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¿Quieres perfeccionar tu nivel de inglés?Todo lo que necesitas está incluido en English for Everyone: gramática inglesa, vocabulario y ejercicios. Con el Libro de estudio del Nivel 4 Avanzado podrás mejorar notablemente tu inglés gracias a los ejercicios de lectura y vocabulario que incluye. Aprende a hablar de experiencias de viaje, temas sociales, carreras profesionales, culturas del mundo y mucho más. Este nivel ayuda a trabajar también las opiniones y las discusiones.En el Libro de estudio del Nivel 4 avanzado aprenderás todo lo necesario para perfeccionar tu nivel de inglés. Desde vocabulario y expresiones sobre temas como los problemas medioambientales, el arte y la cultura, la tecnología y futuro, entre otros, pasando por los aspectos más complejos de la gramática de la lengua inglesa, este libro recoge todo lo fundamental para que puedas llegar a dominar el inglés. Además, también también te encontrarás multitud de ejercicios de inglés donde podrás poner en práctica lo aprendido en cada lección.En lo que respecta a la gramática de la lengua inglesa, este nivel incluye además aspectos como el reported speech, los phrasal verbs, relative clauses, collocations, conditional tenses, entre muchos otros, que te permitirán dominar la gramática del inglés. Todo ello con el apoyo de gráficos e imágenes, que facilitan el aprendizaje y la retención de los conceptos fundamentales y que harán que incluso los aspectos más complejos del inglés te resulten fáciles de comprender.Este libro es ideal para todas aquellas personas que ya tienen un nivel avanzado de inglés y quieren perfeccionarlo, así como para estudiantes que preparan los exámenes oficiales TOEFL, MECR, IELTS y TOEIC.Descripción general del cursoDK presenta English for Everyone, un innovador curso de autoestudio de lengua inglesa desarrollado por los mejores profesionales de enseñanza del inglés para dar respuesta a la demanda del mercado con un sistema visual, sencillo y fácil de utilizar. El curso de inglés cuenta con cuatro niveles divididos en cuatro libros de estudio con sus correspondientes libros de ejercicios que se complementan, además, con un amplio abanico de audios gratuitos.El curso completo, que ayuda en la preparación de los exámenes oficiales TOEFL, MECR, IELTS y TOEIC y está diseñado para cubrir todas las necesidades de aprendizaje gracias a contenidos muy estructurados y atractivos con gráficos e ilustraciones que facilitarán la comprensión de las unidades didácticas.El curso English for Everyone cuenta con audios gratuitos que, además, puedes encontrar en www.dkefe.com y en la app gratuita para smartphones disponible para Android e iOS.English descriptionAre you learning English as a second language?Everything you need is included in this all-in-one grammar book, vocabulary builder, and exercise course. English for Everyone: Level 4: Advanced, Course Book takes your communication skills to the next level with an emphasis on reading and vocabulary. Learn to discuss travel experiences, social issues, careers, cultures, and more. This course book also covers giving, emphasizing an opinion, and arguing a case.English for Everyone: Level 4: Advanced, Course Book covers the language skills, vocabulary, and grammar needed for the major global English-language exams, including TOEFL. All learning is practiced across speaking, listening, reading, and writing exercises, offering rounded preparation for work, travel, study, and exams. Download the free app and practice online with free listening exercises at www.dkefe.com.English for Everyone series teaches all levels of English, from beginner to advanced, to speakers of English as a second language. Innovative visual learning methods introduce key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary, which are reinforced with a variety of speaking, reading, and writing exercises to make the English language easier to understand and learn. Visit www.dkefe.com to find out more.

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Discover the STEM subject of engineering with this children’s book full of photographs and illustrations, fascinating facts, and engaging challenges—from the creators of DKfindout.com, DK’s free online resource for kids.Did you know that engineers designed and built the Pyramids and the iPad? Or that the world’s largest jumbo jet can carry 853 passengers? Find out how!Perfect for budding engineers who want a highly visual STEM book to increase their engineering know-how, DK findout! Engineering is sure to inspire the next science fair project or school report. Inside, author Dr. Emily Hunt breaks down what engineering is and how it changes our world. With this DK findout! book, you will:- See how concepts such as levers, wheels and axles, and pulleys work- Read about great engineers in history, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, and Yoky Matsuoka - Explore steam engines, rocket technology, robotics, flying machines, bridges, and buildings- Learn about the history and exciting future of engineering- Hear from real-life engineer and maker Dr. Lucy Rogers about what it’s like to be an engineer today- Fold out the cover for an engineering quiz, timeline, and careers guide- and find out much, much more!The DK findout! series of kids books helps children become experts on their favorite nonfiction subjects, from dinosaurs and ancient civilizations to space, coding, and cutting-edge technology. Learn more about engineering—and everything else—at www.dkfindout.com, the award-winning free educational website.

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¿Estás empezando a estudiar inglés como segunda lengua?Todo lo que necesitas está incluido en English for Everyone: explicaciones gramaticales, vocabulario y ejercicios. En el Libro de estudio del Nivel Inicial 1 encontrarás vocabulario y expresiones básicas de temas comunes: el trabajo, el hogar, gustos y aficiones, bienestar y mucho más. Además, aprenderás a utilizar el presente simple.El curso English for Everyone cuenta con audios gratuitos que puedes encontrar en www.dkefe.com y en la app gratuita para smartphones disponible para Android e iOS.Descripción general del curso:DK presenta English for Everyone, un innovador curso de autoestudio de lengua inglesa desarrollado por los mejores profesionales de enseñanza del inglés para dar respuesta a la demanda del mercado con un sistema visual, sencillo y fácil de utilizar. El curso esta dividido en cuatro niveles con un libro para cada uno. Cada nivel incluye un libro de estudio con su correspondente libro de actividades y ademas un amplio abanico de audios y ejercicios digitales.El curso completo, que ayuda en la preparación de los exámenes oficiales TOEFL, MECR, IELTS y TOEIC, está diseñado para cubrir todas las necesidades de aprendizaje gracias a contenidos muy estructurados y atractivos con gráficos e ilustraciones que facilitarán la comprensión de las unidades didácticas.El curso English for Everyone cuenta con audios gratuitos que, además, puedes encontrar en www.dkefe.com y en la app gratuita para smartphones disponible para Android e iOS.Are you a beginner learning English as a second language?Everything you need is included in this all-in-one grammar book, vocabulary builder, and exercise course. English for Everyone: Level 1: Beginner, Course Book will help you learn how to engage in everyday topics such as your job, home, likes and dislikes, health, and more. This course book also covers how to talk about the present.English for Everyone: Level 1: Beginner, Course Book covers the language skills, vocabulary, and grammar needed for the major global English-language exams, including TOEFL. All learning is practiced across speaking, listening, reading, and writing exercises, offering rounded preparation for work, travel, study, and exams. Download the free app and practice online with free listening exercises at www.dkefe.com.Series Overview: English for Everyone series teaches all levels of English, from beginner to advanced, to speakers of English as a second language. Innovative visual learning methods introduce key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary, which are reinforced with a variety of speaking, reading, and writing exercises to make the English language easier to understand and learn. Visit www.dkefe.com to find out more.

