Books with author Simon Beecroft

DK's Star Wars Readers help kids learn to read while enjoying the stories and characters from the blockbuster movies. In Anakin in Action!, fly into battle with Anakin Skywalker and join him on his adventures in the deadly Clone Wars. Packed with full-color photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories, the ebooks introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills. They're also perfect for reading together! © 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Star Wars DK Readers help kids learn to read while enjoying the stories and characters from the Star Wars universe. Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Yoda, and more familiar characters from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars universe are back to battle against the dark side in Pirates... And Worse! Level 1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars DK Readers are read-together stories for children just beginning to learn to read. These stories use short, simple sentences, simple vocabulary, word repetition and large type to facilitate learning. Strong visual clues, together with special picture dictionary boxes, are also used to help with new words in lively stories featuring Star Wars characters.Packed with full-color photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories, Star Wars: The Clone Wars DK Reader eBooks introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories of the Star Wars universe are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills. Star Wars: The Clone Wars DK Readers are also perfect for reading together!© 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd.

"That's no moon. It's a space station." The Death Star is one of the most feared weapons in the Empire's arsenal. Not only a weapon, the Death Star also houses Stormtroopers, Imperial Officers, and, of course, Darth Vader. Find out what it was like to live there and how the Death Star Was constructed and destroyed in Star Wars Readers Level 3: Inside the Death Star.

With more than two million copies of the original sold worldwide since 2009, DK now brings you a fully revised and updated edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, LEGO® Star Wars®: The Visual Dictionary. Complete with 48 additional pages and updated throughout to show all of the new sets and innovations from LEGO® Star Wars®, LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Update and Expanded provides detailed and annotated photography giving insight into the characters, locations, creatures, and spacecraft of the LEGO galaxy far, far away. Young Padawans will learn the ins and outs about their favorite vehicles, weapons, and minifigures such as Anakin, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader. Fans of all ages will learn about every LEGO Star Wars set released while exploring the updated cross sections that expose the inner workings of larger-piece sets such as the Death Star or Millennium Falcon. The updated "Beyond the Bricks" chapter goes behind-the-scenes to take a look at how LEGO sets are made, new models, plus fun fan creations. Of course this book would not be complete without an exclusive LEGO Star Wars minifigure, which is sure to impress even the most dedicated collector.

The DK Star Wars series provides a wonderful opportunity for parents and teacher to promote development of young children's reading skills and motivation to read. We want young children to WANT to read! Star Wars has become a familiar part of our culture with children instantly recognizing the characters on book covers, T.V. and in the movies. Now they can add more Star Wars action to their collections! Perfect for young readers beginning to read alone, Chewbacca and the Wookiee Warriors follows Chewbacca, the woolly Wookiee, as he teams up with Jedi Ahsoka to smash and bash their way out of a planetwide Trandoshan hunting party with the help of the marooned Jedi younglings! © 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd. ® & TM All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

Find the droids you know and love and discover new favourites along the way.This Star Wars e-guide with a twist showcases a world of droids in close-up detail. Arranged from smallest to biggest, more than 50 droids of the galaxy are revealed with stunning photography and gorgeous artwork. The evocative descriptions will delight children and let them discover amazing droid facts, such as what tools R2-D2 uses and why GNK droids make a "gonk gonk" noise! Each page features fun droid facts and detailed close-up photographs for children to pore over, including firm favourites such as C-3PO and BB-8 as well as more unusual ones such as Professor Huyang, police droids, tiny probe droids, and new The Rise of Skywalker droid D-O. Star Wars Extraordinary Droids is a perfect gift for children who can't get enough of a galaxy far, far away. It covers droids small (quiet, little mouse droids) and big (vulture droid starfighters), kind (memoir-writing PZ-4CO) and scary (droidekas), and will be a treasured favourite book to keep.© & TM 2020 LUCASFILM LTD.

Get your child hooked on reading as they step aboard the Death Star from Star Wars. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Star Wars Reader is all about the indomitable Death Star. Watch as your child discovers more about the Empire's deadliest weapon, finding out what it's capable of and its fatal flaw. Packed with pictures of the Death Star from the Star Wars series, it's an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy full of DK Star Wars books to collect.