Best Selling Books by Gillian Doherty

Tiptoe through fairyland and discover its many secrets for yourself. This magical book contains six fairy jigsaw puzzles for you to do.

"A dynamic and comprehensive introduction to physical geography, which explores our world''s most dramatic features. It gets to the heart of fiery volcanoes, uncovers the causes of earthquakes and looks at incredible weather phenomena."--Adapted from back cover

Brush up on your computer jargon with this user-friendly introduction to the fast-paced world of computer technology.

Published by Scholastic Inc ..., by arrangement with Usborne Publishing Ltd.'' '' ... This charming picture book will provide hours of puzzle-solving fun.

You can play and tell stories with this fabulous interactive book. Wind up the tractor and watch it whizz around the tracks, and use the pieces to tell the stories.

Beware! Here lie dragons some fierce, some friendly and one that just can''t stop dancing.

Contains different scenes from long ago, each featuring many objects to find and count.

A picture puzzle book with busy scenes of 1001 animals to spot in different environments. Includes an information section with facts about animals, habitats and food webs, and Quicklinks to websites with video clips and activities. A great activity for improving counting, matching and observation skills.

This newly updated book will introduce you to the whole field of geography, from rocks and their formations, the Solar System, weather, climates, and oceans, to human settlements, populations trends, diverse ecosystems and environmental concerns.

A brand new edition of this comprehensive geography title, placing the world at your fingertips and explaining key topics in a lively and accessible way.

This newly updated book will introdue you to the whold field of geography, from rocks and their formations, the Solar System, weather and climates, and oceans, to human settlements, populations trends, diverse ecosystems and environmental concerns.

This book explains that the body is an incredible machine, discussing the workings of the brain, how muscles make the skeleton move, and how the senses detect what is happening.

Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, reproduction, and behavior of various types of birds; includes information on related web sites.

This edition provides an extensive overview of all aspects of world geography. It includes an atlas with 60 pages of maps and links to Web sites and downloadable photos.

Illustrations from long ago are brought to life in this puzzle-solving fun picture book.

This illustrated book contains a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen retold for younger readers.

Explains the features of Microsoft Windows 95, with step-by-step instructions to getting started, customizing, using programs, multitasking, organizing files, and discovering the Internet and multimedia.

Young readers can follow the story as the wind-up plan makes its way around the track.

Briefly explains not only where rain comes from, but where rainbows come from as well.

Young readers are given various scenes associated with Fairyland, each containing many objects associated with fairies to find and count.

With lots of things to find and count on every page, this charming picture book will provide hours of puzzle-solving fun. The bright, busy scenes bring to life farms from around the world. Counting sheep has never been so much fun!

Among the multiplicity of objectives that high quality child care can meet is the pivotal goal of promoting equality for women. This paper identifies what has been happening in child care over the last decade, describes policy options for the commencement of Canada''s long-recommended national child care policy, and suggests that a successful resolution to the child care dilemma would serve as a good test for assessing the effectiveness of the new social union. Topics covered are: deficit reduction and devolution; downsizing and deregulation; the impacts on women; promises, promises; can Canada work without child care.

This atlas introduces the basics of geography and mapping whilst facilitating the understanding of the relationship between countries and continents. A wealth of colourful maps, facts, diagrams and photographs introduce the continents and countries of the world and their peoples, physical geography and characteristics.

Crammed with thousands of things to find, count and talk about, this picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun, and also helps develop pre-reading and number skills.

This classic collection of Hans Christian Andersen''s tales includes his best-loved characters: Thumbelina, the Ugly Duckling, the Little Mermaid, the Snow Queen, and many more. Beautifully illustrated and retold, these stories are an essential addition to any family bookshelf.