes Makerspace and STEM activities to examine how people survive in challenging environments.
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Fairy Tale Fixers
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Makerspace Survival
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Explore the world’s best-loved fairy tales and solve their problems with STEM!
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Tastebud Tourist
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Tastebud Tourist introduces readers to the wonderful world of cooking. Each book travels across one continent, taking the reader on a journey that explores its people and their cooking.
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Titles in the series: Cook Your Way Across Africa Cook Your Way Across Asia Cook Your Way Across Australia
Cook Your Way Across Europe Cook Your Way Across North America Cook Your Way Across South America
Cooking Around the World
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Find out how to recreate the most mouth-watering dishes from countries around the world and discover their geography and cultures along the way.
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This vibrant cooking series shows teenagers how to master basic culinary skills and create fun, nutritious, and quickto-cook meals that will fit into their busy lifestyles.
Makerspace Journeys Take a Makerspace journey across the world’s continents and discover their geographies, cultures, and people through fun Makerspace activities.
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Cooking Skills
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go-to guides collections
THE TOPICS Go-To Guides focus on curriculum-linked topics with a high-interest approach:
PLANET EARTH
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Go-To Guides is a fun and fact-filled range of one-stop guides to the fascinating world around us. A complete library of information books that kids will love.
Space introduces readers to the wonders of the universe and space science, including the solar system, our sun, Earth and its moon, extraterrestrial life, and amazing space missions. Titles in the series: The Solar System The Sun The Earth and Moon
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Extraterrestrials Amazing Space Missions
Planet Earth Planet Earth introduces readers to the wonders of our planet, including its oceans, coral reefs, deserts, mountains, rocks and minerals, and its weather. Titles in the series: Oceans Coral Reefs Deserts Mountains
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Rocks and Minerals Earth’s Weather Saving Our Earth
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Natural Disasters Natural Disasters introduces readers to Earth’s devastating and awe-inspiring natural disasters, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes. Titles in the series: Volcanoes Earthquakes Tsunamis
Ancient Worlds introduces readers to the greatest ancient civilizations in history, including the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Chinese, the ancient Greeks, the ancient Romans, the Aztecs, and the Maya.
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Tornadoes Wildfires Hurricanes
Ancient Worlds Titles in the series: Ancient Egypt The Maya The Aztecs
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Ancient China The Romans Ancient Greece
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Amazing Animals introduces readers to the wonders of the animal kingdom, including its ferocious hunters such as sharks Rights: World and big cats, its amazing marine animals, and the creatures on our planet that are most in danger and in need of our protection. Titles in the series: Dolphins and Whales Animals in Danger Deadly Animals Sharks
Big Cats Wolves Reptiles and Amphibians Apes and Monkeys
Predators and Prey Birds Penguins Bugs
The Human Body The Human Body introduces readers to the miraculous human body, including its remarkable brain, its powerhouse heart, its respiratory system, the extraordinary senses, skeletons and muscles, and the workings of the digestive system. Titles in the series: The Brain The Heart The Lungs
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Amazing Animals
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The Digestive System The Senses The Skeleton and Muscles
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flowchart smart collections
Flowchart Smart Earth Science Using flowcharts to reinforce sometimescomplicated scientific theory, Flowchart Smart looks at the science of Earth.
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This series uses flowcharts to explore the world’s key biomes and their intricate ecosystems.
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Flowchart Smart Ecosystems
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Flowchart Smart Physical Science This series uses flowcharts to reinforce physical science theory. It looks at key principles such as how sound is made and heard, and how heat is generated.
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Using flowcharts to reinforce sometimes complicated scientific theory, Flowchart Smart looks at the science of the human body.
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Flowchart Smart Human Body
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introduction to collections
Introduction to Science Packed with fascinating information for early learners, these introductions to the amazing world of science will engage and inspire young readers everywhere!
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Introduction to Science
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Introduction to History Packed with fascinating information for early learners, these introductions to the past will engage and inspire young readers everywhere!
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Introduction to Geography Packed with fascinating information for early learners, these introductions to the world around us will engage and inspire young readers everywhere!
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Packed with fascinating information for early learners, these introductions to the natural world will engage and inspire young readers everywhere!
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Introduction to Nature
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my feelings and manners collections
My Feelings and Manners Young children can find it difficult to manage their feelings and behaviour. Making sense of manners can also be a minefield! With gentle stories, humorous illustrations, and a guide for parents and teachers, this series is a perfect introduction to social and emotional learning.
