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100 Amazing Facts about Thailand: Amazing Discoveries in the Heart of Asia
Immerse yourself in the mystical heart of Thailand with “100 Amazing Facts about Thailand”.Thailand isn’t just about golden beaches and sparkling temples; it is a country rich in millennia-old history, ancestral traditions and natural wonders. “100 Amazing Facts about Thailand” invites you on a breathtaking journey through the land of smiles, revealing its most precious secrets and surprising anecdotes.
Why this book is the perfect gift for your children:
- Educational and Entertaining: Every fact is carefully researched and presented in a fun way. Your children will enrich their general knowledge while being captivated by the fascinating stories.
- Suitable for all ages: Whether your children are beginners or advanced readers, the writing style is accessible, with clear and concise information.
- Immersive journey: Without leaving the comfort of your home, your children will be able to travel through the mountains, forests, cities and villages of Thailand, discovering a new adventure on each page.
- Stimulates Curiosity: This book will spark lots of questions, encouraging your children’s natural curiosity and pushing them to learn more about the world around them.
- Encourages respect for cultures: By immersing themselves in the traditions, customs and history of Thailand, your children will develop a deeper appreciation and respect for cultures different from their own.
- Durability: Built to last, this book will become a family library favorite that your children can read again and again, discovering something new each time.
Give your children a window into a world that is both exotic and fascinating. “100 Amazing Facts about Thailand” is not just a book; it’s a ticket to an unforgettable adventure.
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African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
“In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner’s guide to pre-colonial Africa.” – Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist
Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world.
Black history is a rich and thrilling collection of stories that begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, bestselling author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world.
– Menes: Creator of Dynasties
– Merneith: A Queen Erased
– Imhotep: From Peasant to God
– Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World
– Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist
– Terence: North African Playwright
– Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen
– Tin Hinan: Founding a City on the Dunes
– Mansa Musa: The Richest Man of All Time
– Queen Idia: KingmakerIllustrator Hillary D. Wilson’s brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again. Both an empowering and energetic read and an essential correction to Eurocentric telling’s of history, African Icons will enthral readers of all ages.
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Asia (Where on Earth?)
Where on Earth is the UK? Where are koalas from, and who lives on Antarctica? From landscapes to animals, cities to people and languages to food, this series will let readers take a trip to each continent. It’s time to travel around the Earth.Read more
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Asia Geography Activity Book
★★★Learn about the Countries of Asia★★★
Maps, capitals, mottos, population, cities, famous people, landmarks, and more
Explore Asia including the Middle East with this fun and fact-filled workbook. Contains a comprehensive guide to each country with colorable maps and flags. Learn the capitals as well as major cities, population, border countries, language, landmarks, and famous people. Includes word searches and quizzes to test knowledge. Asia Geography Activity Book is a visually entertaining way to learn about the countries of Asia.
This geography activity book features:
- Two full pages devoted to each country
- A large map of each country with its capital, cities, and surroundings labeled
- Important facts about each country
- A fun word search for each country
- A map of Asia to color
- Quiz on capitals
This book is a great resource for homeschooling or giving kids extra practice and learning reinforcement in a creative and fun way. It’s designed for kids and is an excellent resource for parents and educators looking to teach geography in an engaging way. The book is educational, informative, and helps children develop a greater understanding of the beauty and diversity of our world.
A must-have for parents and educators looking to teach their children about the wonders of Asia.
