This is a brand new addition to the ” Beginners” series, each of which is designed to provide an informative introduction to non-fiction subjects for young readers. It offers a terrific reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction. It is developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence. It offers great value for your money. ...

There are no places on earth more mysterious & complex than tropical rainforests. These wonders of biodiversity cover just six percent of the earth`s surface, yet are home to over half of all identified animal & plant species & contain one fourth of the world`s fresh water. Famed biologist E.O. Wilson said that walking into a rainforest is like ”entering a treasure house.” With stunning photographs by the world`s leading nature photographers--including new work by Tim Flach- -and inspiring text by award-winning author Lewis Blackwell, Rainforest opens our minds to breathtaking beauty of this endangered natural world, with its verdant plant life & diverse animal species. Swooping from aerial to eye level perspectives, Rainforest captures the world`s most fascinating ecosystem at all scales, from a vast sleeping forest cloaked in morning mist to the brilliant iridescent flicker of a butterfly`s wing. ...

Pop out & play with these amazing rainforest creature masks! A toucan, a jaguar, a frog, a butterfly & more are waiting to be brought to life inside these pages
- all they need is you! Featuring ten strikingly beautiful illustrated paper masks to press out & build, making & wearing these rainforest faces leads children on a crafting journey to creative play. Great for play dates or rainy day activities, costume parties, or dressing up just for fun, these masks stimulate & encourage children`s imaginations to run wild.
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Rainforests are special places. Strung around the globe across five continents, they are natural cathedrals on the grandest scale, their lush, humid precincts not only places of great beauty but also home to more than fifty per cent of the world`s known wildlife species. This is biodiversity at its most dramatic: a bewildering variety of plants, birds, mammals & invertebrates depend on the rainforest environment, with the total number of species continuing to grow almost daily as scientists make constant new discoveries. Yet, while we still have so much more to learn about rainforests, they are disappearing
- cleared & burned, thanks to human greed for land & demand for timber & other forest resources. In ” Rainforest Safari”, James Parry explores these extraordinary landscapes with reference to 25 sites, & reveals the fascinating range of wildlife they support. The book looks at the various types of rainforest, at their different ecosystems & at the diverse features that make them such exciting places to visit.” Rainforest Safari” also looks at the human dimension of rainforests: at the indigenous peoples whose way of life is firmly rooted in the forest ecosystem, at the devastating impact of uncontrolled deforestation & other forms of exploitation, & at the conservation work now under way to try & save what is left of these unique habitats. In the final chapter, the book takes a forward view, assessing what the future may hold for rainforests, especially in view of their value in the battle to stem climate change.
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This collection of stunning watercolours, each accompanied by a black & white line drawing of the same image, means that ...

An insight into the rainforests & their inhabitants who make their homes in the most beautiful & most endangered environment on earth, this text bears witness to the fragility of the rainforests as they struggle to survive in the 21st century. Tropical rainforests are found in Central & South America, Africa & Southeast Asia, & are home to half of the world`s living species. The text is divided into four sections
- ” Water”, ” Fire”, ” Earth” & ” Air”
- exploring the different ecological workings of the rainforests & telling of the need to give spiritual value to the processes of caring for the natural world.

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Rainhill in 1906 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the village of Rainhill, south-west of St Helens, the place famous for the Rainhill Trials & the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. Features include railway with Rainhill station, Holt, Ivy Farm, Blundell`s Hill (at foot of map), The Hall, St Ann`s Church, gas works, Ritherup Farm, brass foundry, & the village centre. A 1918 directory of Rainhill is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Rainsongs is a novel about memory, faith & love, ”a compelling story freighted with heartbreak & loss” (Shena Mackay), & a meditation on the fragile, improbable ways that history, landscape & unlikely intimacies can offer quiet redemption. Newly widowed Martha Cassidy has returned to a remote cottage on the west coast of Ireland to a virtually abandoned village. Looking out her window towards the Skelligs, Martha recalls her ten-year-old son, Bruno, before his untimely death twenty years earlier. As the days unfold, she finds herself drawn into a standoff between the entrepreneur Eugene Riorden & a local hill farmer, the elderly Paddy O` Connell. As the crisis between these men escalates & Paddy suspiciously ends up in hospital, Martha develops a relationship with Colm, a talented but much younger musician & poet, roughly the same age that Bruno would have been if he`d lived. As the Celtic Tiger is reeling with change from the rhythms of an older way of life to unprecedented prosperity, Martha is beset with choices that will change her life forever. ...

Rainsough, Kersal & Hilton Park in 1907 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Rainsough & Hilton Park areas of Prestwich; further south is part of the Kersal area of Salford. Features include Kersal Hall, Kersal Vale Works, Kersal Moor, Myrtle Grove Bleach Works, Hilton House, Hope Square, part of Prestwich Hills Reservoirs, Rainsough Hill, Prestwich Lodge, Irwell House smallpox hospital. etc. The River Irwell runs through the map & west of it is a largely rural area, including part of Northern Cemetery, Hall Hill, Agecroft Grange, Agecroft Hall & a stretch of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal. A selection of trade directory entries is on the reverse, plus street entries for Bury New Road, George Street & Hilton Lane. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Most guidebooks to Ireland are aimed at adults. But many of those adults also bring their children on holiday with them. Here`s the first guidebook written for children. It contains details of the country, its history, culture, legends & places to visit. & as its title implies it also gives lots of ideas for the inevitable rainy day. Activity pages appear throughout the book. Finally there`s a special pocket built into the back cover in which the child can keep tickets, leaflets & other memorabilia of the holiday. All in all, this is a book for children that adults won`t want to be without! ...