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Publisher: BookLife Publishing

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The Indus Valley is one of ancient history’s most mysterious and little-known civilisations. This title explores what is known about this area of India and Pakistan discovering how they built grid systems invented modern plumbing and traded with their neighbours in this fascinating title.|The Indus Valley is one of ancient history’s most mysterious and little-known civilisations. This title explores what is known about this area of India and Pakistan discovering how they built grid systems invented modern plumbing and traded with their neighbours in this fascinating title.

An information book covering the topic of toys from different cultures around the world. You may also like the other book in the same series, Toys From the Past.

A stylishly designed colourful glossary of words relating to social media. Organized alphabetically, the book explains a range of terms from bitmojis and boomerangs to memes and moderators, all in an informative and accessible way. Whether you are a netiquette nerd or you don’t know your YOLO from your YouTube, this a great guide to have to hand as you equip pupils in KS2 to cope with the fast-changing world of social media.

​Part of the ‘Computers and Coding’ non-fiction series designed for ages 5-9, this visually appealing information text looks at the difference between computer languages including Scratch, HTML and Python. You may also like the other books in this recommended series too, such as How Computers Work, Staying Safe Online and What is Coding?.

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There’s so much to see up here on the street, but it’s even more interesting under our feet!

This informative title looks at our ancestors, and what their ancient bones tell us about the living, breathing people they were. From stone age man to a terracotta army, we know ourselves because we know the people under our feet.

Life was different long ago, but how? Jump back in time to experience the lives of children in Roman times, or the Stone Age. What did they eat? How did they defend themselves? What happens if you try to storm a Norman castle? Ready to find out all this and more? Let’s go!

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