Kingfisher Books

Kingfisher's encyclopedias are award-winning, information-packed reference books for all the family. The new, updated editions are beautiful versions of these trusted favorites--perfect for gifts and reference alike. If you want one history encyclopedia, this is it! History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. From man's earliest history right through to the technological and social revolutions of the current day, including equality, the climate crisis, and space exploration, this trusted reference provides a one-stop source for research, and is the perfect companion to any study of world history. The encyclopedia is organized chronologically and then thematically within each time period. A timeline runs across the top of each page for context. Each section includes biographies of important people and key features on the art, architecture, and technology of the period. No more hunting and pecking

Are you smart enough to help Ethan, Kiran, Cassia, and Zane escape from a long-forgotten ancient Egyptian tomb? This dynamic, interactive book is packed with all kinds of puzzles, including fiendish mazes, cunning logic problems, codes to crack, tricky memory challenges, and much more. To escape from the ancient Egyptian pyramid, you will need every ounce of brainpower to progress through the challenges, navigating through five locations to the final exit. Throughout the book, nuggets of non-fiction information about ancient Egypt are scattered on the pages. Do you have what it takes to help the gang carry out their mission? It's time to find out...

Packed with up-to-date information, facts, and stats on the world's coolest cars―and a great read too!It’s all about… Cool Cars gives young readers everything they want to know about cars, from the ea

Packed with up-to-date information, facts, and stats on trains―and a great read too!It’s all about… Terrific Trains gives young readers everything they want to know about trains, from building the fir

Packed with pictures, this dictionary is a visual treasure trove just right for children who are ready to begin using reference books on their own. Because it's fun for kids to use, this is an ideal

Science and technology is a part of our past, present and future. It makes up everything we do and everything we are. This revised and updated edition of The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia is an exciting and essential go-to science resource for children aged 7+ and all the family. The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia explores key scientific fields including space and time, technology, power, the human body and the environment. This newly revised fourth edition has been fully updated by expert authors to include the latest groundbreaking discoveries in the world of science, including SpaceX launches, the fight against climate change, and the advancement of AI. Kingfisher's encyclopedias are award-winning, information-packed reference books for all the family, saving hours of unguided internet trawling. The new, updated editions are beautiful versions of these trusted favorites - perfect for gifts and reference alike. If you want one science encyclopedia, this is it!

Kingfisher brings its expertise in beautifully-designed, trusted non-fiction to the sphere of learning to read.

Life-affirming and lyrical, this beautiful picture book celebrates the awesome power of nature, while gently introducing young children to the concept of life and death. Over the course of a year, a young child and their dog watch kingfishers by the river with Grandpa. As spring turns to summer and autumn to winter, the kingfishers raise a family, while Grandpa teaches his grandchild about the power of nature and the circle of life.Written in memory of her father, whose favourite bird was the kingfisher, Anna Wilson takes readers on a lyrical journey though a year in the life of a kingfisher family. Stunning illustrations by Sarah Massini bring the riverbank to life in all its glory, while the powerful intergenerational bond between grandparent and grandchild shows that just as spring always follows winter, hope will always return if you know where to look for it. A positive story about life, death, and being a part of the natural world.

For the first time, Kingfisher brings its expertise in beautifully-designed, trusted non-fiction to the sphere of learning to read. This new graded reading scheme will grip children's interest. Develo

For the first time, Kingfisher brings its expertise in beautifully-designed, trusted non-fiction to the sphere of learning to read. This new graded reading scheme will grip children's interest. Develo

A completely new and original illustrated children's dictionary that offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage with more than 12,000 entries and 15,000 definitions. Definitions have been carefull

With over 5,000 headwords, listed along with their synonyms, homonyms, and antonyms, the book enables older children to enrich and expand their vocabulary. Sample sentences and thematic word listings

In this absorbing collection, Michael Rosen encourages children to see poetry as lively and entertaining. To this end he has included ballads, limericks, riddles, and nonsense verse, as well as a wid

