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If You Love Weird World of Wonders, Try If you love weird world of wonders, try . TONY ROBINSON’S WEIRD WORLD DISCOVER MORE: OF WONDERS: ROMANS COOL TECHNOLOGY TONY ROBINSON STEVE PARKER Macmillan Scholastic Grab all the daft and gory Come and take a look at some facts about the gods, of the smartest technology gladiators and rulers of this ever made in this photographic awesome ancient empire! guide to the amazing inventions that have changed our world. TONY ROBINSON’S WEIRD WORLD OF WONDERS: BRITISH (SEE INSIDE) HOW TONY ROBINSON THINGS WORK Macmillan CONRAD MASON A deliciously droll history from Usborne a master of hilarity, revealing all A spectacular flap book packed the best, most bonkers things with cool cartoons, groovy about us Brits. gadgets, dippy devices and mechanical marvels including THE WORST CHILDREN’S JOBS tanks, toilets and submarines. IN HISTORY TONY ROBINSON THE STORY OF Macmillan INVENTIONS Chimney–sweeping, turnip– ANNA CLAYBOURNE & ADAM LARKIN picking or digging down a mine. Usborne In the nasty past, kids weren’t We are surrounded by spared hard labour! A hilarious ingenious inventions–but where look at the horrid side of history. did they all come from? This cartoon–filled book reveals BAD KIDS: THE NAUGHTIEST the origins of things we can’t CHILDREN IN HISTORY imagine life without, from bread TONY ROBINSON to the flushing loo! Macmillan Got into a scrape? Caused a THREE CHEERS FOR spot of bother? Is Mum fuming? INVENTORS! Well, relax! Take a tour through MARCIA WILLIAMS history to see the horrid things Walker that kids did in the past–and the Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, gruesome price they paid! this wonderful comic–strip history from Marcia Williams NAVIGATORS: TECHNOLOGY looks at the discoveries of PETER KENT inventors from around the world. Kingfisher Take a rollercoaster ride through the extremes of technology in a jaw–dropping book packed with super–smart gadgets! These books have been picked by SCHOLASTIC BOOK SPONSORED BY CLUBS, who have hundreds more children’s books to keep the reading habit going long after World Book Day. Give your child the choice at clubs.scholastic.co.uk. If you love weird world of wonders, try . HORRIBLE SCIENCE: HORRIBLY FAMOUS: EINSTEIN EVIL INVENTIONS AND HIS INFLATABLE NICK ARNOLD UNIVERSE Scholastic DR MIKE GOLDSMITH Scholastic Dare you discover the bottom– Albert Einstein. Possibly the stabbing bike seat? Or test– brainiest scientist in history. But drive the terrible toilet snorkel? did you know that Al’s life was From gruesome gadgets to almost as wild as his hair? murderous machines, shudder at these evil inventions! HORRIBLY FAMOUS: NEWTON AND HIS HORRIBLE SCIENCE: FALLING APPLE KILLER ENERGY KJARTAN POSKITT Scholastic Isaac NICK ARNOLD Newton is dead famous for Scholastic discovering gravity. But did you Oh no! It’s time for science know that our he came bottom class, and you’ve just not got the of the class at school and nearly energy. Zap yourself awake with blinded himself? a bolt of killer fun! HORRIBLY FAMOUS: DA VINCI HORRIBLE HISTORIES: AND HIS SUPER BRAIN VILLAINOUS VICTORIANS MICHAEL COX Scholastic TERRY DEARY Leonardo Da Vinci designed Scholastic heaps of wicked weapons, wore Not content with being totally lots of pink, and liked to cut up vile, those nasty Victorians want people’s dead bodies to look for to horrify you with even more of their souls! their villainous deeds! HORRIBLE HISTORIES: EVERYTHING CASTLES VILE VICTORIANS CRISPIN BOYER TERRY DEARY National Geographic Scholastic Medieval castles have a long Queen Victoria was not amused. history immortalised in stories, Luckily YOU will be splitting songs and films. Now you can your sides–because the prim find out what life was like behind and proper Victorians were those massive stone walls. actually a jolly naughty bunch! HORRIBLY FAMOUS: INVENTORS AND THEIR BRIGHT IDEAS DR MIKE GOLDSMITH Scholastic Even though they’re dead, inventors are still full of surprises –and you can meet ten of history’s barmiest bright sparks in here. These books have been picked by SCHOLASTIC BOOK SPONSORED BY CLUBS, who have hundreds more children’s books to keep the reading habit going long after World Book Day. Give your child the choice at clubs.scholastic.co.uk..
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