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Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand
Travel with Bodhi through seek-and-find illustrations as she takes a plane, boat, and tuk-tuk to explore a new country and culture in vibrant, bustling Bangkok, Thailand. Bodhi is high above the clouds, in a plane on her way to Thailand. Shex27s never been to the city named Bangkok, and shex27s not certain what sights, sounds, and experiences await her there. Stepping into the streets, Bodhi suddenly finds herself a long way from home and not sure if she belongs in this new place. The city is a symphony of noises with horns beeping, engines roaring, and people speaking in Thai. But after visiting the golden temple and quieting her mind, Bodhi begins to see that Thailand is not that different from home after all. Trees still grow tall, kids play games just like her friends, and a smile is the same in every language. With this new outlook, Bodhi opens her heart to the kindness and compassion already within and realizes that even though she is far away from the place she calls home, she is right where she belongs amongst the busy streets, Loi Krathong celebrations, and floating markets of Bangkok. Bodhi Sees the World shares with children:
– A list of facts and information about the important landmarks and places Bodhi visits, including the Emerald Buddha, the Grand Palace, the Chao Phraya River, and the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market;
– How to say basic greetings and phrases in Thai;
– And introduces a new culture and customs.Read more
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Leo Messi (Little People, BIG DREAMS)
In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Leo Messi, one of the world’s most skilled and celebrated footballers.As a child, Leo developed his passion for football playing games with his brothers and cousins in the streets of Rosario, Argentina. He later honed his skills on the pitch as part of the local youth team, Newell’s Old Boys – who famously won every tournament whilst Leo was with them. But life wasn’t without its challenges. Aged 9, he was diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency, which meant he had to inject himself with hormones from the doctor every day to help him grow. But nothing was going to stop Leo from following his dreams. He debuted with FC Barcelona in 2004 and across the next 17 years scored 672 goals for the club and helped them to win 35 trophies. Leo has also received seven Golden Ball awards, more than any other football player in history, and won 4 trophies with Argentina’s national football team, including the 2022 World Cup, where he captained the team to victory. Messi’s next chapter will be spent training under the Florida sunshine, having joined the US team Inter Miami CF.
Today, he is considered by many to be ‘The Greatest of All Time’ – and is a hero off the pitch, too, as a committed ambassador for UNICEF and founder of his own children’s charity. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of Messi’s incredible story.
This powerful book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the footballer’s life.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
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Little First Stickers: Chinese New Year
Come and join the fun with music, dancing dragons and dazzling fireworks, as Jing and her family celebrate Lunar New Year. Add over 160 stickers to bring the scenes to life.
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Liverpool Rule (Football Superstars)
If you’re a true fan of The Reds then this is the book for you! Currently regarded as one of the best club sides in the world, besides the domestic titles, Liverpool FC have won a raft of international competitions, including FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Cups, UEFA Super Cups, and European Cups.
In this fun and fact-filled book about Liverpool Football Club, Football Superstar’s dynamic duo, Dan and Simon, will give you their unique take on the club’s amazing history, from its all-conquering era of the 1970s and 80s, the highs and lows of the next 20 years to the excitement of the Jurgen Klopp side of today. You’ll learn about the legendary players, managers, matches and more that tell the story of the football institution beloved around the world.
Football Superstars is a series aimed at building a love of reading from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments.
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£5.90£6.60Liverpool Rule (Football Superstars)
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Lunar New Year Around the World: Celebrate the most colourful time of the year
Find out all about Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated in different communities across the world!This stunning picture book is the perfect introduction for little ones to Lunar New Year celebrations. The most colourful time of the year is celebrated in communities around the world and you can now discover how it’s celebrated through the eyes of the children who live there.
Meet families in China, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, as well as in bustling cities like San Francisco, London, Sydney and Toronto and join them in their celebrations at home and on the streets in parades, lantern festivals and in temples. Packed with fascinating facts, young readers will love finding out all about different Lunar New Year traditions in this gorgeously illustrated picture book.
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My First Book About Allah
This simple but beautiful book helps children understand who Allah is. It introduces some of His divine attributes: His Oneness, His infinite Power, Love and Mercy, and it ends with the promise He has made to those who believe in Him and make Him happy.
It is a book to be treasured by children, with large, colourful illustrations and carefully written text that children will understand and enjoy.
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The Legend of the Chinese Dragon
In ancient China, the different tribes lived under the protection of benevolent spirits that took the form of animals–fish, ox, bird, horse, and serpent. But, as often happens, the tribes grew envious of each other and began to fight amongst themselves in the names of their spirits. The children decided to declare a war on war by creating a creature that combined the best of all the spirits and would protect all the people. To this day, the dragon is a symbol of peace and plays an especially important role in the celebration of the Chinese New Year. This timely message of cooperation and empowerment makes this book especially appealing to trade and institutional accounts. Communities with significant Chinese populations will also have a special interest in this title. Catherine Louis’ Liu and the Bird was a critical hit with review journals, teachers, and librarians.Read more
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The Red Sea Sharks: The Official Classic Children’s Illustrated Mystery Adventure Series (The Adventures of Tintin)
One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature
Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children’s books. These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old and new. Perfect for lovers of graphic novels, mysteries and historical adventures.
The world’s most famous travelling reporter flies out to Khemed to investigate a case of arms smuggling and the involvement of an old friend. There’s a rebellion in Khemed and the Emir’s life is in danger!