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Let this guide be your very own friendly nutritionist, on hand to debunk common food myths and give you the answers to those pressing health questions with easy-to-swallow information.Is red wine good for your heart? Will caffeine raise your blood pressure? How Food Works gives you answers to these and several more questions by investigating claims surrounding a variety of foods and examining them from a biological standpoint. Discover nutritional facts about the food you eat, learn the benefits of superfoods and antioxidants, and go behind-the-scenes of modern food production.Packed with infographics and colorful images, the book delves into the science behind ways of eating including gluten-free and veganism, as well as the benefits of different diets from around the world. Turn the pages to understand why food intolerances occur, what actually makes food organic, how important sell-by dates really are, and how much salt you should really be eating. Readers will also learn about the social and economic implications of food choices, such as eating disorders and fair-trade businesses. Indispensable and accessible to young and old, How Food Works is the perfect health and dietary companion.

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Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillasCon un lenguaje claro, El libro de la economía ofrece concisas explicaciones que desbrozan la jerga académica, esquemas que hacen sencillas las teorías más complejas, citas clásicas y una serie de ingeniosas ilustraciones que juegan con nuestra comprensión de la economía.El mundo parece sumido en un caos económico, y la importancia de saber de economía se antoja más evidente que nunca.¿Por qué pagamos impuestos? ¿Qué sucede en una recesión? ¿Cómo funciona el mercado? ¿Es la economía una ciencia? ¿Cómo está la economía ligada a la cultura? La economía afecta a todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas, desde cómo nos desplazamos hasta qué compramos, y las ideas económicas siguen configurando el mundo, en un cambio incesante.Este libro de economía explica en profundidad y de forma sencilla cuáles son las teorías de la economía con el fin de ayudarnos a comprender mejor los principios económicos que rigen nuestras vidas.La economía explicada de forma sencillaLa economía es a menudo un tema de conversación en el lugar de trabajo o en la sobremesa. Así, podemos afirmar que la economía nos interesa e impacta a todos de forma directa. Por lo general, puede ser vista como un coto privado de profesionales del mundo de la empresa, de las finanzas y del gobierno. Sin embargo, casi todos somos cada vez más conscientes de lo mucho que llega a influir sobre nuestro patrimonio y nuestro bienestar; y es posible que tengamos una opinión clara acerca de los impuestos o del gasto público, del aumento del coste de la vida, etc. Sin embargo, ¿qué entendemos realmente cuando oímos hablar de desempleo, de crisis de los mercados financieros, de inflación o de déficit comercial? Cuando nos exigen que nos apretemos el cinturón y paguemos más impuestos, ¿entendemos el motivo? Y cuando tenemos la impresión de encontrarnos a merced de temerarios bancos y de multinacionales gigantescas, ¿sabemos cómo han llegado a acumular tanto poder o entendemos por qué aparecieron y por qué siguen existiendo? La economía, como disciplina, da respuesta a este tipo de preguntas y así lo engloba este gran libro en español para niños, jóvenes y adultos.El libro de la economía es una interesante referencia para comprender la historia de la economía así como su estado actual y futuro, repasando todas las etapas desde las primeras negociaciones en comercio en 400. a.C. A través de los siguientes capítulos el lector aprende conceptos de economía, las tendencias y sucesos en cada época y cómo estos están relacionados con la cultura: • Los inicios del comercio. 400 a.C. - 1770 d.C. • La edad de la razón. 1770 - 1820 • Revolución industrial y económica. 1820 - 1929 • Guerra y depresión. 1929 - 1945 • Economía de posguerra. 1945 - 1970 • Economía contemporánea. 1970 - presente El libro de la economía pertenece a la galardonada serie Grandes Ideas explica temas complejos de un modo fácil de entender mediante explicaciones claras y alejándose del academicismo tradicional. Su creativo diseño y los gráficos innovadores que acompañan al texto hacen de esta serie una introducción perfecta a una gran diversidad de materias para toda la familia.

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Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillasCon un lenguaje claro, El libro de la filosofía ofrece concisas explicaciones que desbrozan la jerga académica, esquemas que hacen sencillas las teorías más complejas, citas clásicas y una serie de ingeniosas ilustraciones que juegan con nuestra comprensión de la filosofía.¿Cómo surgió el universo? ¿Qué es la verdad? ¿Por qué el ser humano está de forma constante buscando la felicidad?A lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, estas y otras preguntas acerca de la naturaleza y de la existencia han suscitado respuestas de grandes pensadores como Friedrich Nietzsche e Immanuel Kant que continúan dando forma al mundo.Tanto el neófito como el estudiante o el experto aficionado hallarán en este libro de filosofía en español materia con la que nutrir su pensamiento.Pensamientos cultivados, grandes teorías¿Te gustaría filosofar con una buena base sólida y conocer los detalles de los pensadores más ilustres de la historia? Este libro de filosofía para mentes inquietas te abre las puertas a las maravillosas ideas y teorías que se han desarrollado hasta la actualidad. Ordenado de forma cronológica, El libro de la filosofía ilustra de una forma didáctica los orígenes de citas famosas que tratan de explicar el por qué y para qué de la vida. Con esta fabulosa lectura se desvelan las raíces y el contexto sociocultural de donde nacieron citas famosas como “Pienso, luego existo” de Descartes, “La imaginación lo decide todo” de Blaise Pascal, “La vida se vivirá tanto mejor si no tiene sentido” de Albert Camus, o “Al hombre se le define como ser humano, a la mujer como hembra” de Simone de Beauvoir.Conoce las ramas y las orientaciones que han tenido lugar en la historia de la filosofía, desde el existencialismo o la fenomenología, al budismo o el feminismo. Acompañado de hechos históricos, fechas, acontecimientos, biografías y grandes obras literarias, y diseñado para jóvenes y adultos.El libro de la filosofía es una interesante referencia para empaparse de las brillantes ideas y teorías sobre la existencia humana, desde los orígenes de la filosofía griega y romana hasta la actualidad: • Filosofía antigua • Filosofía medieval • Filosofía renacentista • Filosofía moderna • Filosofía contemporánea El libro de la filosofía pertenece a la galardonada serie Grandes Ideas explica temas complejos de un modo fácil de entender mediante explicaciones claras y alejándose del academicismo tradicional. Su creativo diseño y los gráficos innovadores que acompañan al texto hacen de esta serie una introducción perfecta a una gran diversidad de materias para toda la familia.

