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The new Top Ten series presents a wide range of subjects to children in a way that plays off of their innate sense of excitement and curiosity. The ranking of the top ten most explosive volcanoes is... unpredictable! Which volcano should be in first place? The one that makes the loudest boom? Or the one that shoots gas and ash the farthest? Are you sure? Flip through the pages of this book to climb the Top Ten and find out what volcanoes look like and why and how they erupt. Even if you think you already know everything, keep reading. Surprises are just around the corner - dangerous ones! The danger level will increase as we count down from ten all the way up to terrible number one! In each book, the text builds on common knowledge to unhinge unexpected facts and amazing realities about the world around us. Ages: 6 plus.

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The new Top Ten series presents a wide range of subjects to children in a way that plays off of their innate sense of excitement and curiosity. In The Top Ten: The Most Dangerous Animals, children will explore some of the most lethal beings on earth – which are not as obvious as one might think! Who would expect the ferocious tiger to be lower on the list than the placid hippopotamus? We didn't! But open our pages and we'll tell you why. In each book, the text builds on common knowledge to unhinge unexpected facts and amazing realities about the world around us. Ages: 6 plus

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The new Top Ten series presents a wide range of subjects to children in a way that plays off of their innate sense of excitement and curiosity. Do you think you can name the ten deadliest dinosaurs in history? Surely, you're imagining large carnivores, such as the T. rex. But did you know that brute force didn't always prevail? Sometimes an unsuspected secret weapon used at the right time could be more effective and destructive. So, even a peaceful herbivorous dinosaur could turn into a deadly machine! The danger level will increase as we count down from ten all the way up to terrible number one! In each book, the text builds on common knowledge to unhinge unexpected facts and amazing realities about the world around us. Ages: 6 plus

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In this large format atlas of the world, children will find in each spread a different continent with some of the most famous or curious animals represented but... some are missing! Don't worry, in the last page of the book, children will find the missing animals that can be taken out and built in 3D, to play with them and learn everything about their original habitat! Take out the figures of the animals at the end of the book, on the last page, and play along the spreads to find the missing animals in each continent! Ages: 4 plus

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This wonderfully illustrated infographic book is filled with visual representations to captivate children and teach them the secrets of our planet as well as many curious facts about them. Through intuitive infographic tables, children will learn everything from the composition of the planet under the Earth's crust to the different environments. The big clear spreads of this book are filled with fun facts, maps and charts. Ages: 8 plus

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The ultimate, comprehensive guide to reveal all the secrets about dinosaurs: everything you need to know about these giants of the past is here in your hands. With a very attractive style, these illustrations will let you submerge yourself in the fantastic world of dinosaurs, discovering, after a short introduction, the main categories (carnivores, herbivores, pterosaurs, aquatic dinosaurs...) and for each of them the most representative, the most common and the most curious. The book closes with a deep overview on extinction with causes and a clear timeline. For each beast, there is a short and clear description and an infographic with basic information, where they lived on the Planet, their size and weight and how long ago they lived on the Earth. The must-have title about dinosaurs: the ultimate guide you'll ever need to know everything about these amazing animals. Ages: 9 plus

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