Longquan wares were made mainly in Zhejiang province over a period of over sixteen hundred years, from the 3rd to the 19th centuries. There are two outstanding features of the beautiful Longquan ceramics, one is that the body is made of porcelain, and the other, that the glaze contains kaolin in its composition. This gives Longquan ware unique colour and quality.The body is smooth and dense, the glaze either unctuous or shiny, the colour a myriad shades of kingfisher blue and jade green. The result of development of porcelain technology at Longquan was a tough, attractive, and versatile celadon material that was ideally suited for export. Longquan vessels found their way to a variety of markets around the world, from royal palaces to common dwellings.During the Yuan dynasty a peak in quantity was reached, with more than 150 kiln sites overall. Many new decoration techniques and forms of mass production for global exports emerged, until production almost expired entirely during the late

The original, award-winning Felt Flap series – perfect for babies and toddlers!Each title in this stylish series has five spreads with friendly characters to find behind colourful felt flaps.In Where’s Mr Puffin?, you’re on the look out for Mrs Kingfisher, Mr Blackbird, Mrs Swan and Mr Puffin himself!Lift the final flap and there’s a surprise mirror – always a hit with the little ones.Parents adore these books because they are beautiful but tough enough to withstand even the most enthusiastic of young readers. And children love them because they are just so much fun.Published in collaboration with the National TrustOther titles in the series include Felt Flaps Where’s Mr Lion?, Felt Flaps Where’s Mr Unicorn? and Felt Flaps Where’s Mrs Ladybird?Felt Flaps Where’s Mr Lion? won Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2017The felt flaps in this sturdy board book are perfect for little ones to turn and tug, which means you can get even the tiniest tot into books and finding the activity fun

獅子在哪裡？咦……不就在……等一下！先別急著說出答案，這個有一點機智、一點幽默、一點無厘頭的故事將告訴你，沒看到最後一頁，別相信什麼眼見為憑！★3~7歲親子共讀，7歲以上自行閱讀【國際好評】★美國全國公共廣播電台（NPR）2014年度選書★美國伊利諾州閱讀協會（Illinois Reads Selection）2015年度選書★柯克斯書評（Kirkus Reviews）、學校圖書館期刊（School Library Journal）、美國兒童圖書中心會刊（Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books）書評推介【同聲推薦】李貞慧（水瓶面面，兒童文學工作者）汪仁雅（「繪本小情歌」版主，兒童文學工作者）許伯琴（「我們家的睡前故事」版主）【故事簡介】一個小男孩正在找獅子。獅子正在找午餐。故事就此展開。但請看仔細……在這個故事裡，一切都和表面上的不一樣！這本別出心裁的繪本，有著出乎意料的劇情，能為孩子們帶來歡笑。【本書特色】★圖文對話，精彩反轉「圖畫書」既是圖文合作下的產物，那麼圖畫與文字之間如何高明地互動、融合、對話，便是一本圖畫書精采的關鍵。《獅子在哪裡》巧妙地運用文字和圖畫營造誤導和反差的氣氛，帶來懸念與幽默的效果，最後的反轉更是令人莞爾，是一本圖文合作絕妙的作品。★對話式情節，親子共讀最佳選擇《獅子在哪裡》全書以對話為主，文字簡單，圖畫生動，富有戲劇化的想像和幽默感，非常適合做為親子共讀的入門書。

Intricate and meticulous illustrations bring history to life in this wide-ranging castle tour that covers both the majestic splendour of the great halls and the hardships of living in a feudal societ

Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years! This set gives children who are just beginning to read practice with their early phonics skills, setting them up for success on their reading journeys!With playful stories, silly illustrations, and a phonics approach based on Science of Reading research, Bob Books keep young readers'' confidence high, leading to continued success and a love of reading. Your child will soon join the millions of happy kids who say, "I read the whole book!"®Science of Reading research proves that mastering phonics is key to a child''s success in learning to read. Like all Stage 1 Bob Books, these 12 storybooks feature simple words with consistent short vowel sounds. Early readers get lots of practice with foundational phonics skills while giggling at the playful stories and pictures!This set is perfect for children who have never read Bob Books, or for children who have read Bob Books Beginning Readers or B

Cats love books, too, in this sweet story about how every reader--human and feline alike--feel less alone in the company of a good book and each other.Cats love books, too! But why? Is it the scratchiness of the cover? Characters that leap off the page like they leap off, well, everything? Or could it be they love books for the same reasons we do? Discover all the possibilities in this delightful story about the joys of reading and companionship, perfect for both book and cat lovers!Cats Love Books, Toois the companion book to author-illustrator Maria Coco'sDogs Love Books, Too, perfectly capturing both the sassiness and sweetness of having a cat in your life and the stories they can inspire.

