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Looking after our ocean

Hall, Rose

Publié en 2022 Usborne Publishing

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Once teeming with plants and animals, our ocean is no longer in good shape. It’s warming up and becoming a dumping ground for plastic rubbish. But it doesn’t have to be that way! There are all sorts of clever things that we can do to make life in the ocean healthy again.

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Grimwood

Shireen, Nadia

Publié en 2021 Simon & Schuster

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Laugh your head off with this fully-illustrated new series from award-winning Nadia Shireen. Perfect for readers age 7 to 107, fans of Dog Man, Roald Dahl, Mr Gum and David Walliams, and anyone who loves to laugh. Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is . . . weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, Nancy and Ted and the animals of Grimwood must unite in a mind-bending race against time . . . This memorable, distinctive and warm-hearted comedy series will have kids begging to read more.

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Langue : Anglais

RHS: Nature: A Magical Journey Through the Year

Conway, Sara

Publié en 2021 Scholastic
574 CON

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Take an inspirational journey through nature with this beautifully illustrated RHS gift book treasury. Created with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s leading gardening charity, this amazing book is perfect for inspiring a love of the natural world. Discover amazing moments in nature and watch the seasons unfold before your eyes as you leaf through each enchanting page. Then step outside and explore on your very own journey through nature. Each page introduces a magical moment in nature with a welcoming poem and stunning illustrations. Meanwhile, fascinating facts and horticultural history help you discover more about the wonderful world around you, from a beautiful starling murmuration to a stunning close-up of snowflakes. A perfect gift to treasure and explore, with sumptuous shiny foil finishes on the cover Beautiful illustrations and original nature poems take you on a magical journey This fascinating book will inspire children (and grown-ups!) The perfect book to help you connect with nature.

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• Année (Mesure du temps / Science)
• Milieu naturel (Écologie / Écosystème / Nature / Environnement / Science)

Langue : Anglais

How Everything Works

Publié en 2022 Dk Children
320 pages

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Discover an all-in-one encyclopedia that takes you on an explanatory tour of the world from your own body to outer space. Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it’s a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm? Discover the answers to all these questions and more with this mind-boggling how things work books for children! Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia will guide you through the natural world and the technology that surrounds you. Giant, page-filling illustrations take objects apart – or take the roofs and walls off buildings – to show you how they work, explaining both basic principles, such as photosynthesis, as well as broader concepts, like how all the living things in a rainforest interact. Explore each and every page of this engaging how things work book to discover: - Key insights into both the natural and human worlds - Striking photography that brings certain concepts to life - A diverse range of chapters coinciding with STEM subjects at school In this how things work encyclopedia, topics range from the human body, to planet Earth, sleep patterns to cooking, sewage systems, wind farms, fungi spores, plate tectonics and more! How Everything Works is perfect for children studying STEM subjects at school or anyone who is simply curious about how nature and the modern world work.

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• Sciences exactes (Science)

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The wolf's SECRET

Dahman Myriam, Digard Nicolas, Sarda Julia

Publié en 2021 Orchard Books
48 pages

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Wolf is a hunter, feared by every creature. But he has a secret: in the middle of the forest lives a girl whose beautiful voice has entranced him . . . The Wolf longs for friendship. But is he prepared to sacrifice his own true nature in order for his wish to come true? A beautiful and lyrical contemporary fairy tale about difference, trust and the power of friendship to overcome any obstacle. This sumptuous hardback gift book, with gold foil detail, is perfect for lovers of fairy tales and fables, new and old. It is gloriously illustrated by acclaimed artist and Greenaway Medal nominee Julia Sarda.

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Langue : Anglais

SPACEBOY

Walliams, David

Publié en 2022 Harper Collins

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Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history… America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret? Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.

