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  • The Wild Weather Book: Loads of things to do outdoors in rain, wind and snow

    Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield

    eBook (Frances Lincoln, March 1, 2013)
    Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield are back with more wonderful ideas for fun outdoors even in the most challenging weather! And no need to worry about getting your pages wet, with this brand new e-edition!Imagine - jumping in the biggest puddle you can find!- Or running barefoot and feeling squidgy mud ooze up between your toes! - Or run up the nearest hill to feel the wind try to carry you away!When it’s wet, or windy or cold, there’s no need to stay cooped up indoors; it’s a great opportunity to rush outside for some fun.- Go on an animal hunt and find the creatures that come out in the wet. - Fly a kite in the wind and catch falling leaves. - Take your camera into a white world and see how many different icy patterns and shapes you can find. There are loads of exciting and creative things you can do in the natural world when the weather’s wild. Don’t wait for the sun: take this book with you and go outdoors for a wild weather adventure! And the fun doesn't have to end there - Jo and Fiona's hugely popular The Stick Book is also now available in e-book form!
  • The Bumper Book of London: Everything You Need to Know about London and More

    Becky Jones, Clare Lewis

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln, March 20, 2012)
    "With its colorful, fun look and appealing illustrations, this guidebook is thoroughly enjoyable, even for someone who knows London well. Highly recommended for all travelers, whether in an armchair or on the ground." - Library Journal"Fun and fascinating book" - Chicago TribuneThis entertaining and informative book includes every fact, figure, statistic and hidden secret of London that will be of interest to children. Mixing history with literature, listings with trivia, it opens windows on all areas of London's rich past and present. Here children will learn about London's art and architecture, landmarks, hidden places, ghosts, pearly kings and queens, festivals, street names, games, traditions, markets, football teams, and much, much more. It will satisfy every child's appetite for facts and figures - as well as providing fodder for desperate parents who have run out of answers.
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  • Encore Grace

    Mary Hoffman

    Paperback (ZZCFRANCES LINCOLN C, April 1, 2006)
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  • Wild About Books

    Judy Sierra, Marc Brown

    Hardcover (ZZCFRANCES LINCOLN C, July 1, 2006)
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  • The Paint Book: Loads of things you can make or do with Paint

    Miri Flower

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln, Nov. 1, 2014)
    Inspired by the hugely successful Stick Book, Miri Flowers gets creative with paint.The Paint Book is bursting with equally inventive and imaginative ideas and things to do for children, this time with all things paint. The book is packed full of projects and creative inspiration and has sections on fun effects, crafty art, prints and doodles, painting pictures, creating brushes and feet and finger painting. With plenty of bright photographs throughout, it offers helpful hints and tips and contains everything you need to discover the joy of paint.Miri Flower offers inventive suggestions for things to do with paint, including:Stencils, Splatter painting, Spin art, Potato prints, Feet and finger painting, Recreating a masterpiece, Marble painting, Colour wheels and rainbowsÂ
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  • The Southern Fells

    John Lennon, Alfred Wainwright

    language (Frances Lincoln, Jan. 4, 2018)
    The Southern Fells include the highest, roughest, grandest fells in Lakeland including the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike. Wainwright †“ a fell-walking legend in his own lifetime †“ knew the terrain and conveyed its grandeur and beauty like nobody else. In this unique Pictorial Guide, he writes of the glorious curves and simple grandeur of Great Langdale; of Wasdale, 'an emerald amongst sombre hills'; of enchanting Borrowdale; of the sparkling radiance of the Duddon; and of the most delectable valley of all †“ Eskdale, 'sanctuary of peace and solitude'. The Pictorial Guides by A. Wainwright, written half a century ago, have been treasured by generations of walkers. This edition of The Southern Fells is freshly reproduced from Wainwright's original hand-drawn pages.
  • Poppy's Angel

    Rachel Billington

    eBook (Frances Lincoln, Jan. 10, 2013)
    Poppy's dad is still in prison. Her mum has rushed back to Poland to look after her seriously ill mother, and Poppy is sent to stay with her friend Jude. But Poppy feels stifled. At times like this she needs Angel, the joker among her friends - dodgy, wild, can't read or write much, yet bursting with energy and one of life's natural wits. But Angel, like Poppy, feels a bit orphaned, and has joined a gang. At half-term Poppy goes to stay with her friend Will in the country, and they write their second children's book. Poppy comes back to discover a note from Angel: At yor place. Need help. She finds him lying under the kitchen table, bleeding from an arm wound. Has he been stabbed? Why hasn't he rung 999? Who else is involved? And will her dad, now in an open prison, find out about her oddball friend? Rachel Billington's dramatic follow-up to Poppy's Hero features two opposing kinds of London kids, with Poppy straddling the gulf between them as she and her friends are drawn into a strange, unimaginable world.
  • Pugwash in the Pacific

    John Ryan

    language (Frances Lincoln, March 1, 2013)
    The third of Frances Lincoln's ebook editions of this classic picture book series following on from Captain Pugwash and Pugwash Aloft.The Admiral is under strict orders from the Prime Minister – to search the Seven Seas, capture Captain Pugwash and bring him back alive. Far away on a sunny island in the middle of the Pacific, Captain Pugwash has no idea of the fearful fate that awaits him. The sky is blue, the sea is warm and the Captain and his crew are having a lovely time, but will they be able to evade the law for much longer?
  • Black Sheep

    Na'ima B. Robert

    eBook (Frances Lincoln, Feb. 11, 2013)
    Dwayne, 16, meets high-flying, uni-bound Misha, and sparks fly. To Misha it feels like true love, but her mum is adamant that Dwayne is bad news and forbids her to see him. When Misha decides to follow her heart, the web of secrets and lies begins to tighten. For Dwayne is not quite who he says he is. And as he struggles to turn his life around while hiding his darker side from Misha, his ties with Trigger, Jukkie and the rest of his boys draw him deeper and deeper into gang violence, more serious and bloody than any he has ever seen. One night, Dwayne’s two lives collide, with devastating consequences.
  • Out for the Count: A Counting Adventure

    Kathryn Cave, Chris Riddell

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln, July 1, 2000)
    On a night that he can't sleep, Tom begins to count sheep who promptly go to sleep on his bedroom floor, except for one that leads him on a variety of numerical adventures.
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  • Learning Outdoors with the Meek Family

    Tim Meek, Kerry Meek

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Education does not always need to take place behind a desk, in a classroom or with a teacher. Family time is just as important as school time, and these 52 â??Ed-venturesâ?? provide parents with a fantastic bank of ideas to support and enhance their childrenâ??s formal schooling. Each exciting adventure can easily be fitted into a weekend.Chapters include Buildings to See, Places to Go, Travel & Transport, By the Water, Country Life and Culture & Entertainment. Within each activity there is plenty of scope to help your children develop enquiring minds, including ideas on what to do before you get there, while youâ??re there and when you get back, plus tips, suggestions and ways of encouraging different ways to learn via reading, listening, visual, sensory and physical means.Whether youâ??re visiting a wind farm or stepping on to a train, visiting an historical building or looking at a sculpture in your local park, Learning Outdoors provides all the educational stimulation you and your children need for some great Ed-ventures in the open air.Â
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