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This is an impressive and visually striking large hardback book that offers a wonderfully hands-on way for children to explore the Viking world.
The book covers a broad range of Viking life, from long-distance travel and exploration to myths, daily routines, superstitions and famous warriors. The questions it raises, such as how Vikings reached places as far apart as modern-day Canada and Baghdad, or why berserkers were known for their ferocity, are pitched for KS1 and KS2 children.
The book also offers opportunities for cross-curricular links with geography, as readers trace Viking trade routes and voyages. All in all, it’s a beautifully produced, highly engaging and full of fascinating facts and manageable chunks of history learning.
Scientists often take a leaf from nature when devising inventions. Find out more and let your imagination soar:
Discover how nature has inspired some great creations, from the Wright Brothers’ first aeroplane to Eiji Nakatsu’s bullet train.
Meet brilliant birds, boisterous bats, and family trees as we celebrate the creatures of the sky.
Explore the human and natural world, from bee discos to the design of outer-space cameras.
This is a non-fiction book with flaps that take the reader on a night-time journey around the world, including through habitats such as the Arctic tundra and Himalayan mountains. Split pages allow readers to explore each landscape further by seeing which night-time wildlife can be found out in the open and which stays hidden within its shadowy habitat. Though the book focuses mainly on the animals found in different habitats and biomes, there are references to some plants and other organisms too.
Each page features a paragraph that explains more about each habitat and what happens there during the house between dusk and dawn. The choice of language pitches the book to be accessible for a primary class, with just the right amount of new, challenging and subject-specific vocabulary to stretch more confident and independent readers.
The use of flaps in the book adds a real element of fun to each page. When lifted, they reveal the surprise of further illustrations and information. Any young reader interested in animals, habitats and nature would be enthralled in this book and it is one that I would certainly recommend for school libraries and classrooms. This non-fiction book could also be used to support curriculum learning in the subjects of geography and science.
When you joined our family, I knew you were just who I’d waited and wished for.
Full of heartwarming illustrations, this emotive picture book showcases the unconditional love between an adopted child and their adoptive parents.
A gentle exploration of the adoption experience, from first meetings to creating new family traditions.
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Would you recommend the book for use in primary schools?
yes
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