Packed with recipes for delicious goodies including rich chocolate cake strawberry tarts crispy apple pies & tropical fruit cake this title will give little cooks plenty of inspiration in the kitchen. Alongside recipes basic baking techniques & skills such as making pastry are explained as well as ideas for how to decorate your creations. Recipes are accompanied by illustrated step-by-step instructions to ensure perfect results. Beautiful colour photographs show the mouth-watering end results. ...

Sick of fast food? Impress your family & show mum & dad there's a new chef in the kitchen by treating them to one of 50 delicious & simple-to-make dishes. Packed with look-as-you-cook" pictures of each dish & easy-to-follow instructions to guarantee great results & lots of fun. Truly scrumptious!" ...

This is a new spiral-bound edition of the cookbook for older children or anyone seeking simple mouth-watering recipes. The tasty recipes are accompanied by illustrated step-by-step instructions to ensure young chefs achieve perfect results every time & are divided into categories based on the core ingredients of cookery such as eggs rice potatoes herbs spices & bread. Appealing to both children & adults the straightforward recipes include salmon fishcakes ratatouille with butterbean mash lamb kebabs raspberry ice-cream & strawberry shortcake. A useful 'safety in the kitchen' guide explains things that experienced cooks may take for granted but are not so obvious to beginners. ...

A must-have encyclopedia with over 1 500 amazing photographs illustrations & diagrams & appealingly simple text. Packed full of knowledge just waiting to be absorbed by fact-hungry children including information about our world animals & plants how the human body works history different cultures science technology & space
- plus a complete set of maps of the world. Fully internet-linked children can access over 150 recommended websites via Usborne Quicklinks reinforcing their learning with additional information activities quizzes games video clips & virtual tours.
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This beautifully illustrated new edition of the Bible is retold especially for children. From Mount Sinai to the shores of the Sea of Galilee
- clear lively language & dramatic colour photography help bring the Old & New Testament stories to life. This is a perfect gift for children & a source of inspiration for the entire family.
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This is the new edition of the ultimate illustrated encyclopedia. From computers to the natural world help your child find out everything they need to know about anything with this fact-packed encyclopedia. They'll find over 500 articles arranged from A-Z on subjects they need to know about all illustrated with dramatic photos cut-aways charts & maps. The encyclopedia has been fully revised to include recent scientific breakthroughs space missions & discoveries as well as political social & ecological changes so your child can keep fully up-to-date with what has been happening in the world. Plus they'll be able to discover more about subjects using more than 5 000 fully-vetted & regularly updated internet links. Perfect for projects or just for fun this is the ultimate illustrated family encyclopedia. ...

Children's Letters to God is the unassuming national bestseller that has featured in Cardinal O' Connor's sermons has been read by Oprah Winfrey to her viewers & been given as a gift to over one million readers young & old. It is a wonderful portrait of how children view their world: a charming funny & moving collection of letters expressing that part of a child's world reserved for special thoughts & wishes. Covering beliefs & desires to questions & doubts that are urgent & common to all children many of the letters are disarmingly wise others naive; some are knowing some simple; some reverent some not so reverent. All of them are addressed to God with much hope & trust. A truly uplifting book which provides a sometimes humorous insight into the dilemmas puzzlements suggestions wishes & complaints common to children everywhere. ...

This second edition of Children's needs
- parenting capacity" updates the original exploration of the research literature in the
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This is the inspirational story of life as a nurse during the 1960s 70s & 80s most of which was spent at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Susan Macqueen was 12 years old when she accompanied her mum to see her friend Ms Fairweather the matron at the local nursing home & from that day on she knew she wanted to be a nurse. A few years later despite being told that her grades weren't good enough & having left school with only two O-Levels Susan was accepted on the three-year nurses training course at Addenbooke's hospital in Cambridge. It wasn't long before Susan knew she wanted to work with children & set her sights on a job at Great Ormond Street. Thirty-five years later on her third attempt Susan has finally retired from that iconic hospital & is enjoying a more leisurely pace of life. Hope despair laughter & tears Susan's stories move the reader through the incredible stories that she was faced with on an every day basis. ...

Over 100 simple recipes for everything from scrambled eggs to delicious pastries are presented with full-color step-by-step illustrations introducing children to the joys of cooking & eating good food. Prepare for parties; treat yourself to a home-made ice-cream; or make something special for your family with this mouthwatering introduction to cooking. ...