He has entrusted his mischievous son to Captain Haddock’s care, but when an old friend of Tintin’s is caught smuggling arms to the Khemed rebels, they must jump straight on a plane to find out what on earth is going on …
Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011.
The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 90 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then more than 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th.
Hergé (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.
Have you collected all the graphic novel adventures?
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in America
Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh
Tintin: The Blue Lotus
Tintin: The Broken Ear
Tintin: The Black Island
Tintin: King Ottakar’s Sceptre
Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws
Tintin: The Shooting Star
Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure
Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
Tintin: Land of Black Gold
Tintin: Destination Moon
Tintin: Explorers of the Moon
Tintin: The Calculus Affair
Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros
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The World War 2 for Young Readers: The Greatest Battles and Most Heroic Events of the Second World War (War History for Kids)
Finally a World War II book written for young readers in mind!
It’s time to learn about one of the most important events in history and defend democracy and freedom!
Gathered inside are 16 stories about WWII. From the sandy beaches of Normandy and Okinawa to the ruined cities of Berlin and Hiroshima, discover why the world fell into a massive conflict that forever changed the world. Understand why Americans today proudly call them the Greatest Generation.
Consult with President Franklin Roosevelt as he watched Nazi Germany march relentlessly across Europe and Imperial Japan push through the Pacific. Plan the Allied strategy with General Dwight Eisenhower and Admiral Chester Nimitz. Land on the beaches of Tarawa and Anzio along with American troops. Huddle in frozen foxholes with the defenders of Bastogne. And liberate the concentration camps that sent millions under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime to their deaths.
By peeling back the pages of this book, you’ll discover answers for:
- Why did Imperial Japan attack the US fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
- How did WWII spark the modern civil rights movement for racial equality?
- Why did WWII lead to the invention of duct tape and synthetic rubber?
- What caused the US to decide to drop two nuclear bombs on Japan?
- Why were so many American women nicknamed “Rosie” during WWII?
And so much more!
The war fought so long ago may seem distant, but the legacy of the conflict continues to shape our lives. Memories of WWII influence diplomacy and global tensions today – from Ukraine to Taiwan.
And the international institutions born out of WWII, such as the United Nations and World Bank, remain vital in maintaining political and economic stability around the world.
Curl up with this book and journey back to when the Allies stormed through machine gun fire and artillery shells in order to build our world today.
It’s time to answer their call and join them in their struggle!
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Tintin in the Land of the Soviets: The Official Classic Children’s Illustrated Mystery Adventure Series (The Adventures of Tintin)
One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature
Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children’s books. These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old and new. Perfect for lovers of graphic novels, mysteries and historical adventures.
The world’s most famous travelling reporter heads for Russia. Accompanied by his dog Snowy, Tintin leaves Brussels to go undercover in Soviet Russia. His attempts to research his story are put to the test by the Bolsheviks and Moscow’s secret police . . .
Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011.
The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 90 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then more than 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th.
Hergé (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.
Have you collected all the graphic novel adventures?
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in America
Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh
Tintin: The Blue Lotus
Tintin: The Broken Ear
Tintin: The Black Island
Tintin: King Ottakar’s Sceptre
Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws
Tintin: The Shooting Star
Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure
Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
Tintin: Land of Black Gold
Tintin: Destination Moon
Tintin: Explorers of the Moon
Tintin: The Calculus Affair
Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros
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Weird But True! Disney: 300 Wonderful Facts to Celebrate the Magic of Disney
Combine the beloved, super-powered Disney brand with Nat Geo Kids’ most popular book series Weird But True! and you have a magical, whimsical fan-favourite book.
This delightful addition to National Geographic Kids’ best-selling Weird But True! series uncovers surprising secrets and mind-boggling facts behind your favourite Disney movies, TV shows, park attractions, and more!
Did you know it took 70,000 pencils to draw the artwork for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)? Or that Donald Duck has an asteroid named after him?
Discover the mystery at the top of Disneyland’s Matterhorn, what Goofy’s original name was, how much food employees prepare each day for the animals at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, how many balloons it would really take to lift Carl’s house from the movie Up (2009), and more.
Packed with 300 awesome facts and loads of cool pictures, this fun-filled book is perfect for fans of Disney, National Geographic, Weird But True!, and all things wacky, weird, and wonderful!
Complete your collection with other Weird But True! fan favorites: Weird But True! Animals, Weird But True! USA, Weird But True! Dinosaurs, Weird But True! Sports, and more!
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