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Книги издательства «Scholastic»
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Dr. Seuss Beginner Alphabet Cards use fun games and learning activities to teach the most important pre-reading skills: — Recognizing letter shapes — Practicing letter sounds — Matching words to things — Building small words Making rhymes Includes 26 alphabet cards, an instruction sheet for games and learning activities, and basic tips for teaching children to know their letters from A to Z. |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What a liripoop is? Which potty professor liked to walk like a dinosaur? What's buried beneath the botanical gardens? Plot your path to the past with the frightful fold-out map of the city — take a puntast corpse-ridden Christchurch and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling castle. Comes complete with frightful full-colour map. |
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This book features history with twice the nasty bits... in a horrible new edition! The Smashing Saxons tells the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans. The Stormin' Normans follows big bad Bill the Conqueror who battled at Hastings, stormed Europe and joined the crummy Crusades. This book features curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests... for your teacher! History has never been so horrible. |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: The rules of the orful Olympic sport of shin-kicking? Why locals like toob cheese in the river? Which of Shakespeare's characters was baked in a pie? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map — pay your respects at the playwright's grave, then brave spooky Sheep Street, home of an awful axeman, a weird witch and possibly the most haunted house in England. |
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Since her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Jem has kept a secret. When her eyes meet someone else's, a number pops into her head — the date on which they will die. Knowing that nothing lasts forever, Jem avoids relationships, but when she meets a boy called Spider, and they plan a day out together, her life takes a new twist and turn. Waiting for the London Eye, she sees everyone in the queue has the same number — something terrible is going to happen. |
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The smallest fish can tell the tallest tales... Sorry I'm late, Miss. I set off really early but on the way to school I was captured by a squid. I wriggled and I struggled till a turtle came and rescued me. Oh, no, he didn't. Oh, Yes, He did. Tiddler is a little fish with a big imagination. What ever will he come up with next? |
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«Are you team Edward or team Jacob? With the second film currently breaking box office records, this is one of the mostly hotly debated topics worldwide. This book is the perfect companion to a Twilight obsession shared by two best friends. Covering all the most important topics, friends can ask each other the all important questions, including: Which «Twilight» saga book do you love the most? And which «New Moon» actor do you think is the cutest?» |
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Gwynna is just a girl who is forced to run when her village is attacked and burns to the ground. To her horror, she is discovered in the wood. But it is Myrddin the bard who has found her, a traveler and spinner of tales. He agrees to protect Gwynna if she will agree to be bound in service to him. Gwynna is frightened but intrigued-and says yes-for this Myrddin serves the young, rough, and powerful Arthur. In the course of their travels, Myrddin transforms Gwynna into the mysterious Lady of the Lake, a boy warrior, and a spy. It is part of a plot to transform Arthur from the leader of a ragtag war band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time. If Gwynna and Myrrdin's trickery is discovered, what will become of Gwynna? Worse, what will become of Arthur? Only the endless battling, the mighty belief of men, and the sheer cunning of one remarkable girl will tell. |
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When Giuseppe finds a green violin washed up in New York docks, somehow he knows it will change his life. But how? The very same day, Hannah, a maid at a local hotel, gets a strange new mistress. Why are Madame X and her mysterious Russian minder living in a hotel? What are they hiding from? Across the square, Frederick, a clockmaker's apprentice, hides his dark terrors, and an amazing gift. There is nothing to link these three children, except the green violin and a chance encounter on the street. But soon they are swept away in an epic adventure. This is a mesmerizing story of chance, friendship, and courage. |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Who shocked the world by showing her knickers? How two monkey's and a dog became astronauts? Why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat? You can find out about last days of the vile Victorian Queen right up the nostalgic Nineties, with all the amazing changes and incredible inventions that happened in between! |
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You've probably heard of a few pirates including: horrible Henry Morgan and his flaming fire ships; awful Anne Bonny and her flaming temper; and, barmy Blackbeard and his — er — flaming black beard. But have you heard that: Henry Morgan ate his own shoes? Anne Bonny scared strong men shirtless? Blackbeard guzzled his rum with a dash of dynamite? Now you can get the inside story from pirates' long-lost log-books, read the terrible truth about real pirate life and find out all about the biggest, baddest buccaneers who ever sailed the bounding main! The book is horribly funny, horribly gripping, and horribly famous. |
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In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping dangerous secrets. For Sam, it means grappling with his werewolf past... and figuring out a way to survive the future. But just when they manage to find happiness, Grace finds herself changing in ways she could never have expected... |
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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge... This thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. |
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Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase to a thief, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again? This is a heart-warming story of friendship, loyalty — and kittens! 'Our five-year-old gave it the thumbs up, and that's about the best endorsement you can get' — News of the World. |
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From the #1 New York Times — bestselling creator of the Princess Diaries. Following a bizarre accident, 16-year-old tomboy Emerson Watts wakes up to find she's in the body of a supermodel. Who is behind the switch? And how can she get her best friend Christopher to realize she's still the same Em inside? |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why Ivar ended up boneless? What made a three-legged mare so terrifying? Why eating too many sproggs will get you a bazzerkin? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map — meet at the Minster, the home of battling bishops, amble through the blood-soaked Shambles and then climb the Micklegate, where so many traitors headed off! |
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«Josh thinks he has discovered the key to time travel. Should he use it to go back in time and save his father? Ixchel knows what he intends to do. Should she stop him? Before they can decide, Ixchel is kidnapped by the people who want to see an ancient prophecy predicting the end of the world in 2012 come true. It's up to Josh to save Ixchel and possibly save the world. Time is running out in the exhilarating third part of the best-selling «Joshua Files».» |
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A history of dark knights and dingy castles. It takes the readers charging back to the days of chivalry, when knights clanked about in shining armour waving weird weapons and peasants cleaned up the mess afterwards. |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What caused the Great Stink of 1858? Why the flying dustmen were feared? Who ate a tosher for tea? Plot your path to the past with the frighful full-colour map — take a trip to the terrifying Tower and dip into the River Thames (London's largest toilet!). |
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Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek... and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an eerie accident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her video camera to search things out, then email the clips for Ryan to see. In a groundbreaking new format, the story is broken into two parts — Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book. This is creepy and addictive story in a style you've never seen before. |
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