A spooktacularly spooky Halloween book for children by Barry Timms with stunningly-detailed illustrations from rising picture book star, Laura Borio. Books are magic! Bookshops are spectacular! Don’t believe us? Join Henry as he helps Griselda Snook on the opening day of her spooky bookshop! From hunting down runaway jack-o’-lanterns to banishing dragons, Henry loves his day spent in Griselda’s bookshop, and he especially likes helping booklovers to find their next read. But can Henry find the perfect book for him?With an eyecatching, head-turning orange fluoro pantone ink throughout, this gorgeous book is a celebration of the magic of books and bookshops.Just like Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago and The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers, Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books is the ideal gift for booklovers and kids that love spooky books.

故事從現代展開，女孩 Liv 偶然發現外婆童年留下的神秘盒子，牽引出一段被塵封的戰時往事，也悄然改變了她對家族與自身的理解。1942 年的荷蘭，十二歲的 Mila 與姊姊 Hannie 因猶太身分而被迫分離原生家庭，換上新名字、學會沉默求生。性格堅定的 Hannie 投入地下抵抗組織，化身代號「翠鳥」的祕密幹員；Mila 則努力在恐懼中維持日常，卻逐漸意識到，危險與背叛無所不在。本書在緊張的歷史情境中，細緻描寫選擇、信任與成長，為年輕讀者帶來一則兼具希望與重量的戰爭故事。From million-copy bestselling author Liz Kessler comes the powerful new landmark World War II novel for fans of Michael Morpurgo and Phil Earle.When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time story of bravery, betrayal and daring defiance. A story that will change Liv and her family forever…Holland, 1942.The world is at war and as the Nazis’ power grows, Jewish families are in terrible danger. Twelve-year-old Mila and her older sister Hannie are sent to live with a family in another city with new identities and the strict instruction not to tellanyonethat they are Jewish.Hannie, determined to fight back, is swept into the Dutch resistance as an undercover agent: Code Name Kingfisher. And though Mila d

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, a chunky board book special addition to the Luna Loves... series. Today is all about books, and Luna has the whole day planned...Dress up as her favourite book character: a unicorn! Meet an author and an illustrator for world book day. Buy a new book. But - disaster! - Luna the Unicorn's costume has ripped! Can Dad come to the rescue with some special book magic?A special addition to the Luna Loves...series celebrates the magic of books to bring families and friends together - and sometimes save the day!Other books in the Luna Loves... series:Luna Loves Library DayLuna Loves ArtLuna Loves DanceLuna Loves ChristmasLuna Loves Gardening

A companion set to the bestselling Bob Books Beginning Readers set, featuring the classic Bob Books characters and some new ones, too!This set is perfect for children who have read Bob Books Beginning