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Featuring more than 800 plants and step-by-step instructions to pruning and training hundreds of trees, shrubs, and climbing plants, this comprehensive guide is freshly redesigned to help cultivate your perfect garden.With chapters on everything from rosebushes to peach trees, Pruning and Training has advice for every garden and gardener. Using a practical A–Z approach, organized by plant type, information is displayed in an easy-to-follow format and annotated illustrations that carefully guides readers on specialized techniques for each plant type, including coppicing and pollarding for trees and pinch pruning for shrubs.Learn the basic training techniques for climbers and see how to maintain ornamental shrubs in your garden, including grasses for your topiary or hedges and bamboo. Train jasmine to climb a wall, learn where to prune a rose, and increase your fruit tree's yield.Pruning and Training is the essential guide to pruning and training your garden plants with confidence.

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An interactive touch and feel book for babies with a cute love theme and read-aloud text! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning. Baby Touch and Feel: I Love You is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colorful love-inspired illustrations will be more than enough to keep your baby’s attention. This adorable picture book is a perfect first book for preschoolers and makes for an ideal baby gift.Not too big and not too small, this sturdy, padded sensory book is just the right size for little hands to hold. No need for Mom and Dad to turn the pages! Babies and toddlers can turn the tough board book pages themselves, which helps to develop their fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. This charming board book for babies includes: - An amazing range of different textures to explore.- Cleary labeled pictures and a simple, easy to follow design.- Easy to read text to encourage early vocabulary building.- A texture or eye-catching area on every pageRounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth.Learning to read should always be this fun. Kids will get hours of play from this sturdy board book for babies and toddlers, from making the noises and reading the names to feeling the different textures. This touchy feely book, with its strong, baby-safe jacket, makes for an ideal baby gift. Packed full of shiny objects and some bumps and grooves, this educational book will engage small children and stimulate early childhood development in different ways. Complete the SeriesThis delightful book is part of the Baby Touch and Feel range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books and includes titles like Baby Touch and Feel Animals, Baby Touch and Feel Bedtime, Baby Touch and Feel Colours and Shapes, and more for your little one to enjoy!

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This fun, fact-filled book for kids ages 6–9 is the ultimate guide to the Stone Age, during which humankind took its first steps. Entertaining and educating young readers through a combination of close-up images, quirky trivia facts, quiz questions, and fascinating tidbits, it’s the perfect book for any kid who is curious about early human history.How did people survive during the Stone Age? What innovative tool did they refer to as a “thunderstone”? How big could woolly mammoths grow? Find out the answers to these questions and more in DKfindout! Stone Age, which features photographs of ancient artifacts and relics, as well as illustrations and maps depicting how early humans hunted, communicated, and migrated across continents. Readers will learn about the three main periods of the Stone Age—the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic—and the key developments of each era, from the creation of stone tools and weapons to the start of modern agriculture. DKfindout! Stone Age illuminates this important stage in our species’ past, providing kids with plenty of interesting details to pore over.Vetted by educational consultants, the DKfindout! series drives kids ages 6–9 to become experts on more than 30 of their favorite STEM- and history-related subjects, whether Vikings, volcanoes, or robots. This series covers the subjects that kids really want to learn about—ones that have a direct impact on the world around them, like climate change, space exploration, and rapidly evolving technology—making learning fun through amazing images, stimulating quizzes, and cutting-edge information. The DKfindout! series is one that kids will want to turn to again and again.

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An interactive pop up book that inspires hands-on learning. Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages and entertaining rhymes. Pop up Peekaboo: Pumpkin provides slots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of Halloween fun!Babies and toddlers will be enchanted by finding the surprises behind each flap. This interactive toddler book for 2 year olds helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups help toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.Inside the pages of this pop-up adventure book, you’ll find: Hands-on play that builds confident book skills Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development Rounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babys and their growing teeth! This pop up book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience, to get the most out of story time. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create the amusing story for your kids to follow, and play a guessing game of who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help preschoolers remember the new words they are learning for early language development. Complete the Pop up book series!Surprise! The peekaboo fun doesn't stop here! Your little one will enjoy hours of hide-and-seek surprises with the My Pop-Up Series. Find your farmyard friends with Pop-Up Peekaboo! Farm, search the oceans in Pop-Up Peekaboo! Under the Sea and travel back in time to find dinosaurs in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur and more!

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Puzzled by past tenses? Confused be comparatives? The English for Everyone Grammar Guide is packed with easy-to-follow English grammar rules and annotated sample sentences. Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Grammar Guide uses visual teaching methods to introduce English grammar for beginners, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples when used alongside our Grammar Practice Book. Once you have built up your confidence in the written English language, the Grammar Guide can act as a reference point for more advanced sentence structures in practical English usage.About English For EveryoneEnglish for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that support English learning for teenagers and adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering an easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading, and writing.Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured program for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Series provides:- Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and color-coded explanations- Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).- Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units, mirrored in both the Course and Practice Books for easy referencing and teaching- Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of essential English grammar in use, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences- Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the book- Personalised learning: Write-on lines encourage ESL learners to write their prompts and translations The English for Everyone Series covers the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including:- CEFR- TOEFL - IELTS - TOEIC

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Our Practice Book (Level 4) offers great exercises and examples to introduce English at an advanced stage including key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary. Build your confidence and fluency of conversational English.English for Everyone uses visual teaching methods to introduce practical English usage, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples in our Practice Book (Level 4). Challenge your English experience with topical content covering family life, careers and business, news and media, and even laws, rules, and regulations. As well as continuing to improve your vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation to an advanced level with comprehensive guidance. When used alongside our Course Book (Level 4), this workbook is ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans. Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured program for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Practice Books provide practice questions and exercises focusing on: - Grammar: Applying new language rules into different contexts with visual breakdowns of English grammar in use - Vocabulary: Cement understanding of key English vocabulary with visual cues to help understand the exercises- Reading: Examine target language topics in real-life English examples to support effective English language learning- Writing: Improve core understanding of English by producing written passages of English text- Listening: Test understanding of spoken English with extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).- Speaking: ESL learners can practice and compare spoken English with our free online audio resources The English for Everyone Level 4 resources cover the advanced skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including: - CEFR: upper B2 – C1- TOEFL (test paper): 520-580 - TOEFL (computer-based test): 200-240- TOEFL (online test): 70-95- IELTS: 5.5-7 - TOEIC: 850-900English for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that supports English learning for adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering an easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a second or foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading, and writing.