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Langue : Anglais

The Elemental Detectives

Lawrence Patrice

Publié en 2022 Scholastic

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A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal Engines, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrice Lawrence.“A beautifully written book, bristling with magic, set in an ancient London filled with dragons, ghosts, water spirits, and a mysterious, creeping sleeping-sickness that must be fought by the brave young heroes. I loved it.” Cressida Cowell, Children’s Laureate & author of How to Train Your Dragon Step into a London lit up by the Elemental spirits: the fiery Dragons, the airy Fumis, the watery Chads and the earthbound Magogs. But humans have been causing chaos for centuries, trampling through the landscape trailing noise, mess and pollution. What if the Elements could slow down this new world… or stop it all together? The revenge-fuelled Shepherdess, who moves between the everyday and the supernatural London worlds, is the perfect weapon. She brings a sleeping sickness down on the city with the destruction of society in her sights. Marisee and Robert are the Elemental Detectives chasing the clues to avoid catastrophe: they must face the ghosts of Hyde Park, the monstrous coiled snake of the Serpentine, and a whole host of other fantastical creatures in their mission to stop the Shepherdess and prevent London slumbering for all eternity… Big, bold, future classic storytelling for a new generation. A London where magic sparks just beneath the surface – this book is set to ignite young imaginations. The page-turning, empowering, heart-racing first book in a major new series.

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Langue : Anglais

Lost Girl King

Doyle Catherine

Publié en 2022 Bloomsbury Children's books

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From the author of the bestselling Storm Keeper trilogy comes a new, spellbinding adventure… Amy and Liam Bell have been packed off to stay at Gran’s house in the wilds of Connemara for the summer. Out for a walk on the first morning of their holiday, they trace the flight of a hawk to a nearby waterfall – only to watch the bird disappear through it. Intrigued, the children follow and soon realise they’ve discovered the entrance to Tir na nOg, the legendary land of eternal youth. But they’ve been tricked. Almost immediately Liam is captured by a troop of headless horsemen who take him to Tarlock, the ruling sorcerer of Tir na nOg, who is seeking the bones of a human child for a sinister new spell. Packed with edge-of-your seat adventure, incredible imagination, humour and warmth, The Lost Girl King is the rare kind of story that has you reading long past lights out.

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Langue : Anglais

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth

Kinney Jeff

Publié en 2012 Puffin

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The fifth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide! Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. Being older means you can live alone, eat whatever you want for dinner and don’t have to share with your brothers. PERFECT. At least, that’s what Greg thought, but it turns out there’s a lot more to growing up like dealing with boy/girl dances, increased responsibilities and awkward changes. On top of all this, he’s fighting with this best friend Rowley, and is being dragged to his uncle’s FIFTH wedding. Surely there’s more to growing up than THIS? WHAT’S IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID? 50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious! Stories that all readers can’t wait to get their hands on Laughter guaranteed!

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Langue : Anglais

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Kinney, Jeff

Publié en 2008 Puffin

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Being a wimp sucks. Let Greg tell you why… in a cartoon diary to make boys laugh until they cry! When Greg starts at a new school where the other boys are all bigger, meaner and cooler than him, he thinks it might be time to get rid of his geeky sidekick Rowley. But when Rowley unexpectedly starts to become cool, their friendship is tested – with hysterical results! Illustrated with brilliant comic strips, this wonderfully funny story of a misfit’s life has become a much-praised bestseller.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3: The Last Straw

Kinney Jeff

Publié en 2009 Puffin

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Disaster! Greg’s dad, Frank, has had enough of having a wimp for a son! He’s decided it’s time to toughen Greg up and make him much less, well, wimpy. All manner of “manly” physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to sneak out of them. But when he hears the dreaded words “military academy”, how on earth will Greg get out of this fix? The third hilarious comic-strip diary in a No. 1 bestselling series.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules

Kinney, Jeff

Publié en 2009 Puffin

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Book Two of the hysterical comic-strip series which has taken the bestseller lists by storm! It’s a brand new year, and as Greg starts a brand new journal, he’s keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. That’s the good news. The bad news is that someone knows all of Greg’s most embarrassing secrets, and is determined to spill them – his evil big brother Rodrick. Rodrick’s got the upper hand. Rodrick rules! Aaaarrgh! How on earth will Greg make it through this new school year with his cool(ish) reputation intact? Another hilarious diary which perfectly captures the issues that young boys secretly worry about. Boys and reluctant readers will lap Greg’s misadventures up.

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Langue : Anglais