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Our World of Water
Published
2008
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Book
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£8.99
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Wherever we live in the world - whether our country is rich or poor - water is vital to our survival. This book follows the daily lives of six children from Peru, Mauritania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Tajikistan and California and explores what water means to them. Where does it come from? How do they use it? This book invites discussion on the ways different countries and cultures value this most ...
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The Dove
Published
2005
Type
- Book
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£5.99
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Waiting for the land to spring to life again after a terrible flood in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, Lindi and her grandmother try to earn a living selling their beautiful beadwork to tourists in Durban.
They're finding it hard going. Then one day a dove lands in their yard, bringing hope for the survivors of the flood and special good fortune for Lindi and her loving Gogo (Grandma).<...
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We Are Britain!
Published
2003
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- Book
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£6.99
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Written by celebrated children’s poet Benjamin Zephaniah, this book describes the lives of 12 children living around the UK, from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
It describes their activities, the kind of food they eat at home, and what their families are like. It also includes a fun poem for each child.
Lively and colourful, the book fulfils primary English cur...
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Let's Eat!
Published
2003
Type
- Book
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£7.99
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This book provides a colourful exploration of children's food experiences from five countries, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, France and India.
It contains textual descriptions of daily food patterns and special days or events. There are a range of photographs of children enjoying food and opportunities for children to describe their experiences of food.
The book highlights dif...
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- Citizenship,
- English,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Local and global citizens,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- Religious / moral education
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The Colour of Home
Published
2002
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- Book
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£6.99
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Everything looks grey and brown to Hassan - he's in a cold, rainy country and people speak a language he doesn't understand. At school he paints the sun-splashed colours of his Somalian home, covering it with the harsh reds and blacks of war from which his family has fled to a refugee camp and then came to the UK. But as Hassan settles down and everything grows more familiar, he begins to see a...
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One Child One Seed
Published
2002
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- Book
- Book
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£16.99
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A bright counting book with clear and large colourful photographs.
The numbers 1-10 refer to the number of people or items on each page. It tells the story of how one pumpkin seed is looked after and grows into a pumpkin. There are detailed photos and text on each page with information about climate, crops, rivers, animals, food and much more. The clarity and detail of the photos will p...
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This is the Tree: A Story of the Baobab
Published
2001
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- Book
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£6.99
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This is a beautifully illustrated and poetic book about the African baobab tree and the wildlife of the African plain.
Old as a volcano, the distinctive 'upside-down' tree has great cultural significance and plays a central role in the lives of many creatures, including humans. The book traces activity around the baobab throughout a day, and shows how one species supports a whole interr...
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Acker Backa BOO!
Published
2000
Type
- Book
Game
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£6.99
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A very nice collection of rhyming and singing games from around the world.
There are Easy-Peasy Games (to introduce young children to the idea of games); Whose Turn? Games; Hands and Feet Mover Games; Catch You Games; Ball Games; Hide and Seek Games; Clap, Skip and Jump Games; and Singing Games.
The games develop motor and language skills, help teach the importance of taking tur...
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My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto
Published
2000
Type
- Book
- Book
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£12.99
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A very powerful account of life in the Lodz Ghetto, Poland during the Second World War.
The photographs were taken in secret by a young photographer living in the Ghetto. Although he does not survive his photographs do. A simple text written in the first person accompanies the photographs. "I have a secret camera. I hid it under my raincoat. I have cut the pockets so that I can stick my...
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- Citizenship,
- English,
- Environmental studies,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- History,
- Local and global citizens,
- RE / RS,
- Religious / moral education
Topics
- Conflict,
- Crime,
- Global citizenship,
- Human rights,
- Peace,
- Refugees / Asylum,
- Religion,
- Social justice
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My Grandfather is a Magician
Published
2000
Type
- Book
Price
£6.99
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A lovely story with photographs set in Nigeria about a boy's family and the different jobs they do.
Grandmother is a tailor, father is a lecturer, mother owns a bakery, an uncle is a wood carver, another a lawer, and a third a blacksmith, an aunt is a potter and another is a doctor. Most importantly of all is grandfather who is a traditional healer. He collects plants in the forest and ...
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