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Meet the cutest baby animals from adorable ducklings to pretty piglets in Ultimate Sticker Book: Baby Animals. Whether kids are crazy about kittens or excited about puppies, they will love the 250 reusable stickers and pages packed full of activities and scenes to create in Ultimate Sticker Book: Baby Animals.Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK's Ultimate Sticker Book series is being refreshed and updated and now features more than 250 fun, reusable stickers. Packed with activities that allow children to create scenes, match pairs, and complete jigsaws, the activities throughout each book are simple enough for the child to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest and help develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.

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Whether it's the industrious ant, the breathtaking Monarch butterfly, or the multi-legged centipede, children will discover the fastest, strongest, and most harmful species in Pocket Genius: Bugs. Profiling more than 200 insects and bugs, from beetles and butterflies to spiders and scorpions, find out what bugs eat, which are poisonous, which live the longest, and which can be found in your own backyard. Plus, learn about the products we get from bugs, such as honey, ink, silk, and jewelry, and how bugs and insects play important roles in our world.Redesigned in paperback, DK's best-selling Pocket Genius series is now available in an engaging compact and economical format that is ideal for both browsing and quick reference for use in school and at home. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

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Perfect for children ages 9 and 10, this workbook develops the further understanding of geography of fourth graders and contains curriculum-aligned exercises on topics including a more detailed look at each continent, physical features, and types of maps, with a focus on different maps of the United States.Level by level, the write-in DK Workbooks: Geography series offers at-home practice that kids actually enjoy—making them ideal supplements to schoolwork. Designed to support curriculum standards, this series is developed with leading educational experts to build confidence and understanding.Each leveled workbook, for children ages 3–9, is packed with activities and challenges, offering the beneficial repetition and cumulative learning that lead to mastery. Fact boxes on each page give a simple overview of the topics being covered, review the basics, and often offer an example of the task at hand. The exercises themselves reinforce key geography topics including map reading, compass directions, continents, countries and states, borders, bodies of water, and more.

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Learn everything there is to know about the amazing human body with this fact-filled encyclopedia.Did you know that every part of your human body is made of tiny, microscopic cells? Did you know your body is organized into distinct systems that have different functions? Learn more about this and much more with the First Human Body Encyclopedia.Know what is inside your bones, find out about how joints move, and how muscles work. Peek into the control center of the body – the brain. Explore all the senses including touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Find out how our organs, such as the heart and lungs, work.You will also see how your body changes as you grow older and hormones develop. Discover how your body fights against germs and allergies and explore how we express and communicate. Then test yourself – and your friends and family – with the quiz pages in the end.First Human Body Encyclopedia is the perfect home resource for young children to start learning all about how our bodies work.

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Learn how to count to 10 with DK Braille: Counting.Explore tactile spreads in different textures to discover counting techniques with a book designed specifically for blind or visually impaired readers. DK Braille: Counting's pages combine braille, large print, and high contrast photography with clear and predictive layouts for curious young readers. The accompanying story in print and braille takes readers on a counting adventure in the park.DK Braille: Counting is a unique book that teaches counting in a special, revolutionary book.A flagship series of high-quality, custom books with braille and tactile images for blind and partially sighted children, or sighted children with blind parents. DK Braille books combine uncontracted Unified English Braille and large type with high-contrast colors, embossed images, and tactile cutout shapes for children to feel with their fingers. The combination of text alongside the braille enables sighted parents to share the reading experience with visually impaired children, and for sighted children to share with their visually impaired parents.

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Focus your telescope and get ready to learn all about the night sky. Eyewitness Explorer: Night Sky Detective is full of activities for adventurous hands-on learning with activities to help spot different constellations, make paper planets, study Jupiter and its moons, create a star chart, escape velocity, and even launch a homemade rocket. Eyewitness Explorers encourage hands-on learning with 30 easy activities that help children observe, explore, and learn about the natural world. Each book explains the science behind the activities, laying the essential groundwork for contextualizing the experience to come. But at the heart of the books are the activities themselves — a chance to learn by doing with experiments that can be carried out right at home. Most can even be completed with materials already on hand, so there's no complicated preparation or specialized equipment needed. Simply choose one of the projects and follow the step-by-step, photographically illustrated instructions to create rainbows, make a moth trap, grow stalactites, mix mineral paint, and much more.

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Want to grow your own vegetables and food, but don't have enough space for a garden? Don't let lack of space get in the way of growing healthy, organic foods at home. Apartment dwellers, schoolteachers, and anyone else who wants to grow a lot of food in a little space will find a great small garden resource in Grow All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet. Small-space gardeners, find your start in Grow All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet, packed with information on window boxes, potted plants, patio gardening, raised beds, small square-foot gardening, container gardening, and everything else related to growing your own small garden. Whether you want to grow a full garden, grow tomatoes, grow an herb garden, or just pick up great tips for small gardens, Grow All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet is the resource you need.

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Learn the entire works of one of the greatest writers of the English language in The Shakespeare Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about the works of William Shakespeare in this overview guide, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Shakespeare Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Shakespeare, with:- Every play and poem from Shakespeare’s canon, including lost plays and less well-known works of poetry- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Shakespeare Book is the perfect introduction to the entire canon of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and other poetry, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover the complete works, from The Comedy of Errors, to the great tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.Your Shakespeare Questions, Simply ExplainedThis is a brilliant, innovative exploration of the entire canon of Shakespeare plays, sonnets, and other poetry with detailed plot summaries and a full analysis of the major characters and themes. If you thought it was difficult to learn about the works of one of the greatest writers in the English language, The Shakespeare Book presents key information in a simple layout. Every work is covered, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, with easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bringing the themes, plots, characters, and language of Shakespeare to life.The Big Ideas SeriesWith millions of copies sold worldwide, The Shakespeare Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

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The ideal first book to introduce colors to toddlers - packed with colorful images and clear word-labels to encourage early learning Help your toddler learn all about colors in My First Colors. With colorful, bright photographs alongside clear word-labels your little one will begin to recognize red from yellow and even multi-colored objects too. Each page introduces one color using objects or animals to fully engage your toddler and keep early learning simple. Perfect for encouraging children to build vocabulary and language skills My First Colors helps toddlers grasp early concepts. Your little one will love discovering colors while holding the chunky pages of this tactile board book. Read it together and help them turn the pages and learn all about color.

