How does a rainbow form? What causes it to snow? What makes the wind blow? This adorable reference book introduces young children to every aspect of weather and answers the questions curious kids want to know! Always an important topic for young kids, they'll learn how all the various types of weather systems work, from droughts and deserts to snowflakes and blizzards. Stories are accompanied by 100 colorful photos that capture the awe and wonder of our natural world. This charming book is sure to capture kids' imaginations and become a favorite at storytime, bedtime, and anytime.
Leaving no Footprints: Stories from Asia - Bookworms 3
'Your grandmother is old,' says Mr Li to his daughter. 'She has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice.' Mr Li is cross with his daughter when she does not show respect to her grandmother, but Mr Li himself is not always patient with his old mother. She has lived a long time, and the future holds no promise for her. So she holds on to the past...
Big Surprise! captivates classes with a rich variety of stories and story-telling options including story cards and animations. Each level has six beautifully illustrated stories that explore different genres from traditional fables and fairy tales to modern action-adventure. Build a solid language base. Extra communication activities and games provide practice in all skills and the real-life photo-stories help bring useful everyday phrases in English to life. Guided writing activities consolidate language, and speaking activities give students the opportunity to personalize language in meaningful contexts. Engaging cross-curricular and culture content.
Big Surprise! captivates classes with a rich variety of stories and story-telling options including story cards and animations. Each level has six beautifully illustrated stories that explore different genres from traditional fables and fairy tales to modern action-adventure. Build a solid language base. Extra communication activities and games provide practice in all skills and the real-life photo-stories help bring useful everyday phrases in English to life. Guided writing activities consolidate language, and speaking activities give students the opportunity to personalize language in meaningful contexts. Engaging cross-curricular and culture content.
The Songs of Distant Earth and Other Stories - Bookworms 4
'High above them, Lora and Clyde heard a sound their world had not heard for centuries - the thin scream of a starship coming in from outer space, leaving a long white tail like smoke across the clear blue sky. They looked at each other in wonder. After three hundred years of silence, Earth had reached out once more to touch Thalassa...' And with the starship comes knowledge, and love, and pain. In these fi ve science-fiction stories A. C.Clarke takes us travelling through the universe into the unknown, but always possible future.
