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Explains the development of modern art in a simple, straightforward way, with over 100 illustrations of major art works. Covers all the key movements in modern art, from the avant-garde of the 19th century to contemporary art in the 21st century. |
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«This sumptuous book covers every era of visual art from ancient to modern. It includes works from every major genre, from Classical to Cubist; focuses on every major theme, from still-life to society; and contains works by the world's most renowned and influential artists. It offers over two hundred superb illustrations are combined with authoritative, informative and fascinating text, which brings the paintings and other artworks to life and also explains how to get the most out of looking at art. Key works, including the «Arnolfini Portrait», «Supper at Emmaus», and «Les Demoiselles d'Avignon», are explored in detail. It contains a timeline, biographical details about all the included artists, and an extensive glossary that explains key terms clearly and precisely. It includes approved Internet links, which can be accessed through the Usborne Quicklinks website, to lead the reader to hundreds more works of art, in addition to the masterpieces included in this wonderful and exciting book.» |
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A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes ten classic fairytales from the collection of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and others, including The Elves and the Shoemaker, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. Perfect for reading aloud to younger children too. A brilliant gift that is sure to become a family heirloom. Beautifully bound in a traditional style with real cloth, head and tail bands, a ribbon marker and foil blocking. Shrink-wrapped for protection. |
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An interactive first word book suitable for those learning English as a first or second language. Match the word and picture stickers to discover a hundred everyday words in an interactive. |
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1000 Doodles Featuring over 1000 doodles, this title includes: hundreds of individual pictures to decorate; more than 20 full-page scenes to complete; for boys: racing cars and robots; for girls: flowers, bags and butterflies; and for everyone: all the rest. Full description. |
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Children cannot fail to love this fantastic book filled with 1000 fairy-themed stickers. There are colourful pictures to fill with which ever stickers the reader chooses — to create delightful scenes of their own. The scenes include a spring meadow filled with flowers and butterflies, a strawberry patch with bugs and bees, a fantasy fairy castle, and a pond with water lilies and fluttering dragonflies. The extra stickers can be used on postcards, letters and envelopes, too. |
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This large board book contains one thousand pictures of vehicles, with their names. Children need to add lots of words to their spoken vocabularly and this fantastic look-and-talk book will provide them with plenty of opportunities to do so. Each double-page spread shows a wonderful array of trucks, tractors, diggers, cranes, cars, trains, ships, planes and more. |
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This is a fantastic activity book, brimming with 1000 exciting ideas from the successful '365' series of make and do books. Easy instructions, some step-by-step, describe how to create amazing drawings, paintings, collage and 3D models. This is a perfect gift, as well as an excellent resource, for anyone who looking for ideas to do with children of all ages. |
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This is a fantastic collection of 365 fun, environmentally friendly activities using paper, card and all manner of materials to be found around the house. There's something to do for every day of the year, including a 3D cardboard city, sock monkeys, loo roll mice, foil birds, sweet wrapper bugs and many, many more. Every activity is clearly and vividly illustrated in an appealing and colourful style, with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. |
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This charming introduction to animals and how they live is packed with simple stencils to help you draw some amazing animals from around the world. 14 pages with 6 stencils. |
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A set of 100 sturdy flashcards with over 200 essential English words to learn. On the front and back of each card, there is an English word illustrated with a simple picture. Readers can listen to all the words read by a native English speaker at the Usborne Quicklinks Website. |
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«This is a new paperback edition of «Usborne's Illustrated First Dictionary» with over 2,500 carefully chosen words and definitions. It is packed with lively and humorous illustrations and photographs that help demonstrate the meanings of words. It includes an alphabet sequence on each page to help children find their way around the dictionary, example sentences showing how words are used and word panels giving suggestions for alternative words. It comes with over 700 internet links to websites with fun activities, information and animations.» |
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In this title, bright and attractive scenes show animals from around the world in their natural habitats, including under the sea, farm animals, pets, the rainforest, the African savannah, and creepy crawlies. It contains simple information about the animals shown, such as how a spider makes a web and how elephants take showers. It is illustrated with the charming models of Jo Litchfield. It includes robust board pages perfectly sized for little hands to turn. |
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A bright and fun first sticker book that is packed full of exciting underwater scenes to fill with stickers. It allows children to fix the colourful picture stickers onto each fun scene, including a coral reef, a shipwreck, icy waters, dolphins and by the seashore. It features over 130 stickers. |
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In a world where angels are beyond redemption, Alex thinks he's found one that might deserve mercy. Alex is a ruthless assassin — of angels. Forget everything you've heard about them before. Angels are not benign celestial creatures, but fierce stalkers whose irresistible force allows them to feed off humans, draining them of their vitality until there is barely anything left. As far as Alex is concerned, the only good angel is a dead angel... until he meets Willow. She may look like a normal teenager but Willow is no ordinary girl. Half-angel, half-human, Willow may hold the key to defeating the evil angels. But as the hunter and the hunted embark on an epic and dangerous journey and Willow learns the dark and terrifying secrets of her past, Alex finds himself drawn to Willow... with devastating consequences. Eoin Colfer reinvented the fairy, Stephanie Meyer reinvented the vampire, L.A. Weatherly reinvents the angel! This is a heart-pounding, knuckle-whitening, paranormal romance action-adventure for fans of the Twilight series. This is the first in a devastating new trilogy. |
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Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection. This is a collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing series. Help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions, such as the disco, shopping and going for a day at the beach using the colourful and trendy items of clothing on the stickers. It includes over 800 stickers to chose from to help the characters look their best. |
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