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Discover places where a day is longer than a year, where hailstones are made of diamonds, and where a mountain looms twice the size of Everest. These and more are all to be found in The Planets.The Sun’s gravity holds in thrall eight planets, each with an entourage of moons, as well as dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets. The Planets takes you on a dazzling visual tour. From the Solar System’s fiery heart, travel to rocky worlds such as tiny Mercury scorched by the Sun. Then witness Venus swathed in a sulfurous haze, and go to the outer reaches to visit planets such as gas giant Jupiter, which is 120 times the size of Earth.Using 3-D models and photography from NASA and the European Space Agency, The Planets describes each one, as well as the extraordinary endeavors of space exploration. Edited by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, this book is enthralling reading for everyone interested in astronomy and space exploration.

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Never be lost for words again with this stunning illustrated dictionary for children. Spilling over with thousands of words and definitions for you to pick and peruse, this is the go-to guide for anyone struggling with spellings and meanings.

Minds can become muddled by strange spellings and perplexing pronunciations, but the Children’s Illustrated Dictionary explains them all in simple and memorable detail. From abacus to zoom, each word is shown alongside eye-catching pictures, engaging illustrations, concise descriptions, and simple examples of usage. Clear navigation ensures you find the words you’re looking for quickly and easily. 

Also included are entertaining word games, grammar sections, and a variety of vocabulary themes to build your understanding of language. Developed in close consultation with experts in children’s language teaching, this dictionary is guaranteed to expand your knowledge and broaden your horizons.

If words don’t come easy, this is the helping hand you need for school work and homework. For would-be writers and devoted bookworms, this is essential reference to keep by your side. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

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Note: Noisy book batteries are light activated, please make sure the lighting is sufficient for this book.The perfect book for your little tractor-lover that even includes exciting sounds from the farm.In Chug Chug Tractor, young readers are presented with a high quality reading experience with exciting novelties including vehicle and animal sounds, touch-and-feel panels, intriguing flaps, and remarkable pop-outs. Combined with bright photographs and entertaining rhyming text, Chug Chug Tractor offers a hands-on, interactive learning experience. Word labels name interesting images in each scene, like the parts of a vehicle, the names of an animal, or the type of building, and provide talking points for parent and child.

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Have fun down on the farm playing with tractors and farm animals in this lift-the-flap and pop-up board book for babies. This early learning lift-the-flap book is ideal for preschool and hands-on play. Rhyming text encourages early word recognition, and the colorful pop-up peekaboo surprises help develop imagination and memory skills.Both children and parents will enjoy playing hide and seek to discover cuddly and exciting characters: Farmer Fred is looking for his big, red tractor; Scarecrow is waiting for the big combine harvester; and Jim Farm Cat is up to mischief in the yellow tractor. This sturdy baby book will appeal to both parents and children and will keep little ones entertained again and again!

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Learn about concepts, management, and commerce in The Business Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Business in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Business Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Business, with:- Up to 100 quotations from the great business thinkers and gurus- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Business Book is the perfect introduction the to key theories that have shaped the world of business, management, and commerce, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover every facet of business management, including alternative business models, with real life examples from the marketplace. If you’ve ever wondered about the stages of business strategy, from start-up to delivering the goods, this is the perfect book for you.Your Business Questions, Simply ExplainedThis book introduces the would-be entrepreneur and general reader to the work of great commercial thinkers, leaders, and gurus. Learn about the hurdles facing every new business, such as finding a gap in the market, securing finance, employing people, and creating an eye-catching brand. If you thought it was difficult to learn about the world of commerce, The Business Book presents information in an easy to follow layout. Learn the ideas of seminal business thinkers, such as Malcolm Gladwell's "tipping point", Michael Porter's "five forces", and Meredith Belbin's theories on effective teamwork, with fantastic mind maps and step-by-step summaries. The Big Ideas SeriesWith millions of copies sold worldwide, The Business Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

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This fun book in the shape of a sports car has wheels so little drivers can race them anywhere. The big, tough wheels actually grip, and the beautiful, full color photographs inside are captioned with names to make learning fun. Whether your little road-runners love school buses or sporty cars, hogs or 18-wheelers, there's a Wheelie book to take them speeding out of the store! Vroom, vroom, vroooooooooom!

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Perfect for the child who wants to know everything about fire trucks, this sturdy book is filled with clear and realistic photography, simple text, and fun textures that encourage tactile exploration and help develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.Featuring pictures of everything related to fire engines, Touch and Feel: Fire Engine brightly displays big red trucks including textures on the pages to keep young children engaged.With appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread, DK's Touch and Feel series is a favorite for both parents and children, in a larger format than DK's Baby Touch and Feel books. The perfect gift for babies and toddlers who will be drawn to the shiny jacket, Touch and Feel: Fire Engine helps develop object recognition and language skills.

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Want to grow your own fruit or vegetables, but unsure how? Small Plot, Big Harvest contains brilliantly simple instructions on how to grow more than 50 different crops – perfect for beginners and expert gardeners alike. Look up the specific crop you want to grow, and follow the photos and practical advice on starting, nurturing, and harvesting. Choose your variety from more than 275 covered across the book, with galleries featuring unusual, exotic, or heirloom options for the most popular crops. Discover how to plan your space, whether it's a vegetable patch, a small raised bed, or just some containers (outside or inside). Explore different planting themes to suit your needs and maximize your harvest. This updated edition contains the latest popular new cultivars and heirloom varieties and expanded troubleshooting information to help keep your plants healthy. Whether you're a novice, a longtime gardening fan, or just want to explore a new at-home hobby, Small Plot, Big Harvest is an invaluable resource for all your gardening needs.

