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Castle (Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections) by Richard Platt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Junior Nonfiction | 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
Code Making, Code Breaking: Band 15/Emerald by Richard Platt
$10.95 AUD
Category: Level 29 | Series: Collins Big Cat | Reading Level: Level 29-30
What are codes for and who uses them? How do you make a code, how do you break a code? If you think only spies and soldiers use codes, you're wrong! Find out how codes have been used throughout history, from Ancient Egypt through to the Cold War in this enthralling non-fiction book by award-winning auth ...Show more
Greeks (How They Made Things Work) by Richard Platt
$19.99 AUD
Category: Junior Nonfiction | Series: How They Made Things Work
Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Greeks examines aspects of technology in ancient Greece, including money, mining, map-making, navigation and weapons. Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies ...Show more
Mapping Australia: Band 15/Emerald by Richard Platt
$10.95 AUD
Category: Level 29 | Series: Collins Big Cat | Reading Level: Level 29-30
Discover how people have mapped Australia - from songs that recorded what the landscape looked like, and early explorers' drawings, to modern maps and satellite images. * Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to t ...Show more
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections by Richard Platt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Junior Nonfiction
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings.Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-secti ...Show more
The Germ Lab: The Gruesome Story of Deadly Diseases by Richard Platt
$19.99 AUD
Category: Junior Nonfiction
A lavishly illustrated and comprehensive history of diseases, infections, plagues, and pandemics for young readers. The Germ Lab features case histories of specific epidemics and pandemics, including Covid-19, "eyewitness" accounts from the rats, flies, ticks and creepy-crawlies who spread the most de ...Show more
The Maya: Band 18/Pearl by Richard Platt
$11.95 AUD
Category: Level 30 | Series: Collins Big Cat | Reading Level: Level 30+
Get an understanding of one of the world's ancient civilisations, find out all about their way of life, intriguing rituals and bizarre sports in this fascinating account of how the Maya first established themselves over 20,000 years ago in Central America and their eventual demise. * Pearl/Band 18 books ...Show more
What's that Building?: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat) by Richard Platt
$7.50 AUD
Category: Level 19 | Series: Collins Big Cat | Reading Level: Level 19
Travel the world and look at some of the most amazing buildings - inside and out! Find out how they're built, what they do and lots more fantastic facts in this exciting and very visual book. Each building is intricately illustrated, providing lots of detail to look at and talk about. * Turquoise/Band 7 ...Show more
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