Write and Design Your Own Magazines by Sarah Hull
23.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Write Your Own
A new addition to Usborne's popular Write your own series, this book explains how to make homemade magazines or 'zines' from scratch. With step-by-step instructions and tips on everything from making comics or writing advice columns to printing magazines and finding readers.
Write Your Own Poems by Jerome Martin
23.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Write Your Own
Whether you want to dash off a limerick, ponder a sonnet or plot an epic poem, this write-in activity book is here to help. Each page is bursting with tips and inspiration for writing all kinds of poems - and inventing brand new styles too. With links to websites where you can listen to the poems in thi ...Show more
Literally: Amazing English Words and Where They Came From (HB) by Patrick Skipworth
30.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools
Did you know that English words come from all over the world and that their meanings have changed along their journey? Our word 'zero' comes from the Arabic word for empty space. 'Companion' is from the Latin for with bread. With simple descriptions and dazzling, evocative and witty illustrations, this ...Show more
Comprehension 7-8 (Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean) by Caroline Young
15.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills | Series: Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean
This book is packed with enjoyable activities designed to develop skills in reading, understanding and interpreting different styles of writing. Guided by a group of friendly animals, children will gain confidence as they work their way through the activities, which include writing lists, diaries, poems ...Show more
Miss Punk-Chewation to the Rescue by Pamela J. Stainton
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Meet Miss Punk-Chewation. She's in charge of a crew who help make it easier for us to read and write stories.
Grammar and Punctuation 8-9 (Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean) by Jane Bingham
15.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools | Series: Usborne Key Skills: Wipe Clean
This easy-to-use book provides an enjoyable way for children to improve their understanding of grammar and punctuation. Children will learn to spot a fronted adbverbial, use direct and indirect speech, use determiners, pronouns and possessives and recognize the importance of standard written English. Du ...Show more
What Made the Crocodile Cry?: 101 Questions About the English Language by Susie Dent
32.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools
The Blackout Crew have a song with the title 'Put a donk on it' - but what is a 'donk'? Which ending came first: '-ise' or '-ize'? Where does the idea of a 'white elephant' come from? Who decides on the collective noun for something? And what is it that made the crocodile cry? Sparkling with insight and ...Show more
Language Learning Case: English Letter & Word Building by MIEREDU
32.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools
This hands-on language learning case targeting English letter and word building, introduces a step-by-step language learning methods with 4 progressive fun games. These games are designed for letter recognition, sight words spelling and the readiness of writing. This learning case boosts children’s voca ...Show more
Montessori Writing Lab
45.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
Learn to read and write in 3 ways Children put the word puzzles together in the little houses, write words using the moveable letters then practice writing them themselves with the pen provided. The game is inspired by the Montessori three-period method. MAIN INTELLIGENCE: Linguistic intelligence SKI ...Show more
You Are a Story by Laura Dockrill
20.00 NZD
Category: Writing Skills
A guide for using creative writing to speak your own truth. You are enough. You are interesting. Tell your story. Celebrated writer Laura Dockrill knows that the best writing comes when you are speaking your own truth, with your own voice. Expressing yourself honestly is a powerful way to know yourself ...Show more
Mouse Moves House (Usborne Phonics Readers) by Russell Punter
13.00 NZD
Category: Learning to Read | Series: Phonics Readers
These classic Phonic stories, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, are being fully updated. The text has been revised, puzzles have been added and the page count extended. The fun stories use very simple synthetic phonic-based text to help children in their first steps into literacy. delightful books that ...Show more
The Weird and Wonderful World of Words by Charles Hope
30.00 NZD
Category: Language Tools
Words are wonderful. They can play tricks on the brain and trip up the tongue. They can be easy to spill yet difficult to spit out. They can cause magic and mayhem, pleasure and pain, and fun and frustration. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of words.