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風靡全球的兒少／成人科普繪本物理學家也讚嘆，量子物理原來可以這樣理解！★獲獎紀錄豐富－2018年英國少年雜誌最佳兒童設計／圖書銀獎 (Silver for Best Designed/Illustrated Book for Children)－2018年英國圖書設計與製作獎 (British Book Design and Production Awards)－入圍2019美國科學促進會／速霸陸汽車公司頒發的科學圖書優等獎（中級科學圖書類）(the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Middle Grades Science Book category))－獲選為「速霸陸愛學習計畫」(Subaru Loves Learning Program) 教材圖書，被開發為免費教材在全美進行推廣－獲選第79梯次「好書大家讀」 優良少年兒童讀物★各國爭相出版西班牙文、英文、法文、義大利文、德文、簡體中文、韓文、俄文等多種語言版本陸續出版，深受各國讀者喜愛。★亞馬遜網路書店評價 4.7 顆星，盛讚如潮！「圖畫可愛有趣，文字清晰易讀，作為一名科學家，我發現了以前我不知道的事情。」──亞馬遜讀者 5 星評論「如果你想讓孩子變聰明，這本書是必須的！」──亞馬遜 5 星評論★當當網好評率100%，點讚數直逼2萬！「不要低估小學生的理解力，我家那位竟然看得津津有味，還說要去查查普朗克是如何攻克什麼的，總之把老母親哄得一愣一愣，這本書他非常喜歡。」──當當網 10 星評論「這本書每一頁都有愛因斯坦老師給孩子講一些物理知識，兒子卡住不懂的時候會問我，其實我有些知識也是跟他一起讀這本書理解的。」──當當網 10 星評論【本書簡介】我們周圍的一切，包含我們自己，都是由小於奈米的微小顆粒組成。量子物理學是這些粒子的科學，沒有它，我們的電子設備都不存在。量子粒子的特性和行為很奇妙，和我們日常生活中所見的物體完全不同。透過這本豐富的圖解指南，愛因斯坦博士將帶領我們從牛頓的古典物理開始，介紹到普朗克的量子、光的波粒二象性、物質和反物質、量子糾纏、薛丁格的貓……帶你進入神秘又有趣的量子世界。【本書特色】◎獨一無二！量子物理啟蒙繪本量子物理在大多數的成人眼裡好比外星語言，本書卻從兒童的視角出發，把艱澀的原理變得簡

In Bob Books: Animal Stories you will find 12 easy-to-read and humorous books, all featuring silly animal characters! With one- and two-syllable words and short vowels, the books in this set are fun c

★入選北市圖2018第75梯次「好書大家讀」優良少年兒童讀物推介★公雞說：「我是為了那些不敢唱或忘記怎麼唱的人而唱。」有這麼一首歌，它永遠不會消失，只要還有人唱它──它的名字叫自由。 ★4~8歲親子共讀，8歲以上自行閱讀 【國際佳評如潮】☆榮獲童書作家與插畫家協會(SCBWI)金風箏榮譽獎(Golden Kite Honor Books)年度最佳圖畫書文字☆榮獲美國英語教師協會(NCTE)夏洛特‧哈克獎(Charlotte Huck Award)年度最佳童書榮譽獎☆榮獲拉丁現行素養國際拉丁圖書獎(Latino Literacy Now’s International Latino Book Awards)年度最佳兒童圖畫書英語類首獎☆榮獲《柯克思書評》(Kirkus Reviews)年度最佳圖畫書☆榮獲美國《出版人週刊》(Publisher’s Weekly)年度最佳圖畫書☆榮獲《學校圖書館期刊》(School Library Journal)年度最佳圖畫書☆榮獲美國《號角圖書》雜誌(Horn Book)年度最佳圖畫書☆榮獲美國《赫芬頓郵報》(Huffington Post)年度最佳圖畫書☆榮獲美國紐約公共圖書館(New York Public Library)年度最佳童書☆榮獲美國芝加哥公共圖書館(Chicago Public Library)年度最佳童書☆榮獲美國伊利諾州埃文斯頓公共圖書館(Evanston Public Library)年度最佳童書101選☆榮獲美國亞馬遜書店年度最佳童書☆提名兒童圖書館服務協會(ALSC)年度最受矚目圖畫書☆提名美國查特奧克年度童書獎(Charter Oak Children’s Book Award)☆提名美國羅德島州童書獎(Rhode Island Children's Book Award)☆入圍美國喬治亞州兒童圖畫書獎 (Georgia Children’s Picture book Award)年度決選☆美國亞馬遜書店近5星超高好評☆指標書評網站goodreads近千則超高好評 ★柯倩華（童書評論家） 專文導讀★幸佳慧（兒童文學工作者） 專文推薦★陳思宏（旅德作家） 專文推薦 【內容簡介】拉巴斯是一個很快樂但很吵的

Six classic Beginner Books—including four by Dr. Seuss—for less than the price of two individual Beginner Books!This collection of six Beginner Books bound together in one sturdy hardcover is the perf

A brand new Bob Books boxed set featuring 12 easy-to-read stories!Great for kindergarten and first grade readers, this boxed set includes twelve mini-books. This set is the perfect stepping stone to i