Archive for the ‘Educational Books’ Category

Learn French With Max & Mathilde Collection - 4 Books

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

In this fun and engaging series children will easily absorb useful snippets of French as they dip into Max & Mathilde’s world - at home, on holiday and out and about! The books take a straightforward approach which allows children to incorporate simple vocabulary and dialogue in a natural, easy way. Each book comes with its own CD to inspire participation and sing-along fun!

At Home With Collection - 8 Books

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

These workbooks from Oxford University Press contain progressive activities for your child to do at home. Each activity is carefully levelled for five to seven year olds - the pages are clear, in full-colour, and fun! A great way to boost your child’s confidence at school, working their own way through the step-by-step activities - at their own pace - will support the work they’re doing and provide plenty of invaluable practise, and no child will resist giving themselves a gold star at the end of each task!

Make Your Own Maps

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009


Ideal for curriculum linked projects as well as for recording holiday diaries or planning trips, this brilliant book features a CD containing over 150 maps featuring land and oceans, geographical features, country borders, place names and more. The maps are multi-layered and ready to customise and the book will show you some really clever mapping tricks and tips.

Oxford English Dictionary For Schools

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

This authoritative dictionary from the experts at Oxford, covers all secondary curriculum words and includes example sentences taken from the best children’s books, to help readers see the words in action. Easy to use and designed to ensure it is age appropriate, the entries even offer alternatives for overused words. Great for the classroom, satchel or bedroom, this is a dictionary children can count on throughout their secondary education.

Philip’s Modern School Atlas

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

This new edition of Britain’s best-selling secondary school atlas is divided into sections with each page colour-coded for ease of use. Satellite imagery, incredibly detailed mapping of the British Isles, 74 pages of world topographical maps and 30 pages of world thematic maps combine to create an unbeatable atlas that’s ideal for home and school, right up to GCSE level.

Easy Italian Step-By-Step - Paola Nanni-Tate

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Get up and running with Italian. “Easy Italian Step-by-Step” proves that a solid grounding in grammar basics is the key to mastering a second language. You are quickly introduced to grammatical rules and concepts in order of importance, which you can build on as you progress through the book. You will also learn more than 300 verbs, chosen by their frequency of use. Numerous exercises and engaging readings help you quickly build your speaking and comprehension prowess.

Do Try This At Home!

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Would you like to make a fizz bang rocket or a helicopter? Then you need this very funny book packed with dozens of amazing, easy to do experiments. Stacks of fun to try at home, you’ll also be learning plenty about science at the same time. Crammed with facts, jokes and big ideas, the book is fully illustrated and even includes a special DVD from the Science Museum’s comedy team!

Thirty Days Has September - Cool Ways to Remember Stuff - Chris Stevens

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways to Remember Stuff, is packed full of memorable tricks that will help all children who are trying to remember all those facts of science, history and geography. Discover how to use your knuckles to remember which months have 31 days, and your thumb and finger to tell right from left. Find out how to use your fingers to help you master the nine times table and discover all sorts of cunning tricks for learning how to spell difficult words such as ‘difficulty’, ‘because’ and ‘Mississippi’.

Homework for Grown-ups: Everything You Learnt at School… and Promptly Forgot

Monday, October 27th, 2008

 
Homework for Grown-ups by E Foley and B Coates is packed with essential facts, figures and theories, along with fun but challenging test papers to keep you on your toes and reignite those dormant brain-cells. A practical and wonderfully nostalgic revision guide for adults, Homework for Grown-ups will entertain while exercising the mind - and might even equip parents to handle their child’s homework without humiliation.

Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods - Alan K Brisdon

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

An understanding of spectroscopic methods is a pre-requisite for students in chemistry and related disciplines from the undergraduate level onwards.

Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods provides a firm introduction to common spectroscopic techniques and interpretation of spectra, and their application to inorganic-based systems.

The approach taken is unashamedly aimed at the application of the techniques and interpretation of the spectra obtained. Worked examples, illustrative diagrams and references for a theoretical approach are provided throughout the book.