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A World of Discovery (HB) by Richard Platt
Category: Children's Educational | Series: A WORLD OF
A stunning collection of the world's most important discoveries for all the family to enjoy. In the stylish miscellany, print-maker James Brown travels through the past and present, showing the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology that have changed our lives for ever. Discover fascinating fac ...Show more
A World of Information (HB) by Richard Platt
Category: Children's Educational
This visually stunning miscellany from the effortlessly stylish print-maker James Brown is a collection of incredible facts and figures. Do you know how many bones there are in the human body or how clouds form? Or about different types of knots or how Morse code works? Each illustration is both beautif ...Show more
Beijing (Through Time) by Richard Platt
Category: History | Series: Through Time
This series offers a unique journey through different periods in history. Detailed artworks tell the story of a specific location as it changes with time. As they explore each scene, readers learn about the people who lived in this place, looking at their beliefs and way of life."Through Time: Beijing" ...Show more
Castle (DK Experience) by Richard Platt
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Experience
Take an incredible journey to 13th century Krak des Chevaliers and experience life inside a medieval castle. A horseman arrives with urgent news that the sultan's army is on its way to attack! Weave your way through the great halls, towers, turrets and passages as the message is passed on among the knig ...Show more
Castle Diary by Richard Platt
Category: Fiction
'The chatty narrative convincingly draws the reader in...This book makes you sorry to reach the end...A really funny and informative read for any age.' - The Sunday Tribune
Castle Diary: Journal of a Young Page by Richard Platt
Category: Children's
This is the medieval journal of Tobias Burgess, a young page. What was it really like to live in a castle during the Middle Ages? This book gives the answer! Sent to his uncle's castle for a year to learn to be a page, ten-year-old Toby keeps a detailed journal of everything that happens there - from su ...Show more
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess A Young Page by Richard Platt
Category: Early Reader
This is the medieval journal of Tobias Burgess, a young page. Sent to his uncle's castle to learn to be a page, eleven-year-old Toby keeps a detailed journal of everything that happens there during the year of 1285 - from such great events as a boar hunt and a tournament to more everyday activities like ...Show more
Castle (Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections) by Richard Platt
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections
History comes alive in this incredible children's illustrated book about castles. Slicing through different areas of a medieval fortress, extraordinary views reveal the people busy inside, and preparing for battle as an enemy army approaches.Packed with facts, you'll find out what it takes to build a ma ...Show more
D-Day Landings: DK Readers Level 4 O/P by Richard Platt
Category: Fiction | Series: DK Readers Level 4
Helps you to learn why the decision to invade was made, the impact that the D-Day invasion had on the Second World War and why Winston Churchill called it 'the greatest thing we have ever attempted'. This title details the action on the beaches and the history of the D-Day invasion.