* Supports Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum * The Maths section looks at properties of shapes, co-ordinates, multiplication and division * English section focuses on sentence construction, improving writing and understanding grammar * The interactive science world covers curriculum topics of forces, materials, light and sound * The progress chart monitors each of the activities and allows you to assess your child's strengths and weaknesses * For ages 9-10
The Hanging Mountains: Books of the Cataclysm Three
Ancient enemies stalk ghostly fog forests as legends come to life. The Divide is flooded. Habryn Kail and the Homunculus are missing, presumed dead. Sal and his companions seek the source of the flood in the legendary Hanging Mountains, hoping to head off a crisis that was put in motion a thousand years ago. As conflict erupts between two long-forgotten civilizations, the outsiders find that allies are hard to come by.
Amber Magic, Sky Magic, and Shadow Magic: Haven Series, Books 1, 2, and 3
In Amber Magic, the humans have no magic and are hunted for sport, but that is about to change. War is coming. The Sun Dragon spawned nine lesser dragons which devoured their parent for the power the elder possessed. These young dragons fought for choice bits of the Sun Dragon, but each only managed to eat a portion, thus giving them specific powers.
Children have probably seen them in books or on display in museums, but what are fossils, and just how did they form over millions of years? Young viewers will learn the answers to these questions and more in All About Fossils, a lively look at the evidence of things that lived a long time ago. Examine the different ways in which fossils are formed, and see how paleontologists -- the scientists who study fossils -- figure out the age of these ancient creations.
Patricia Highsmith - Selected Novels & Short Stories
The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories, featuring two groundbreaking novels as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. With a critical introduction by Joan Schenkar, situating Highsmith's classic works within her own tumultuous life, this book provides a useful guide to some of her most dazzlingly seductive writing.