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Did you know culinary salt is the mineral halite? Or that the pigment vermillion is powdered cinnabar, a mineral whose name comes from the Persian for “dragon’s blood”?Discover the extraordinary mineral treasures that form our planet and that today we use in everything, from makeup and cookery to agriculture and high-tech. Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals is your essential collector’s companion, with illustrated entries on hundreds of minerals, gems, and rocks from actinium to zirconium. Its breathtaking array includes organic minerals, such as pearls and corals, as well as silicates and “native elements” like gold. Browse to find wonderful gems, including opals, or pyropes – a deep-red garnet the size of a hen’s egg. Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals reveals each mineral’s defining characteristics and explains how and where they were formed, how they were first identified, their uses, and their chemical composition. Whether you are a geology student or starting your own collection, this fact-packed book is both a fascinating read and an essential identification guide.

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The adorable baby chicks and kittens in this beginner book will make the perfect addition to your baby or toddler's first little library.This classic DK board book is filled with clear photography, simple text, and fun textures. Touch and Feel Baby Animals allows children to practice animal recognition and learn what an animal may feel when like when it's touched. With a modern look, these bestselling DK books are sure to become classics for a whole new generation of young readers.Series description: With appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread, DK's Touch and Feel series is a favorite for both parents and children, in a larger format than DK's Baby Touch and Feel books. Babies and toddlers will be drawn to the shiny jacket, while the bright, bold interior pages help them develop object recognition, and the descriptive text builds their language skills.

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It’s playtime on the farm! Enjoy a game of hide-and-seek with all the barnyard animals waiting to pop up and surprise you.Read the lively rhymes out loud with your little one for an interactive story time. Learn the names of the farm animals and how to count from 1 to 5.The animals really jump from the page in this beautifully illustrated pop-up book. The animal book has adorable photos of stuffed toys that you’ll just want to cuddle. There are three little pigs and five fluffy chicks, what else can you find hiding around the farmyard?Babies and toddlers will be enchanted by finding the surprises behind each flap. This interactive book helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups help toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.This book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience to get the most out of story time. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create an amusing game for your kids to follow. Look out for the onomatopoeic noises like, “baa,” “neigh” and “moo.” This helps kids to identify animals and guess who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help preschoolers remember the new words they are learning, for early language development.Peekaboo!Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages and entertaining rhymes. This book provide slots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of animal entertainment. It also makes a special gift for birthdays.Inside the pages of this pop-up adventure book, you’ll find:• Hands-on play that builds confident book skills• Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity• Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development Surprise! The peekaboo fun doesn’t stop here! Your little one will enjoy hours of hide-and-seek surprises with the My Pop-Up Peekaboo! Series. Travel back in time to find dinosaurs in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur, search the oceans in Pop-Up Peekaboo! Under the Sea and travel into the rain forest to find sloths and elephants in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Animals and more!DK's Pop-up Peekaboo! series has been shortlisted for the Best Preschool Reading Range in The Progressive Preschool Awards 2018.

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An interactive touch and feel book for babies with animals found on a farm and read-aloud text! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning. Baby Touch and Feel: Farm is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colorful animal-inspired illustrations will be more than enough to keep your baby’s attention. This adorable picture book is a perfect first book for toddlers and makes for an ideal baby gift.Read all about the animals found on a farm, such as cows and chicks, and other fascinating objects like tractors and wheat! Not too big and not too small, this sturdy, padded sensory book is just the right size for little hands to hold. No need for Mom and Dad to turn the pages! Babies and toddlers can turn the tough board book pages themselves, which helps to develop their fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. This charming board book for babies includes: - An amazing range of different textures to explore.- Cleary labeled pictures and a simple, easy to follow design.- Easy to read text to encourage early vocabulary building.- A texture or eye-catching area on every page.- Rounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth.Learning to read should always be this fun. Kids will get hours of play from this sturdy board book for babies and toddlers, from making the noises and reading the names to feeling the different textures, like the fur of the sheepdogs and the shell of the egg. This touchy-feely book, with its strong, baby-safe jacket, makes for an ideal baby gift. Packed full of shiny objects and some bumps and grooves, this educational book will engage small children and stimulate early childhood development in different ways. Complete the SeriesThis delightful book is part of the Baby Touch and Feel range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books and includes titles like Baby Touch and Feel I Love You, Baby Touch and Feel Baby Animals, Baby Touch and Feel Colors and Shapes, and more for your little one to enjoy!

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An interactive touch and feel book for babies with big trucks and read-aloud text! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning. Baby Touch and Feel: Trucks is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colorful truck-inspired illustrations will be more than enough to keep your baby’s attention. This adorable picture book is a perfect first book for toddlers and makes for an ideal baby gift.Read all about an exciting selection of different trucks, from the rumble rumble garbage truck to the brush brush road sweeper! Not too big and not too small, this sturdy, padded sensory book is just the right size for little hands to hold. No need for Mom and Dad to turn the pages! Babies and toddlers can turn the tough board book pages themselves, which helps to develop their fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. This charming board book for babies includes: - An amazing range of different textures to explore.- Cleary labeled pictures and a simple, easy to follow design.- Easy to read text to encourage early vocabulary building.- A texture or eye-catching area on every page.- Rounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth.Learning to read should always be this fun. Kids will get hours of play from this sturdy board book for babies and toddlers, from making the noises and reading the names to feeling the different textures, like the chilly refrigerator truck, the noisy fire truck and the spinning cement mixer. This touchy-feely book, with its strong, baby-safe cover, makes for an ideal baby gift. Packed full of shiny objects and some bumps and grooves, this educational book will engage small children and stimulate early childhood development in different ways. Complete the SeriesThis delightful book is part of the Baby Touch and Feel range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books and includes titles like Baby Touch and Feel Things That Go, Baby Touch and Feel Bedtime, Baby Touch and Feel Wild Animals, and more for your little one to enjoy!

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With this adorable and heartwarming sticker book, kids will discover a fun and hands-on way to learn about cats. They can see their favorite felines play, snuggle, and cuddle. Each Ultimate Sticker Book presents an array of colorful, photographic stickers of baby animals or dinosaurs, the US Presidents or the night sky–there's something for everyone. Young children will love working with these durable, reusable stickers, and they can have fun using the stickers to make picture books and projects on their own. These entertaining books provide a hands-on way to explore new subjects. (And some of the stickers even glow in the dark!) Includes over 60 full-color, self-adhesive stickers.

