Books with author John Allan

Use your math skills to be a topflight airline pilot. Pass your cadet assessment in flight training, and then travel the world. To become an officer, you will need to read information from a bar chart, use fractions and division to complete flight checks on a jumbo jet, use a compass to answer flight plan questions, and more . . . . All of this is accompanied by some weird and wonderful flying facts, some Flight Crew Tips for help with the math, and answers when your aircraft touches down!

Birds can be really cool characters and here we feature some pretty special ones that kids will want to read about. A Hornbill that can eat snakes, a Tailorbird that actually stitches leaves together to make a nest, Penguins who we all have a soft spot for and lots more... Amazing Lifecycles A series of six delightful books about the life-cycles of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles & Amphibians, Creepy Vrawlies, Fish & Plants. Beautifully designed, detailing in general what is a life-cycle, why they belong to each group, habitat information and where you will find them. Each book features, the most fascinating subjects, in each classification in detail. Wonderful books that will appeal to all young readers.

Who wouldn’t want to be a zookeeper? What an amazing job. Use your math skills to experience what it would be like if you were a keeper for a day. You will need to solve problems to find what crate would be safe to transport a giraffe in, what fluids you need to give in an emergency, and what amount of medicine you give to each animal depending on their weight. How would you work that out? There are also brilliant animal facts to entertain along the way, case tips to help with your math, and answers at the end of the day!

Meet some amazing animals―from caring crocodile mothers to meat eating plants, from the tallest parents in the woods to sea horse fathers looking after their young . . . with the odd hairy jumping spiders thrown in. First, be introduced to each group of animals and plants, with a large life-cycle diagram showing the stages of life. Then, some of the most unusual animals and plants are featured to intrigue you to learn more. Each book is full of superb, BIG-and-bold photographs to support and illustrate the text.

You know that funny feeling you get in your stomach on an amusement park ride? That's caused by the speed and steep drops the ride takes. Learn more about forces and motion by examining the science behind a roller coaster ride! The high-speed thrills of a roller coaster have it all: acceleration, gravitational forces, friction, inertia, speed, velocity, and more. All the topics are explained in bite-size, easy-to-understand nuggets. Photographs and clever illustrations throughout will draw readers into the science. Plus, a "That's Incredible" fact on each spread helps keep them entertained.

The buses of the Voyager fleet love to please their passengers; they also derive great enjoyment from meeting one another when their routes cross at bus stations in the various towns and villages around the county. As they are based at different depots, these brief meetings allow them to keep in touch with all the news and happenings within the fleet and in the places which they visit.Suddenly, concerns arise that this valued social interaction will change; plans for the expansion of one of the towns in the region may involve the building of a new depot, with the prospect of additional routes and buses in that area but less contact with those outside it.Despite initial misgivings among some of the buses, the new depot opens and its residents become involved in a series of unforeseen adventures.