New Releases by Nicolas Brasch

Juan’s family is forced to flee their home when a giant volcano erupts in their town! As the family heads for a nearby shelter, they are worried about Juan’s father who works at the bottom of the mountain. Featuring colorful, full-page illustrations and l

Maps can tell us so much more than just directions. Find out why we should all know how to read a map.

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the horse in Australia past and present. From Cobb & Co to Black Caviar, from the Walers of World War I to The Man from Snowy River, it showcases our best historical and contemporary images. The horse has been an integral part of Australian history since the First Fleet brought the first horse to our shores. From the resilient workhorses of colonial Australia and the determined stockhorses rounding up cattle, to the thoroughbreds that capture the country’s imagination at every Melbourne Cup, horses have contributed to many of the great human feats in our history. Here, alongside 180 stunning images, Nicolas Brasch shows why we love horses – and how they have been captured so strikingly by our photographers and artists.

Sai has just found out that she won a contest and gets to take her whole family on a trip to anywhere in the world! But where will they go? Sai's dad wants to explore a volcano. Her brother, Ben, wants to get close to brown bears. Sai wants to play in a hot spring. There must be some place that has all of those things? How about Kamchatka! Readers will love exploring this unique place through detailed drawings and informative and enjoyable text. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.

During the 1800''s, electrical lights, inter-continental transportation, medical advancements, and distribution of labor dramatically altered the ways that people could work, travel, eat, and communicate. This book captures the spirit of discovery that characterized the tumultuous century, while exploring the lasting legacy of these discoveries, and their impact on human life. Illustrated timelines, primary source photographs, and clear diagrams explain the inventions of the era, while informative sidebars add depth. An informative and engaging book about a complicated era of history.

Juan's family is forced to flee their home when a giant volcano erupts in their town! As the family heads for a nearby shelter, they are worried about Juan's father who works at the bottom of the mountain. Featuring colorful, full-page illustrations and large font, this book will have young readers captivated by this engaging, heart-warming story of a family who manages to stay together despite an unfortunate natural disaster.

Juan's family is forced to flee their home when a giant volcano erupts in their town! As the family heads for a nearby shelter, they are worried about Juan's father who works at the bottom of the mountain. Readers will love the colorful, full-page illustrations and the story of a family who manages to stay together despite an unfortunate natural disaster. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.

Extraordinary courage and unbelievable nerve that's what it takes to be awarded a Victoria Cross. More than one and a half million Australians have fought in a war, yet only ninety-eight have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest military honour for bravery. Here are some of their remarkable stories. Ages 8+.

This brand new series of twenty factual books encourages children's natural curiosity by offering answers to questions they ask about the world. It can be used for independent reading and pair or whole-class discussion.The books help develop children's reading and research skills whilst also engaging them in the world around them.

Poses simple questions and answers about the effect of light causing shadows, that young readers could well ask - about things like what light is, why shadows change and what white light is, for example.

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them. What is a fossil? What are minerals and metals? How are mountains formed? You can find the answers to these and other questions about Earth in Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them. Why do spiders live in webs? Where do otters sleep? Why do bees make hives? You can find the answers to these and other questions about habitats in Why Do Spiders Live in Webs?

Explores the science of food, including how honey is made, why protein is important, and the debate of genetically modified foods.

This book is part of a compelling series posing and answering intriguing Technology questions that upper primary students are curious about.Focusing on everyday appliances it presents information via thirteen engaging question-and-answer spreads. The highly visual and engaging content assists students understanding of sometimes quite complex concepts and processes. Questions and posed and answered using a number of different methods, including text chains, maps, graphs, timelines and ann

Features such as contents pages, glossaries and indexes build early non-fiction skills. Helpful quick-reference to NLS text type and subject links on the back of each book. Reception books referenced to the Early Years Foundation Stage guidance.

In ancient Greece, an inventor, Daedalus, and his son lcarus are asked by the King of Crete to design a prison. Soon, they find themselves in more trouble then they ever could have realised.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE READERS. The Fast Forward Independent Texts reinforce the skills and knowledge students have gained from instructional /guided reading sessions. The Fast Forward Independent Texts are carefully levellled for independent reading allowing children to experience reading success on their own terms. Ages 8+.

Fast Lane is a brand new reading intervention series developed for 8 to 14-year old struggling readers. It provides them with a variety of engaging, wonderfully illustrated stories and non-fiction texts which will appeal to even the most reluctant child reader. The series provides a complete programme for junior reading intervention, and each book comes with a mini-audio disk for supporting and reinforcing children''s fluency in reading.

Physics is the study of everything that exists - the way it acts, the way it reacts and the way it moves. Physics helps to explain what the universe is made of, how it began and how everything in the universe acts.

Rain falls from the sky, but it does not start its life in the sky. Rain starts its life on Earth.

Traces the growth of the Federation movement, leading to Federation in 1901, through a series of primary sources.