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Discover the natural and physical world, how our body works, the galaxies surrounding our planet, and the periodic table in this compact science box set.Pocket Genius Science Collection combines four visually striking titles: Science, Human Body, Space, and Elements, in one exquisite slipcase that takes kids aged 9-12 through the fascinating world of all things science! This boxset contains:Pocket Genius ScienceCovering the basic principles of science, including matter and materials, energy and forces, and the living world, what things are made of, how things move, and how life works.Pocket Genius Human BodyFocusing on bones and joints, blood and the heart, lungs and breathing, the digestive system, brain, nerves, senses, and the life cycle, this is a head-to-toe look at our body and how it works. Pocket Genius SpaceExploring the Big Dipper, Little Dipper and other constellations, as well as in-depth looks at Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and to the moons of Jupiter, comets, and galaxies in the vast and mysterious expanse of space.Pocket Genius ElementsDiscover all the major elements of the periodic table, including alkaline earth metals, lanthanides, and noble gases. Learn about the most important ones, from hydrogen, oxygen, gold and oganesson, in this guide to the elements. This science book set for curious kids offers: - Four books providing an engaging introduction to core topics: general science, the human body, space and chemical elements.- Information presented in bite-sized chunks for both avid and reluctant readers aged 9–12, supported by photographs and diagrams that make it fun to explore each topic.- Catalog-style pages in each book featuring captions and images to explain and show different topics.Pocket Genius Science Collection features catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on a collection of subjects and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

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- Elmo es un personaje querido y reconocido, uno de los más populares de Sesame Street. - Contenido verificado: introducción a las materias populares clave del plan de estudios preescolar; desarrollado en colaboración con consultores educativos.- Primera enciclopedia de este tipo.- Traducción y adaptación de alta calidad¡Descubre datos fascinantes sobre nuestro mundo con Elmo y sus amigos! Tienen muchas preguntas, y quizás tú también.¿Por qué no puedo comer galletas todo el tiempo? ¿Por qué pican las abejas? ¿Por qué tenemos una luna? ¡Y mucho más!Esta primera enciclopedia para niños preescolares contiene datos e imágenes de los personajes más queridos de Sesame Street. Incluye fotos reales para niños y niñas deseosos de descubrir, y ampliar su conocimiento y deseosos de ser, generosos y amables.© 2023 Sesame Workshop®---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well-known brand and best-loved character: With strong global viewership since 1972, when it was aired in Spanish for the first time, and still loved by many generations.- Fully fact-checked: Introduction to popular and key curriculum of preschool subjects, developed in collaboration with consultants.- First of its kind: There are currently no Sesame Street branded encyclopedias available - Top quality and adaptation translation. Discover fascinating facts about our incredible world with Elmo and friends!They have lots of questions, and maybe you do, too. Why can’t I eat cookies all the time? Why do bees sting? Why do we have a moon? Join Elmo and find out the answers to these questions and many more. This must-have first encyclopaedia for pre-schoolers will help curious little learners grow smarter and kinder.© 2023 Sesame Workshop®

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Teach your little one the power of helping others with your Friendly Neighborhood Spidey in this lift-the-flap pop-up bookHelp Spidey keep New York City safe and find his friends one by one, including your little one’s favorite characters: Miles, Ghost Spider, Iron Man, Black Panther, and Ms Marvel. Little hands can lift big flaps and see five peekaboo surprises pop up from the pages, and explore themes of friendship, teamwork, and bravery. The lively, read-aloud rhymes encourage literacy and early learning, while the surprise pop-up scenes will delight curious preschoolers. With the help of parents and caregivers, children will have fun turning the sturdy board book pages, guessing what’s hiding under each flap, and then lifting the flaps to reveal Spidey and his friends, and play peekaboo!Ideal for interactive preschool play, Pop-Up Peekaboo! Marvel Spidey and his Amazing Friends will appeal to both parents and children and is certain to keep little ones entertained time and time again!© 2023 MARVEL

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- Bilingual English-Spanish: great resource to promote bilingualism at an early age, a large-type word label, and fun annotation to read aloud. - Exciting images: Twelve vibrant interior pages, each with one bright, bold, engaging image.- Tactile learning: Promotes fine motor skills with soft, shiny, bumpy textures that stimulate senses. Introduce babies to English and Spanish and celebrate how much you love each other. Touch soft teddy bears, smooth roses, sparkly ribbons, and more!Babies can explore the different textures and start their bilingual journey with their favorite animals while expanding their senses as they discover this padded board book’s tactile elements. Promote sensory development and early bilingual language skills. These adorable books with simple images that are clearly labeled are the perfect size for small hands to hold and experience an amazing range of novelty textures.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bilingüe Español-Inglés: recurso esencial para estimular el bilingüismo a temprana edad con letras de tamaño adecuado y notas divertidas ideales para leer en voz alta.- Imágenes llamativas: doce páginas interiores, con una imagen interesante, clara y atractiva en cada una.- Promueve habilidades psicomotrices: las texturas suaves y brillantes estimulan el desarrollo físico.Con esta introducción perfecta al español y el inglés, los bebés aprenderán palabras de afecto y cariño y explorarán diferentes texturas de ositos, rosas y cintas brillantes y más! Explorarán diferentes texturas y al mismo tiempo iniciarán el camino al bilingüismo. Promueve el desarrollo sensorial y las habilidades lingüísticas bilingües a temprana edad y tiene el tamaño perfecto para que los más pequeños puedan jugar y aprender.

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An interactive pop-up book that inspires hands-on learning through the lifecycle of a frog! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages and entertaining rhymes, Pop up Peekaboo: Frog provides lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of amphibian fun. Journey from tadpole to frog and explore all the pop-ups and flaps along the way.Babies and toddlers will love lifting the big flaps to find five peekaboo surprises pop up from the pages: eggs floating in the water, a tiny tadpole swimming, a fascinating froglet, a fully grown, hopping frog...then the cycle starts all over again! Does your little one know what frogspawn looks like? Can they spot a tadpole swimming? Vocabulary about a frog’s lifecycle is woven throughout, making this board book a fun and easy story about a tiny tadpole’s transformation. Inside the pages of this adventure pop-up book, you’ll find:- Hands-on play elements that builds all-round learning skills.- Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity.- Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development.- Rounded edges and chunky board book pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth!This pop-up book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience to get the most out of storytime. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create the amusing story for your kids to follow, and play a guessing game of who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help little ones remember the new words they are learning for early language development. This interactive book for 2-year-olds helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups helps toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.Complete the Pop-Up book series!Surprise! The peekaboo fun doesn't stop here! Your little one will enjoy hours of hide-and-seek surprises with the My Pop-Up series. Find your farmyard friends with Pop-Up Peekaboo! Farm, search the oceans in Pop-Up Peekaboo! Under the Sea and travel back in time to find dinosaurs in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur, and more!

