The Little Book Big Idea series builds foundations for life-long learning by explaining big ideas to little people.  Money makes the world go around.... but who looks after our money? Is money good? What are taxes? What is the future of money? These are all very BIG questions that need exploring & the sooner children start thinking about the answers, the better our world will be. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781915613684 •†Author:   Noodle Juice •†Publisher:   Noodle Juice •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 21 x 1 x 25.3 cm ...

The Little Book Big Idea series builds foundations for life-long learning by explaining big ideas to little people.  Building fun foundations for life-long learning, What is music? gives the answers to questions such as these: What is a song? What is an orchestra? What is rhythm? What can you do with music? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781915613707 •†Author:   Noodle Juice •†Publisher:   Noodle Juice •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 21 x 1 x 25.3 cm ...

What does it mean to be human? What is truth? What is good? These are all very BIG questions that need exploring & the sooner children start to think about the answers, the better our world will be.  What is philosophy? What is life? What does it mean to be human? What makes us happy? What is good? What is love? What is truth? What is knowledge? What is time?  This delightful series builds foundations for life-long learning by explaining big ideas to little people. Using simple language to explain complicated ideas, each book takes the core questions that relate to each subject & provides answers that make sense to young children.    Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781915613677 •†Author:   Katie Rewse •†Publisher:   Noodle Juice •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:†  21 x 1 x 25.3 cm ...

An important & timely book on race & racism, encouraging children to think for themselves about the issues involved.

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A crisis makes you rethink your life. The recent economic crisis is no exception. All of us are now thinking how the world could be run differently. Despite this, a radical alternative has hardly emerged to mobilize the masses. Written for the public & students, this book explores the character & spirit of radical politics in our times. ...

Shows young children undertaking real art & design projects to expand their skills & understanding of creative & practical processes. This title supports the schemes of work at KS1. It describes sculptures in different materials, from stone to ice, animal sculptures & making an animal model, & making a geometric construction out of card. ...

Not all ideas are for positive, constructive change. Some ideas are controversial, unpalatable, even disturbing. As Steven Pinker points out, many discoveries in the history of science were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; & many ideas that resonate today are dangerous too, not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might
- just
- turn out to be true.

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Jack Dee is here to help. 

Too often today the emphasis in psychotherapy is on providing clients with a metaphorical

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In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than kill ratios & body counts, what he experienced over the next thirteen months in the jungles of South East Asia shook him to the core. But what happened when he came home covered with medals was almost worse. It took Karl four decades to come to terms with what had really happened, during the course of which he painstakingly constructed a fictionalized version of his war, MATTERHORN, which has subsequently been hailed as the definitive Vietnam novel. WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR takes us back to Vietnam, but this time there is no fictional veil. Here are the hard-won truths that underpin MATTERHORN: the author's real-life experiences behind the book's indelible scenes. But it is much more than this. It is part exorcism of Karl's own experiences of combat, part confession, part philosophical primer for the young man about to enter combat. It It is also a devastatingly frank answer to the questions ' What is it like to be a soldier?' What is it like to face death?' & ' What is it like to kill someone?' ...