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A World of Discovery (HB) by Richard Platt
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: A WORLD OF
A stunning collection of the world's most important discoveries for all the family to enjoy. In the stylish miscellany, print-maker James Brown travels through the past and present, showing the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology that have changed our lives for ever. Discover fascinating fac ...Show more
A World of Information (HB) by Richard Platt
$35.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This visually stunning miscellany from the effortlessly stylish print-maker James Brown is a collection of incredible facts and figures. Do you know how many bones there are in the human body or how clouds form? Or about different types of knots or how Morse code works? Each illustration is both beautif ...Show more
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess A Young Page by Richard Platt
$13.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This is the medieval journal of Tobias Burgess, a young page. Sent to his uncle's castle to learn to be a page, eleven-year-old Toby keeps a detailed journal of everything that happens there during the year of 1285 - from such great events as a boar hunt and a tournament to more everyday activities like ...Show more
Egyptian Diary by Richard Platt
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Step back 3,000 years in time with the fascinating journal of Nakht, a young scribe. The year is 1465 BC and Nakht's family is moving from their village to Memphis, where his father has just become an important scribe. With Nakht, we explore this bustling Egyptian city: visiting the craftsmen's workshop ...Show more
Moon Landing by Richard Platt
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This book is a celebration of the moon landing of 1969 to tie in with the 40th anniversary celebrations. 'Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed!' With these famous words, Neil Armstrong announced the success of the greatest journey in human history. This spectacular pop-up book brings to life the ...Show more
Pirate Diary by Richard Platt
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This title presents the swashbuckling adventures of Jake Carpenter, cabin boy. The twenty-third of September, 1716. I write this on my last day at home. Tomorrow I am to join my Uncle Will aboard his ship and become a sailor. Will has told me of sea monsters and mermaids and has sailed through a hurrica ...Show more
Shipwreck Detective by Richard Platt
$45.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
An old sea chest, a letter, a list of shipwrecks and a riddle...crack the code and find the sunken treasure with this underwater adventure. "Dear Duncan - A small fortune in gold could be yours - if you are smart enough to find it. I'm leaving a list of shipwrecks and a riddle - the rest is up to you... ...Show more
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections by Richard Platt
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings.Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-secti ...Show more
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections of Everything by Richard Platt
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult | Series: Stephen Biesty Cross Sections
Step inside the extraordinary world of Stephen Biesty and find out how a wide variety of curious things are made, from tower blocks and underground tunnels to the milk, chocolate, and doughnuts on your table, via matches, diamond rings, and sports shoes - not to mention racing cars, planes, and rockets. ...Show more
The Germ Lab: The Gruesome Story of Deadly Diseases by Richard Platt
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children and Young Adult
An entertaining and comprehensive telling of diseases, infections, plagues and pandemics for young readers. The Germ Lab features case histories of specific epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19, 'eyewitness' accounts from the rats, flies, ticks, and creepy-crawlies who spread the most deadly vir ...Show more
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