Showing results for "The Wilds" in Education & Learning

Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks 15 cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him.

One day, villagers from Lacaune, in the mountains of southern France, returned from the woods with a startling story. They’d glimpsed a naked boy digging in the leaves. A year later - in 1798 - the strange, scarred boy appeared again, and this time woodsmen captured him and marched him down the mountain to the village square, where everyone crowded around to take in the spectacle. And so began the curious public life of the boy known as the Savage of Aveyron, whose journey took him all the way to Paris.

Coconut on Safari - spielerisch Englisch lernen mit dem kleinen Drachen Kokosnuss. Feuerdrache Kokosnuss und Fressdrache Oskar vermissen ihre Freundin Matilda sehr! Das Stachelschwein ist wegen eines Schüleraustauschs nach Afrika gereist. In einem Brief berichtet sie, dass sie, kurz vor ihrer Rückkehr auf die Dracheninsel, noch alle großen Tiere Afrikas interviewen will. Auweia, denken Kokosnuss und Oskar, das könnte gefährlich werden, so ganz allein Löwe, Nashorn, Büffel & Co. zu begegnen.

Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? Or a tower of giraffes? What about a parcel of penguins? This fun-filled romp through the animal kingdom introduces collective nouns for animals through wordplay. Clever rhymes bring these collective nouns to life in funny ways, making it easy to remember which terms and animals go together. A glossary in the back matter offers further explanation of words used as collective nouns, such as sleuth meaning "detective."