Usborne A Midsummer Night's Dream

Usborne Beginners are colourful information books for children beginning to read on their own. Vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Carefully selected internet links to exciting websites to find out more. Great reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction

Dress the dolls in traditional dresses, ornate jewellery, dancing shoes and headdresses for lots of exciting festivals and carnivals around the world. There are elegant sparkly dresses, masks for a carnival in Venice, a lion costume for a New Year festival in Vietnam, outfits for Holi, Swedish midsummer, a Hungarian folk festival and much more

"Изнанка ночного времени" - очаровательная, простая и прекрасно иллюстрированная книга для маленьких детей от Анны Милборн • Под откидными клапанами прячутся лисы и мыши, которые ищут себе еду, пекари, готовящие хлеб к утру, поезда, едущие сквозь ночь, и многое другое. Красочные иллюстрации привлекут внимание ребенка и сделают чтение увлекательным. "Загляни внутрь. Ночное время" - прекрасное знакомство с ночным миром, идеально подходящее для чтения перед сном • Книга на английском языке • A charming, simple and beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap book for little children. Little fingers can lift the flaps in scenes of dark, quiet, sleepy night-time...and reveal the busy activity beneath. Scenes include owls, foxes and mice looking for food, bakers making bread for the morning and a sleeper train travelling through the night

From the classic adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson. An old sailor comes to stay at Jim Hawkins quiet inn. One night a terrifying visitor arrives, and Jim escapes with a mysterious map. His friend Squire Trelawney fits out a ship - but can the crew, even the friendly Long John Silver, be trusted? The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English

Что заставляет пчел танцевать? Как жуки находят дорогу ночью? Какие крошечные жучки могут строить гнезда выше человеческого роста? Поднимите клапаны и узнать ответы на эти и другие вопросы с детской книжкой Эмили Боун "Жуки и бабочки" • Книга на английском языке • What makes bees dance? How do bugs find their way at night? Which tiny bugs can build nests taller than a person? Lift the flaps to find out in this fascinating introduction to the world of insects. With Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites to watch a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, see a firefly, listen to a cricket and lots more

They twinkle in the night sky, but what exactly are stars? Which one’s the nearest? Can humans visit a star? Curious little children can lift over 30 flaps to find the answers to these questions and many more in this delightful introduction to stars and the night sky, with simple explanations and gorgeous illustrations on every page

Twelve princesses long to leave the palace and go dancing. When their shoes are worn out night after night, the king is determined to solve the mystery. Finally a soldier in a cloak of invisibility follows the girls to a magical underground realm • With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English • Retold by Mairi Mackinnon

Find out how to keep your pet guinea pigs healthy and happy with this handy, practical guide - perfect for first-time owners. Thoroughly checked by experts, this book includes everything you need to know about how to care for guinea pigs, from choosing your guinea pig and setting up its home, to playing with it and grooming it. Ideal for those who own a guinea pig or dream of having one

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived in the New Land to begin a New Life. Everything is scary and different. Their ever-changing house is confusing and she finds it hard to understand the other children at school. Yet in her magical glasshouse, with a strange black-and-white cat, Meixing finds a place to dream • But then Meixing's life comes crashing down in unimaginable ways. Only her two new and unexpected friends can help. By being brave together, they will learn how to make the stars shine brighter • A Glasshouse of Stars is based on the author's childhood and beautifully illustrates the importance of friendship, kindness and love

Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson's brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest

I'm Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true • For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year • I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting • I want my dog to stop eating the planets and throwing them up on the carpet • And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me

What shape is the Moon? Has anyone been to the Moon? What's the Moon made of? Curious little ones can blast off into the night sky to take a closer look in this fascinating book, with flaps to lift, simple explanations and gorgeous illustrations on every page. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing in 1969