How were skateboards invented? What tricks do skateboarders do and what competitions can they enter? Find out all about this sport, packed with exciting photos and written by Andrew Peters.
• Collins Big Cat Progress books are specifically designed for children at Key Stage 2 who have a Key Stage 1 reading level, giving them age-appropriate texts that they can read, building their confidence and fostering positive attitudes towards reading.
• Text type: An information book
• Curriculum links: P.E.

Winter Olympics: Band 10 White/Band 12 Copper (Collins Big Cat Progress)

Children's Books

Seed, Andy

Sports & Outdoors

Collins Educational

<h2>Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level</h2> Track cycling has been around since the 1870s, but it's never been so popular as today! Find out all about the specialist bikes, breathtaking races and top riders in this book. <ul> <li>Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.</li> <li>Text type - An information book.</li> <li>The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.</li> <li>The glossary and index on pages 28 and 29 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.</li> <li>Curriculum links - Physical Education; History</li> </ul>

Collins Big Cat – On the Track: Band 12/Copper

Collins

Gross Animals: Discover Nature's Most Disgusting Creatures!

Animals

QED Publishing

Nature's most disgusting creatures take center stage, in this humorous but enlightening collection of downright disgusting creatures. From puking vultures and farting goats to stinky opossums who pretend to be dead, this title will include disgusting facts exploring each animal’s unusual skills and how they use them to survive. Humorous illustrations celebrating weird and wonderful creatures will delight any child with an interest in animals and nature, particularly those with a fondness for the grosser things in life.

A Giant Dose of Gross: Discover the World's Most Disgusting Animals!

words & pictures

Wild creatures leave a trail of clues wherever they go. Be a fearless nature detective and discover the curious clues of the wild. A fascinating and funny guide to animals and their poo, and all the other tracks and traces they leave behind. You will be amazed (and perhaps a little revolted!) by the things that can be learned about wildlife from their deposits. Become a detective, find clues and learn all about animals from what they leave behind. From faeces to footprints, skins to shells and eggs, discover all there is to know about wild animals – even those that are particularly dangerous to track like tigers and wolves! Whether you're an armchair enthusiast or a forest forager, one thing's for sure: this fully illustrated compendium of poops, pellets and prints is not to be sniffed at!

Clue is in the Poo

Some people just can’t resist showing off… and this BIG book introduces readers to some of the biggest braggers and loudest show-offs throughout history.\nThis book takes young readers on a tour of some of history's greatest show-offs, from wealthy kings and queens who loved to splash the cash to masterful musicians who weren't shy about their talents, or brilliant artists who could not stop telling others how great they were.\nSome of the showoffs in this book include: Queen Elizabeth I of England, who owned over 2,000 pairs of gloves, Alexander the Great, who named more than 70 cities in his vast empire after himself,... and one after his horse! The Montgolfier brothers, who showed off their flashy new invention, the hot air balloon, in front of huge crowds and even the King and Queen! Andy Seed's hilarious text brings these crazy but true stories to life, as he tells readers tales about massive palaces, fast cars, monster banquets, immense armies, frilly outfits, dazzling bling, musical masterpieces, epic artworks, outrageous inventions, and much, much more!\nFeaturing long-dead leaders, artists, musicians, and more, from all around the world, the snappy facts are paired with humorous character illustrations from the brilliant Sam Caldwell for maximum hilarity.

History's BIGGEST Show-offs: The boldest, bravest and brainiest people of all time

Biographies

Happy Yak

All Teachers Great and Small

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Headline

All Teachers Great and Small: A Memoir of Lessons and Life in the Yorkshire Dales

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Headline Book Publishing

All Teachers Wise and Wonderful (Book 2): A warm and witty memoir of teaching life in the Yorkshire Dales

All Teachers Bright and Beautiful (Book 3)

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