Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guidepublisher* This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely'not-for-parents'. It is the real, inside story about one of the world's mostexciting countries - Australia . In this book you'll hearfascinating tales about toothy sharks, giant rocks and snappycrocs, bushranger baddies and explorers galore. Check out coolstories about a famous coat-hanger, underground hotels, asuper-fast horse and a very rough race. You'll find flying doctorsand flying fruit flies, flesh-eating spiders and thievingconvicts. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, KlayLamprell About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet hasbecome the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooksto every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winningwebsite, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, children'sbooks, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's missionis to enable curious travellers to experience the world and totruly get to the hea

All new edition of a dictionary designed for people withlimited English language skills. Great for ESL students. More than36,000 entries with concise, easy-to-understand definitions. Morethan 20,000 usage examples with over 400 detailed line drawings,many revised. Also includes word histories, biographical names andgeographical names.

An updated edition of the essential bestselling dictionary for children in grades 3-5, this is an ideal resource for school or home with more than 36,000 entries and approximately 900 vibrant, colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. Designed to help students and educators meet Common Core Standards.

Leave it to the authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series to serve up a hilarious and totally "gross" handbook that will guide kids through all things slippery, slimy, and stinky. Find out how to survive boogers, bloody noses, barfing emergencies, and more. The tips in this book will have kids laughing out loud, while gearing them up to tackle all that's utterly disgusting in life, Worst-Case Scenario-style

Kiss the roadtrip blues good-bye with the revised version of this best-selling activity deck featuring updated text throughout as well as a variety of new activities. From engaging games to creative art activities to mind-bending puzzles, this deck will make getting there all the fun.

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The world's most curious monkey investigates new words in thislively picture dictionary for young children. Curious George'sDictionary is an engaging picture dictionary specially designed forchildren from preschool through first grade. Both entertaining andeducationally sound, it features charming illustrations andreflects recent research in early childhood literacy, setting itapart from other picture dictionaries. The main part of thedictionary is an A-Z section containing approximately six hundredwords, six words to a page. Each word is illustrated with afull-color drawing, most of which have been created for this bookby the popular illustrator Mary O'Keefe Young. More than half theillustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in afamiliar context. A four-page illustrated story at the front of thebook shows George learning how to look up words in his dictionary,drawing children in while introducing them to dictionary skills. Atthe end of the book, seven one- to two-page illustrations presentgr

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Turn an in-flight magazine into an engaging game, transform your mid-flight snack into an instant work of art: with 52 ways to keep kids busy, happy, and occupied in the air or at the boarding terminal, this revised and updated deck is the traveling child's essential carry-on item.