Books in Explorer Books series

Travel back to the time of the Anglo Saxons! Who was Alfred the Great? Where did the Anglo Saxons come from, and what traditions and beliefs did they bring with them? Explore this ancient civilisation to understand how prehistoric people have influenced the way we live today. Find out how we know about the Anglo Saxons, and how archaeologists and historians have pieced together their story from the evidence and artefacts found. Learn about the Anglo Saxon way of life - how they farmed and feasted, what they believed and where and how they lived. Information about their songs, music, poems, arts and crafts will help you to picture yourself among them. Read an Anglo Saxon warrior's letter, and try your hand at making an Anglo Saxon helmet!Readers will enjoy the bright design and photographic approach.

Fly into the engrossing world of bugs with the buzziest book in the What on Earth Books Explorer series, complete with a six-foot-long fold-out timeline.Join explorer Agent Eagle on his next mission, as he shares the history and science of our insect friends. From ants and bees, to spiders and wasps, learn what a bug is – scientifically – through an understanding of classifications, body shape identification, bug communication and more. Uncover the history of bugs, including how they evolved and how they are born and grow, and unearth how they support our environment. A list of great bug explorers, a quiz, name game, and glossary lead you to the grand finale – a fold-out timeline featuring 100 of the creepiest, crawliest, coolest creatures that ever lived – from their first appearance 520 million years ago until today.Explorer: Bugs won a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award and was a finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards Young Adult Non-Fiction category.

Stop and smell the roses with Agent Osprey as she works to uncover the beautiful world of plants! Plants! includes a six-foot-long timeline, featuring over 100 plants from their first known forms through to their living descendants, and looks into how they have survived and thrived. Join our explorer on her quest to find out as much as possible about these amazing specimens in her fascinating journal. Find out key discoveries, how they support our environment, and more! Plants! by Nick Forshaw and William Exley is latest to join the Explorer series from What on Earth Books. Bugs! and Dinosaurs! are winners of a Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2018.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A bullied boy discovers a door guarded by a sly monster... A painting of a door opens in a forgotten Egyptian tomb... A portal in the park promises to turn you into a much cooler version 2.0--if you can just get the bugs out... Edited by New York Times bestselling comics creator Kazu Kibuishi, who is also a contributor, the third volume in this highly praised series gathers some of the foremost and fastest-rising talents in comics for kids: Jen Wang (Koko Be Good), Johane Matte (Explorer: The Mystery Boxes), Steve Hamaker (colorist of Jeff Smith's Bone series), Faith Erin Hicks (Friends with Boys), Doug Holgate (Zack Proton series), and Jason Caffoe (Explorer: The Lost Islands and Flight). Readers may never walk into a room the same way again.

Discover the Big Sky's fastest, largest, smartest, and boldest birds in Bird Feats of Montana, Including Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks by Deborah Richie Oberbillig. The book features 114 brilliant color photographs by renowned wildlife photographer Donald M. Jones and 12 exquisitely detailed illustrations by James Lindquist. Written for children ages 8 to 12, this playful and informative book covers 40 of the state's birds, from calliope hummingbirds to trumpeter swans in sections covering a variety of bird feats, ranging from birds with the niftiest nests to birds with the wildest behaviors. Learn how bobolinks navigate by the stars with an internal compass of magnetic crystals. Discover the secret to the crane'’s dance. Find out why magpies have the messiest nests. Playful, informative text about 40 Montana birds by writer and naturalist Deborah Richie Oberbillig, Montana'’s first watchable wildlife program coordinator 114 color photographs by renowned bird photographer Don Jones 12 color illustrations by James Lindquist Bird-finding tips for each species, as well as bird features, habitat, and migration patterns Perfect gift for bird lovers young and old Great value at $14.95 Visit FarcountryPress.com for more information.

From chocolate and tea to flowers and cotton, discover the history of fair trade and its products. Learn what difference fair trade makes to the people producing the goods, what the ten princlples of fair trade are, and how fair trade practices affect the environment. Read an interview with a worker from a fair trade project in India, debate the issues surrounding fair trade, make a fair trade ice cream sundae and find out amazing fair trade stats and facts.

Travel back to the time of the stone, bronze and iron ages! What was Britain like over 6000 years ago? Who lived on the island and what was it like? Explore these ancient civilisations to understand how prehistoric people have influenced the way we live today. Discover the artefacts that give evidence of their way of life.The Explore! series takes an all-round, hands-on approach to history, making the subject relevant to all area of curriculum learning - geography, art, literacy and numeracy. Each book features a diary entry, a fun craft-based activity, and a quiz.