Mad About Castles and Knights

Murrell, Deborah

Ladybird

Find out more about everyday life in ancient Rome and what it meant to live in this fascinating city at the height of its empire. Every aspect of this great civilization is explored, from the bloodthirsty gladiators and the terrifying chariot races, to a day in the life of the wealthy, to how the powerful senators controlled their city and expanded its empire.

The Best Book of Ancient Rome

Children's Books

History

Kingfisher

The Best Book of Knights and Castles takes the reader on an amazing journey to explore medieval castles all over the world. From the earliest fortifications in Europe, like motte and bailey castles, to the stone castles of the Normans, Crusader castles, and German castles on the Rhine, this book looks at what it was like to be a knight in medieval times. Learn about chivalry, heraldry, and jousting, and some of the most famous castle battles in history.

The Best Book of Knights and Castles

This wonderful first encyclopedia is the perfect one-volume book of knowledge for young readers. Arranged thematically in ten fascinating core topics, this book will interest knowledge-hungry young minds, with subjects such as dinosaurs, the human body, machines, and space. The lively text is clear, simple, engaging, and enhanced by more than 2,000 illustrations. Every page is filled with story boxes, glossary words, Web links, and illustrated activities to keep young readers turning the pages.Plus, children will feel a sense of achievement with the full-page "Now You Know!" summary at the end of each chapter, making them feel that they have really learned "everything they need to know"!

Everything You Need to Know: An Encyclopedia for Inquiring Young Minds

STEELE, PHILIP

Taylor, Barbara

Chancellor, Deborah

Education & Reference

Things That Go Lift-the-Flap by Deborah Murrell, illustrated by Anthony Lewis
A follow-up title to the highly successful Animals Around the World, Animals Under the Sea and People Around the World.
Climb aboard for a journey to the many places amazing machines do their work, from railway stations to space stations and everywhere in between. Packed with vehicles of every description, from race cars and motorcycles, to Maglev trains, airplanes and submarines, and featuring warm, detailed artwork with more than fifty chunky flaps to explore, this book is the ultimate interactive ntroduction to things that go that will engage young vehicle lovers for hours.

Things That Go Lift-the-Flap (Lift-the-Flap Tab Books)

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

Little readers love lifting flaps to learn new things. Lift and Explore is a new series that allows them to do just that! These chunky, durable board books encourage kids to interact with the simple, friendly, and lively text time and time again. Each book focuses on a single topic kids love such as dinosaurs, oceans, animals, and rainforests. A simple glossary and a page of fun puzzles introduce kids to important nonfiction book features at an early age. 
Now, even the littlest learners can explore the ocean and all it has to offer with Lift and Explore: Oceans by Deborah Murrell, illustrated by Peter Bull. This chunky board book, containing more than 20 kid-friendly sized flaps, is perfect for children to dive into and learn about ocean life. Perennial favorite aquatic topics like sharks, coral reefs, whales, and shipwrecks keep kids informed and entertained for hours.

Lift and Explore: Oceans

Animals

Little readers love lifting flaps to learn new things. Lift and Explore is a new series that allows them to do just that! These chunky, durable board books encourage kids to interact with the simple, friendly, and lively text time and time again. Each book focuses on a single topic kids love such as dinosaurs, oceans, animals, and rainforests. A simple glossary and a page of fun puzzles introduce kids to important nonfiction book features at an early age. Little hands will eagerly and easily turn the pages and lift the flaps to find out fun and interesting facts about their favorite animals. With cheerful pictures, and exciting information, Lift and Explore: Animals is the perfect book for young animal enthusiasts eager to learn more.

Lift and Explore: Animals

Little readers love lifting flaps to learn new things. Lift and Explore is a new series that allows them to do just that! These chunky, durable board books encourage kids to interact with the simple, friendly, and lively text time and time again. Each book focuses on a single topic kids love such as dinosaurs, oceans, animals, and rainforests. A simple glossary and a page of fun puzzles introduce kids to important nonfiction book features at an early age. Rainforests are filled with exciting wild life, plants, and insects waiting to be discovered. With Lift and Explore: Rainforests, young explorers lift many flaps to find out more about this exotic and exciting place. The chunky pages and sturdy flaps are perfect for pint-sized hands to lift over and over again.

Lift and Explore: Rainforests

Science, Nature & How It Works

An entertaining, light-hearted approach to over 1,000 superstitions? this book uncovers the complexity and sometimes ridiculousness of human nature and behavior through the ages. Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? Why do we knock on wood? Why do we cross our fingers for good lucky? It may not be logical, but underlying these irrational notions are centuries of beliefs?and many affect us still. In fact the most important aspects of people?s lives have been influenced by their superstitions both at work and at home particularly?their health, marriage, children, and prosperity. Superstitions is a chock-full compendium of more than 1,000 of the world?s most common folklore beliefs. For centuries people have been changing their behavior to bring themselves good luck and it is believed that some people perform better when they follow personal rituals. This informative and thoroughly amusing reference will give you all the answers to how many long-standing, long-believed superstitions actually came about. Written in a clear, accessible manner and extensively researched, this illustrated, entertaining reference guide brings us the most compelling superstitions, plus provides the fascinating answers to the geographical, religious, and social origins of these often bizarre beliefs.

Superstitions: 1,013 of the World's Wackiest Myths, Fables & Old Wives Tales

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Readers' Digest

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Books by Murrell, Deborah

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Mad About Castles and Knights

The Best Book of Ancient Rome

The Best Book of Knights and Castles

The Best Book of Ancient Rome

Everything You Need to Know: An Encyclopedia for Inquiring Young Minds

Things That Go Lift-the-Flap (Lift-the-Flap Tab Books)

Lift and Explore: Oceans

Lift and Explore: Animals

Lift and Explore: Rainforests

Superstitions: 1,013 of the World's Wackiest Myths, Fables & Old Wives Tales