Books with author Belinda Gallagher

CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA EARTH is loaded with exciting facts about Earth's features and beyond! Subjects included are planet Earth, polar lands, oceans, rainforests and saving the Earth. Key topics presented in short, numbered facts. Packed with fantastic photos and artwork. Special panels throughout for incredible facts, quizzes and projects. This wonderfully illustrated children's encyclopedia is a great learning tool, which children aged 7+ will find fun, enjoyable and stimulating. Covering a wide range of topics, such as planet Earth, polar lands, oceans, rainforests and saving the Earth, each page in Children's Encyclopedia Earth is creatively designed and packed with amazing photographs, artworks and diagrams. This Earth encyclopedia for kids encourages young minds to learn and understand what they are reading through quizzes, cartoons and activity projects to do at home. Essential topics covered in Children's Encyclopedia Earth: Planet Earth: Inside the Earth, Massive mountains, and Wild weather Polar Lands: Animals of Arctic lands, Sliding and diving, and Race to the South Pole Oceans: Tides and shores, Pirates!, and Riding the waves Rainforests: Where in the world?, Magical Madagascar, and Kaleidoscope of color Saving the Earth: Global warming, Reducing waste, and In the garden Examples of 'I don't believe it' fascinating facts: Every day there are 45,000 thunderstorms on Earth. Lightning strikes somewhere in the world about 100 times a second. People who live in rainforests can build their entire homes from plant materials. Walls are made from palm stems or bamboo, and leaves can be woven to make roofs and floors. After a young albatross first takes off, it may stay in the air for more than five years, swooping to grab food at the sea's surface, before touching down again. Activities to make learning fun include: Make your own compass using a bowl of water. Learn how to attract birds to your garden using your own tasty bird feed. Create an upright penguin using card, felt-tip pens and tape. Make sure you don't forget the feet and tail!

STICKER BOOK - FIRE ENGINE is a double-sided play mat for toddlers, with a fantastic illustrated short story about a fire engine on a rescue mission, learning activities and 50 reusable vinyl stickers. Sticker activities are great for developing your child's hand-eye co-ordination. The illustrated story route is packed with charming details for you to talk about together. The play mat folds away to be stored easily. Perfect for folding out on the floor, young children will enjoy playing and learning with Sticker Playbook Fire Engine, one of our most popular interactive toddler books. On one side, a simple story accompanies an illustrated route that children can interact with using the stickers, which include hoses, ladders and cars. The play mat can be turned over for kids to complete the sticker activities, covering words, colors, shapes and numbers. Both long concertina pages feature wonderfully detailed illustrations by Simon Abbott for young children to explore. An extract from Sticker Playbook Fire Engine: NEE NAA! NEE NAA! The sirens wail loudly. People stop to look as the fire engine zooms by. Children are having fun riding their bikes on the grass. They wave at the firefighters as they drive past. Fun word, color, shape and number activities for kids: Find the stickers of the objects and place them on their matching shapes. For example, 'The hose reel is a circle'. Match up the picture of things you might see at a fire station with the correct word sticker words include uniform, alarm bell and telephone. How many buckets are there? Place the correct number on the circle.

Discover 1200 fantastic facts with this incredible book! Why does rock become liquid deep below the Earth's surface? What is the world's biggest bear? Who were the hoplites? Plus, you can have fun with the activities, test your knowledge with the quizzes and read extraordinary information in the ""Did You Know?"" boxes. Hundreds of illustrations, photos and cartoons. Includes quizzes, puzzles and activities.

STICKER PLAYBOOK - SPACESHIP is a double-sided play mat for toddlers, with a fantastic illustrated short story about a space mission in a rocket, learning activities and 50 reusable vinyl stickers. Young children will delight in following the exciting story route. Charming illustrations by Simon Abbott provides plenty of details for you to talk about together. 50 reusable stickers to use with the activity pages or just for fun! Perfect for folding out on the floor, young children will enjoy playing and learning with Sticker Playbook Spaceship, one of our most popular board books for toddlers. On one side, a simple story accompanies an illustrated route that children can interact with using the stickers, which include meteors, rockets and aliens. The play mat can be turned over for kids to complete the sticker activities, covering words, colors, shapes and numbers. Both long concertina pages feature wonderfully detailed illustrations by Simon Abbott for young children to explore. Extracts from the story of Sticker Playbook Spaceship: 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF! The spaceship begins its long mission to join up with an alien spacecraft. Flames shoot from its big engines. The astronauts reach Mars. They meet some Martians, who are playing with a rover from Earth. Fun word, color, shape and number activities for kids: Match up the space objects with the correct word stickers words include astronaut, comet and satellite. What color are Saturn's rings? Put the correct color sticker in the box. Find the stickers of the objects and place them on their matching shapes. For example, 'The remote control is a square'