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My Behaviour and Emotions This beautifully vibrant series explores emotions and how to manage them while developing reading skills. Young readers will love the endearing animal characters in the series, recognize their own patterns of emotions and behaviour in them, and learn alongside the animals how to better manage difficult emotions and behaviours.
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WHEELS AND AUTOMOBILES collections
Wheels and Automobiles Children will discover a world of awesome moving machines in this fun and informative series for young readers. They will love reading the rhyming text of each story and following the amazing machines. They can then explore the dictionary to further develop their understanding of words and machines. Wheels and Automobiles makes learning to read fun!
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These traditional fairy tales will enchant young readers. With delightful retellings of some of the world’s best-loved stories and beautiful illustrations, this is the ideal fairy tale gift set for children.
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My Fairy Tale Classics
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DINOSAUR TALES collections
Dinosaur Tales
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These cute and funny first storybooks for children will guarantee smiles and laughter. Follow each dinosaur character as they learn to overcome challenges and discover how to manage their emotions in these charming tales for early readers.
INDEX
Index A Home in the Biome 10 Adventures in the Great Outdoors 52 Amazing Robots 25 Analyse the Ancients 38 Animal Armies 6 Animal SOS 10 Ask the Experts 48 Awesome Art 56 Be a Space Scientist 20 Be an Earth Scientist 29 Beyond the Theory 20 Big-Buck Business 50 Billion-Dollar Biomes 9 Careers That Count 60 Cooking Around the World 64 Cooking Skills 65 Covert Careers 60 Crime Science 21 Deadly History 36 Defend and Protect 61 Dinosaur Tales 86 Disaster Zone 16 Diversity in Action 47 Draw Your Pet 54 Dynamic Duos 58 Earth Figured Out 18 Earth’s Innovators 30 Earth’s Rocky Past 17 Earth Under Attack 18 Eco Action 32 Eco Works 29 Energy Evolutions 28 Engineered by Nature 11 Engineering Eurekas 23 Explore Your World 35 Explorers Who Changed the World 59 Extreme Biology 9 Fairy Tale Fixers 63 Flowchart Smart Earth Science 70 Flowchart Smart Ecosystems 71 Flowchart Smart Human Body 73 Flowchart Smart Physical Science 72 Food Chain Kings 4 Frontline Families 39
Genetic Diseases and Gene Theory 14 Go-To Guides 66 Hashtag Help! 42 Hi-Tech Science 24 History’s Horror Stories 41 History’s Most Horrible Jobs 41 How to Build a… 24 How to Draw Monsters 55 I Witness War 40 Inside the Industry 61 Introduction to Geography 78 Introduction to History 76 Introduction to Nature 79 Introduction to Science 74 Invaders From Earth 8 It Happened to Me 43 Kitchen Lab 62 Learn to Draw… 54 Learn to Draw Manga 55 Life on the Edge 5 Life Science Stories 12 Life Skills 47 Makerspace Journeys 65 Makerspace Survival 63 Math Attack! 12 Mathalon Maps 35 Mind Vs Muscle 52 Mindful Mind Maps 46 Mission Survival 33 My Fairy Tale Classics 85 My Behaviour and Emotions 82 My Feelings and Manners 80 Mystery Hunters 40 Nature’s Got Talent 7 Nature’s Ultimate Disasters 17 Nature’s Wrath 19 Origami Fun 57 Origami Holidays 56
See How it Grows 7 Science Experiments with Simple Machines 62 Science Fights Back 31 Science on Patrol 19 Sole Survivor 34 Spectacular Space Science 20 Spooked! 45 Sports for Supergirls 53 Stage School 61 STEM Career Choices 44 STEM to the Rescue 23 Superheroes of Science 58 Tastebud Tourist 64 Tech Timelines 25 Technology in Action 26 The Bizarre History of Beauty 38 The Paranormal Throughout History 37 The Science of Survival 6 Tiny Battlefields 14 Top of the Food Chain 11 Totally Toxic 30 Tough Guides 34 Ultimate Sports 51 Undercover Story 49 Understanding Political Systems 50 We Shall Overcome 37 Weird Ways to Save the Planet 26 Welcome to My World 8 What Goes on Inside Your Brain? 46 What’s Your Viewpoint? 48 Wheels and Automobiles 84 World in Crisis 49 World Religions 46 Writers Who Changed the World 59 Zoom in On 15
Peace Pen Pals 39 Physical Science 13 Rise of the Robots 22 Robots Pioneers 27 Rock Cycle Road Trip 15
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