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Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From
- Patrick Skipworth, Nicholas Stevenson
- What on Earth Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781912920174
- Published: 07-05-2020
Did you know that English words come from all over the world and that their meanings have changed along their journey? Our word 'zero' comes from the Arabic word for empty space. 'Companion' is from the Latin for with bread. With simple descriptions and dazzling, evocative a...
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Every Second: 100 Lightning Strikes, 8,000 Scoops of Ice Cream, 200,000 Text Messages, 3 Million Litres of Cow Burps ... and Other Incredible Things That Happen Each Second Around the World
- Bruno Gibert
- What on Earth Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781912920297
- Published: 07-05-2020
This striking portrait of our world in numbers makes statistics fun and accessible to children and their grown-ups. Every second, somewhere across the globe, an aeroplane takes off and another one lands. Two people die, and four babies enter the world. 15,000 plastic bottles are produce...
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Summer in the City
- Fracaswell Hyman
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- ISBN13: 9781454933946
- Published: 07-05-2020
Where Mango goes, drama is sure to follow! It's summer break - and Mango is content to spend her time babysitting her brother, hanging with her friend Izzy and binge-watching movies late into the night. Then she runs into her drama teacher Bob (no last names, please), who has some big news: Yo...
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Mango Delight
- Fracaswell Hyman
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- ISBN13: 9781454929628
- Published: 07-05-2020
Surviving seventh grade is tough-especially when your BFF dumps you, you're cut from the track team, and you cost your dad his job. That's the mess Mango's in. THEN her ex-bestie tricks Mango into auditioning for the school musical-but Mango wins the lead, becomes a YouTube sensation, and attr...
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Night Forever
- Ali Sparkes
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780192749994
- Published: 07-05-2020
1.34 a.m. It's always 1.34 a.m. Every night without fail, at 1.34 a.m. on the dot, Elena, Matt, and Tima wake up. Except, something's changed. The beam that gave them the ability to communicate telepathically with animals has started to come through early. And that's because the Earth is slowi...
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The Proudest Blue
- Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, S. K. Ali
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781783449729
- Published: 07-05-2020
Asiya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them, saying hello with a loud wave. It's Faizah's first day of school, and her older sister Asiya's first day of hijab - made of a beautiful blue fabric. But not everyone sees hijab as beautiful. In the face of hurtful, confusing wo...
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Animal Olympics
- Carron Brown, Katy Tanis
- The Ivy Press
- ISBN13: 9781782409861
- Published: 05-05-2020
Are you ready to meet some of the most incredible Olympians in the world? These animal athletes are at the top of their game, and they're ready to go for gold!This fascinating book for readers aged 5+ examines the incredible abilities of animals from all around the globe with a cap...
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The Big Book of Football by MUNDIAL
- MUNDIAL, Damien Weighill
- Wide Eyed Editions
- ISBN13: 9780711258204
- Published: 05-05-2020
Dive into the world of football with this mega book of everything to do with the beautiful game. Learn all the lingo; meet the greatest players, managers and teams from both the men's and women's games; take masterclasses with the pros; wander through the haircut hall of fame; learn the most i...
