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Explore the Solar System
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
Help your child learn the fun way with these educational magnetic boards! Each title comes with a 16-page book, a sheet of magnets and a magnetic board to reinforce new learning. These two new titles will be fun for the whole family. Children can enjoy learning all about the solar system and the world o ...Show more
Space! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedia)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science - children | Series: DK Knowledge Encyclopedia
Knowledge Encyclopedia Space! reveals jaw-dropping 3D images of planets, stars and much more. It's the perfect kids' space book, packed with amazing space facts and NASA images revealing the wonders of the cosmos, from black holes to the big bang. See our universe in greater detail than ever before and ...Show more
Space (Beginners Plus) by Louie Stowell
$16.00 NZD
Category: Science - children | Series: Beginners Plus
Where does outer space begin? How do rockets work? What do astronauts do all day? This fascinating book for young readers explores the wonders and dangers of space, from the Moon to Mars, the International Space Station and beyond. With colour photographs, easy to read text and internet links to special ...Show more
Why is That Lake So Blue? by Simon Pollard
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science - children | Reading Level: near fine
Why is our place magic? Why are its islands shaky? Why are our mountains tall and our forests green? Why are some lakes so blue? What happens beneath the waves? Who used to live here? What changed when mammals arrived? What happens in the dark? In this fun-filled, fact-rich book, award-winning science w ...Show more
New Zealand's Backyard Beasts (PB) by Ned Barraud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books - NZ
In the garden, creeping along branches, hiding under stones or flitting from flower to flower, a whole universe of creatures is waiting to be discovered. Butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, spiders - what have you found in your backyard? Did you know that chorus cicadas live underground for most of thei ...Show more
Keeping Your Children Safe Online: A guide for New Zealand parents by John Parsons
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
Our children are being raised in a society that is radically different to that of just 20 years ago, as the internet has taken a central place in our lives, and with the virtually universal adoption of smart phones and computers by young people. This revolutionary and enormously disruptive technology ha ...Show more
The Genius of Bugs by Simon Pollard
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
The Genius of Bugs is a new, fresh take on the world of bugs, inspired by the blockbuster science exhibition Bug Lab, brought to Wellington this summer by Te Papa and Weta Workshop. Illustrated with up-close, dramatic bug photography throughout, The Genius of Bugs is filled with bug tales, facts and fi ...Show more
Explorers: Insects and Minibeasts by Jinny Johnson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science - children | Reading Level: 6
Insects and Minibeasts is an adventure with some of the smallest creatures in the animal kingdom, visiting bees, bugs, ants, spiders, worms and other fascinating minibeasts from around the world. Each bright, vibrant Explorers title features a series of beautiful, child-friendly, story-based scenes - ea ...Show more
How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
$0.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
One major development since the third edition of this text is the birth of a new academic discipline. Called educational neuroscience or mind, brain, and education science, this field explores how research findings from neuroscience, education, and psychology can inform our understandings about ...Show more
Whose Beak is This? (PB) by Gillian Candler
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
A picture book for 3-6-year-olds, Whose Beak is This? lets children guess the identity of iconic New Zealand birds from the pictures of their beaks, while finding out some facts about the birds along the way. This fun approach introduces an important science concept about adaptation - birds' beaks are a ...Show more
Exploring Nature's Pattern Magic by Dee Pigneguy
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
"Nature displays an endless variety of eye-catching patterns in a variety of form, colour and texture. Patterns help us understand how energy flows through nature's network of complex systems. Patterns show us how nature's organisms survive, how they make things and how life is organized and connected o ...Show more
Discovering New Zealand Trees by Sandra Morris
$18.00 NZD
Category: Science - children
Introducing 20 of our most interesting native trees to young New Zealand naturalists, Sandra Morris presents charming watercolour illustrations and text in a style that mirrors her earlier successful book, Discovering New Zealand Birds. Each tree is shown in full with individual illustrations of the lea ...Show more