Search results for ""Author Kjartan Poskitt""
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Runaway Pea Washed Away
The runaway pea is back for another hilarious adventure!When one rogue pea finds himself s p i n n i n g down the plug hole, surely he’s in for a terrible time in the murky glurky sewers? NOT THIS PEA! Everything is an adventure! Everyone is a friend! But is all as safe as Pea assumes, or might he yet end up as someone’s dinner?! A fall-over-yourself funny sequel to the bestselling THE RUNAWAY PEA by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore, which has been shortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize, and the FCBG award. Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books - The Runaway Pea and The Runaway Pea: Left Behind!
£6.99
Scholastic The BrainBending Basics
Murderous Maths: The Brain-Bending Basics is full of facts, tricks and tips to give children a roller-coaster overview into the utterly nutty world of murderous maths. Updated for the relaunch of the primary national curriculum in autumn 2014, children can learn to become mathematical masters with simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them through. Illustrated by Philip Reeve and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of murderous maths. Get ready to be amazed!
£6.29
Scholastic Savage Shapes
Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to shapes they don't teach at school. Readers will find out how to command respect throughout the entire Universe, learn why the US defence headquarters is a pentagon, and discover the quickest way to get a naked Colonel back to his beach hut.
£5.99
Scholastic Shapes and Measures
Murderous Maths: All Shapes and Sizes is full of facts, tricks and tips to help children discover why shapes are super and measurements are magic! Updated for the relaunch of the primary national curriculum in autumn 2014, children can learn all about tricky triangles, vicious circles, spangled angles and much more with simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them through. Illustrated by Philip Reeve and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of Murderous Maths. Get ready to be amazed!
£6.99
Scholastic Easy Questions Evil Answers
Why do people think Friday 13th is unlucky? How can you make a liar tell the truth? How many people in the world share your birthday? Easy Questions, Evil Answers provides the answers to all these questions and more. It's the perfect laugh-out-loud, boredom busting read for everyone who's ever wondered just how many footballs you can fit in a swimming pool and how long it takes to count to a million.
£5.99
Scholastic Awesome Arithmetricks
Maths with the laughs added in! * Why nothing sometimes means something? * Can you beat Professor Fiendish's foul formula? * What can stop a hairy green spot epidemic? Find out in the Essential Arithmetricks - all the tricks, tips and short-cuts they don't teach at school.
£5.99
Aladdin Paperbacks The Runaway Pea
£16.39
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Runaway Pea
It's time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!The rogue pea shoots, flings and bounces across the kitchen as he embarks on his perilous adventure - but will he find the fun he is looking for or is the kitchen a scarier place than he thought?This quirky caper from debut duo Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore will show you just what can happen when you take your eye off your dinner for a second!Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books - The Runaway Pea: Left Behind and The Runaway Pea: Washed Away! PRAISE FOR THE RUNAWAY PEA:‘A runaway success’ – Philip Ardagh'Kids will enjoy . . . Poskitt’s lively rhyming verse as the pea plops, splashes, bangs and twangs his way across the kitchen' – The Observer
£7.26
Aladdin Paperbacks The Runaway Pea Washed Away
£16.26
Abrams Harry Houdini
Discover the man behind the magic and see how Houdini pulled off his most daring escapes Before Harry Houdini (1874&;1926) became the greatest magician in the world, he was just little Ehrich Weisz, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed stage tricks for a little extra cash. He started off with card tricks and then eventually began performing the escape acts that would make him famous. Known for his daring and death-defying illusions, he would do some of the greatest tricks ever: escaping from a milk can, being buried alive, and being locked inside a crate and thrown into a river. He conquered each of these seemingly impossible feats and showed the world the power of a little magic. Fun, fast-paced, and highly illustrated, Harry Houdini tells the story of the curious boy who became the world&;s greatest magician and reveals how Houdini did some of his most stunning escapes. It includes a timeline, glossary, and index.
£10.72
David Fickling Books First Names: Harry (Houdini)
True life stories of the most amazing people EVER! Meet HARRY HOUDINI, the brilliant escape artist who thrilled the world with his death-defying stunts and awesome showmanship. Find out: - How he was inspired by a man with no head, - Why he kept asking to be put in jail (and how he got out again) - And why he dangled upside down from a crane 120 feet up in the air. Get to know HARRY on First Name terms.
£7.78
Scholastic The Magic of Maths
MURDEROUS MATHS: The Magic of Maths is full of incredible tricks to wow children and teachers alike. With a fabulous brand-new cover design for 2019, children can: discover how to use the power of maths to beat the calculator perform amazing card tricks read minds - using the power of maths! Illustrated by Rob Davis and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be amazed!
£7.20
Scholastic The Brain-Bending Basics
MURDEROUS MATHS: The Brain-Bending Basics is full of facts, tricks and tips to give children a roller coaster overview into the utterly nutty world of maths. With a fabulous brand-new cover design for 2019 and simple explanations and hilarious characters to guide them through, children can: learn to become mathematical masters discover all about the impossible race find out how numbers can have superpowers - and more! Illustrated by Philip Reeve, Trevor Dunton and Rob Davis and presented in a bold, funky and accessible way so children can find out why maths is marvellous, a new generation of Kjartan Poskitt fans will be able to discover the world of MURDEROUS MATHS. Get ready to be amazed!
£7.20
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Runaway Pea Left Behind
We’re on the way back from a big shopping tripBut the bag’s caught a nail and it’s started to rip.Dropetty PLOP! Now what could that be?All on his own it’s a left-behind pea. Disaster strikes when Pea falls out of the shopping bag . . . Is this the end? Is it ALL OVER FOR PEA?! Of course it’s not! Follow Pea as he journeys across the city on a skateboard, and bus, and even on the wings of a passing-by bird – and has the adventure OF A LIFETIME! Sometimes it pays to be small . . . THE RUNAWAY PEA LEFT BEHIND is laugh-out-loud funny, bursting with imagination, and the most perfect third story in this much-loved series. The first book, THE RUNAWAY PEA, was chosen as BookTrust's Time to Read book of 2020, being given to 775,000 children in the UK. Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books - The Runaway Pea and The Runaway Pea: Washed Away!
£7.26
