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Start writing adventure stories
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Penny King, Ruth Thomson
Intended for the literacy hour, this book aims to teach children how to plan, draft and write imaginative adventure stories. It shows them how to shape stories, using descriptive words, action and a good ending and can be used with the smaller version for class use.
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First Thesaurus
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Ruth Thomson
An easy-to-use thesaurus for younger children, offering alternatives to many over-used words in children's writing. Each section demonstrates, through illustrations, the context in which each word is used. The introduction explains how to use conjunctions, adverbs, collective nouns, and more.
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Dinosaur's Day
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Ruth Thomson
Stunning DK photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in "Eyewitness Readers", a multi-level reading programme guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.
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Looking at Paintings: An Introduction to Fine Art for Young People
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Ms. Erika Langmuir, Ruth Thomson
This introduction to the techniques and history of painting takes the young reader though more than 15,000 years of art from cave painters to Picasso.
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Making shoes
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Ruth Thomson
Text and photographs follow the steps in the making of a shoe from cutting the uppers to lacing the finished product.
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Ruth Thomson, Jen Green
From the classical to the contemporary, from impressionism to pop art, painters and sculptors from every era, every movement, and every country in the world are introduced in this superb series that brings children intimate portraits of the world's most celebrated artists and the fascinating times they lived in! Full-color reproductions included! ...
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The Royal Book of Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
When the Scarecrow returns to the corn field where Dorothy first found him, he discovers that his old bean pole is magical. Sent tumbling far below the surface of Oz down to the Silver Islands, the Scarecrow discovers that he is supposedly the re-created Emperor Chang Wang Woe of this distant kingdom. But is the Scarecrow ready to give up his life ...
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Ruth Thomson
From the classical to the contemporary, from impressionism to pop art, painters and sculptors from every era, every movement, and every country in the world are introduced in this superb series that brings children intimate portraits of the world's most celebrated artists and the fascinating times they lived in! Full-color reproductions included! ...
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The Kingfisher First Encyclopedia
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Ruth Thomson, Anne Civardi
From cars to computers, magnets to mountains, spiders to sports, The Kingfisher First Encyclopedia covers all the subjects that young children want to know more about. Simple and fun to use, the alphabetically arranged book devotes a brightly illustrated full page or double-page spread to each topic. More than 1,000 appealing illustrations ...
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Busy Days
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Ruth Thomson
As ideal classroom companions, each of these books uses humorous illustrations and lively text to encourage development of students' basic writing, speaking, and listening skills. Projects and activities make the skill exercises fun and encourage interactive learning.
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Models
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Helen Bliss, Ruth Thomson
Beautiful and unusual craft objects from around the world provide inspiration for children's projects. This text covers models. There are step-by-step instructions alongside illustrations of children's work especially commissioned for the series.
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Kingfisher first encyclopedia
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Anne Civardi, Ruth Thomson
Illustrated throughout, this first encyclopedia is aimed at children aged between 5-8. Covering areas of interest such as dinosaurs, inventions and spiders, each topic is presented in an A-Z, simple cross-referenced format with fact boxes.
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Understanding Farm Animals
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Thompson, Ruth Thomson
Captioned illustrations and diagrams explain how farm animals behave and a chart to identify common breeds of farm animals is included.
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Black's Rhyming and Spelling Dictionary
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Pie; Thomson Corbett, Ruth
The book supports both the writing and spelling objectives of the National Literacy Strategy at KS2 and should appeal to parents keen to help their children extend their vocabulary and develop their writing skills.
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The Life Cycle of a Honeybee
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Ruth Thomson
Vivid photographs document the life of a honeybee. A simple symbol showing its age changes on each spread as it advances through the stages in its growth and life cycle. A photographic life summary is included.
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The rainforest Indians
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Ruth Thomson
This book combines information & craft activ ities to teach core subjects to 5-7 year olds. Specially com missioned photographs & colour artwork illustrate the activi ty & information spreads. The focus of the book is on the pe ople of the rainforest. '
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Sixteen Fleecy Sheep
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Ruth Thomson
Each book in this exciting series uses phonic methods and fun-filled activity pages to introduce young readers to the alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, and rhymes. More than 300 different words are highlighted in each book and presented in lively, illustrated scenes.
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Our Arctic project.
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Ruth Thomson
This book is based on the Living Arctic exhibition at the Museum of Mankind and is designed to show young children what a visit to a museum or exhibition may entail. The book also serves as an introduction to the Inuit, Cree and Dene people of the Canadian Sub-Arctic. The exhibition aims, in particular, to dispel the many myths and assumptions ...
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Museum of Art: Masterpieces
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Ruth Thomson
The world of the curator and art restoration expert come to life with this hands-on kit that explores the entire art museum. The cover window contains a miniature canvas masterpiece in need of restora
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The nature trail book of insectwatching
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Ruth Thomson, John Barber
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Metal
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Ruth Thomson, Neil Thomson (Photographer)
Every day, tons of used materials-from glass and paper to plastic and rubber-are thrown away and taken to landfills. This series explains how we can simultaneously do Earth a favor and create practical items from materials that would otherwise be discarded. Each book features colorful pictures and easy-to-follow text that explain how to turn glass ...
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Peabody All at Sea
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Ruth Thomson
Special detective Peabody and his assistant, Humbug the dog, plan to a trip to the seaside but end up searching for the thieves of their ship's missing valuables.
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Women of the Renaissance
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Melissa Thomson, Ruth Dean
Women of the Renaissance brings to life the daily work and notable achievements of early modern women in their roles as wives and mothers, caregivers, workers, religious leaders, queens, rebels, pirates, scholars, writers and artists.
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Glass
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Ruth Thomson, Neil Thomson (Photographer)
Every day, tons of used materials-from glass and paper to plastic and rubber-are thrown away and taken to landfills. This series explains how we can simultaneously do Earth a favor and create practical items from materials that would otherwise be discarded. Each book features colorful pictures and easy-to-follow text that explain how to turn glass ...
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The Life Cycle of a Frog
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Ruth Thomson
Vivid photographs document the life of a frog. A simple symbol showing its age changes on each spread as it advances through the stages in its growth and life cycle. A photographic life summary is included.
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