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•Un libro favorito: con más de 1,000 reseñas positivas: destacado por profesionales y elogiado constantemente por sus ilustraciones detalladas, explicaciones concisas y variedad de enfoques.• Completo: ofrece una introducción exhaustiva a todos los medios de dibujo, desde el lápiz hasta el pastel.• Cubre todos los niveles: con proyectos para artistas principiantes, intermedios y avanzados, el lector podrá estudiar los conceptos básicos antes de saltar a nuevos desafíos creativos.Aprende a dibujar paisajes, retratos, bodegones y otros temas con lápiz, carboncillo, tinta y pastelDomina más de 80 técnicas de dibujo con talleres paso a paso y consejos de artistas profesionales.Para principiantes o expertos, descubre todo lo que necesitas saber sobre tonos, colores, texturas, líneas y composición, con consejos detallados para artistas principiantes, intermedios y avanzados. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Favorite one: With over 1,000 positive reviews, a favorite practitioner choice and is consistently praised for its detailed illustrations, concise explanations, and variety of approaches.• Expansive: Offers a thorough introduction to all drawing media, from pencil to pastel.• From easy to aspirational: With projects for beginner, intermediate, and advanced artists, readers can master the basics before embracing new creative challenges.Whether you want to try your hand at drawing for the first time or to fine-tune your artistic skills, this is for you. Learn how to work with charcoal, pen, and pastels and discover everything you need to know about tone, color, texture, linework, and composition with detailed advice for beginner, intermediate, and advanced artists.

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- Bilingual English-Spanish: Great resource to promote bilingualism at an early age, a large-type word label, and fun annotation to read aloud. - Exciting images: Twelve vibrant interior pages, each with one bright, bold, engaging image.- Tactile learning: Promotes fine motor skills with soft, shiny, bumpy textures that stimulate senses.Introduce babies to English and Spanish terms about cats, kittens, and other cute animals.Babies can explore the different textures and start their bilingual journey with their favorite animals while expanding their senses as they discover this padded board book’s tactile elements. Promote sensory development and early bilingual language skills. These adorable books with simple images that are clearly labeled are the perfect size for small hands to hold and experience an amazing range of novelty textures.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bilingüe Español-Inglés: recurso esencial para estimular el bilingüismo a temprana edad con letras de tamaño adecuado y notas divertidas ideales para leer en voz alta.- Imágenes llamativas: doce páginas interiores, con una imagen interesante, clara y atractiva en cada una.- Promueve habilidades psicomotrices: las texturas suaves y brillantes estimulan el desarrollo físico.Es la introducción perfecta al español y el inglés, los bebés aprenderán sobre conejos, gatos y otros animales tiernos y graciosos.Explorarán diferentes texturas y al mismo tiempo iniciarán el camino al bilingüismo. Promueve el desarrollo sensorial y las habilidades lingüísticas bilingües a temprana edad y tiene el tamaño perfecto para que los más pequeños puedan jugar y aprender.

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- Ilustrado con más de 1,000 imágenes.- Formato original cronológicamente presentado.- Un regalo perfecto para la biblioteca familiar.Este excelente libro presenta de principio a fin, en una recta cronológica, desde las pinturas rupestres hasta el arte callejero y mucho más, creando una fantástica galería de arte a través de la historia.Se exploran y explican movimientos artísticos, se incluyen biografías de las figuras clave tras algunas de las obras de arte más conocidas del mundo.Con más de 1,000 imágenes de pinturas, dibujos, fotografías y esculturas, esta es la mejor guía visual de la historia del arte, siglo a siglo, año tras año.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavishly illustrated, with more than 1,000 images.- Unique timeline format.- A perfect gift for the family library.It has a timeline running through it, a glorious gallery of art through history art movements are explored and explained. There are biographies of key figures behind some of the world’s best-known artworks.With more than 1,000 images of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, thi is the ultimate visual guide to the history of art.

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- De la serie 'El mundo en imágenes', la cual ha vendido más de 600,000 copias en todo el mundo.- Con más de 1,200 imágenes, fotografías e ilustraciones inéditas.- Un enfoque marcadamente visual, ideal para niños a los que encuentran la combinación de texto y fotografía más atractiva para leer, ya sea en la escuela o en el hogar.- Presenta contenido de todo el mundo.- En colaboración con el Smithsonian.Explora galerías de objetos intrigantes de una gran variedad de temas, desde las plantas hasta el espacio, pasando por los deportes o las civilizaciones antiguas. Extiende tu conocimiento sobre varios temas, como el espacio, tierra, naturaleza, ciencia, tecnología, historia, cultura, sociedad y entretenimiento.Desarrollado, escrito y verificado por expertos, es un libro de referencia imprescindible para la biblioteca de cualquier niño.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Our World in Pictures series which has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide.- Includes more than 1,200 images, photographs, and never-before-seen illustrations. - Picture-led editorial approach, perfect for young and reluctant readers whether at school or home.- It features content from all around the world.- In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution.Explore galleries of intriguing objects on a range of topics, from plants to space, and from sports to ancient civilizations. Prepare to build your knowledge on a wide range of topics, including space, earth, nature, science, technology, history, culture and society, and entertainment.Developed, written, and checked by experts, a must-have reference book for every child's library.

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- Exitosa serie de enciclopedias "¿Sabías qué?", con más de 500,000 copias vendidas en todo el mundo.-Textos claros y un divertido formato de pregunta y respuesta que capta el interés de los niños.- Creado y revisado por especialistas con un enfoque educativo y cubriendo una amplia gama de dinosaurios.- Equilibrio perfecto entre texto e imágenes.Explora las fascinantes respuestas a más de 200 preguntas sobre dinosaurios y resuelve todas las dudas que pueden tener los niños. En esta divertida enciclopedia encontrarán todo lo que quieren saber sobre criaturas, fósiles y el mundo prehistórico, invitándoles a descubrir el gigantesco mundo de los dinosaurios. Es un libro visualmente impresionante que todos los jóvenes entusiastas de los dinosaurios y cazadores de fósiles querrán tener.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Successful "¿Sabías qué?" Encyclopedia series, which has a worldwide sales volume of 500,000 copies.- Information is presented in bite-sized chunks, and images are clearly captioned and annotated in classic DK style.- Created and checked by a specialist author and consultants.- Strikes the perfect balance between text and images.Explore the intriguing answers to more than 200 questions about dinosaurs in DK's newest dinosaur encyclopedia for kids.Bursting with up-to-date facts and discoveries, this visually stunning book is something that every young dinosaur enthusiast and fossil hunter will want to own.

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