This is a fantastic brand new addition to the Beginners" series which is designed to provide an informative introduction to non-fiction subjects for young readers. A brief history of London from the importance of the River Thames to the significance of the Great Fire & the innovation of the London Underground this book is full of facts about our capital city. It provides terrific reading practise for children who prefer fact to fiction. It is developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence." ...

This comprehensive street map of London district clearly shows AA recommended restaurants pubs hotels one-way streets & car parks. Keeping you on the move in the city the map also features a clever use of colour to ensure it can be read under street lighting. ...

Discover which prehistoric mammals would once have lived by the River Thames. Take a detailed look at the crystal palace of the Great Exhibition & an early map of the underground. See the locations of medieval plague pits Tudor inns eighteenth-century hangings & gangland crime hotspots. London: An Illustrated History" offers a new perspective on one of the world's most exciting cities from Iron Age cemeteries to Victorian sewers Viking raids to Zeppelin air raids Roman temples to Jewish ghettos Georgian brothels to the Great Fire Roman arenas to the Olympics. Images objects & expert text from the Museum of London together with maps old & new contemporary cartoons & paintings startling artefacts & vivid reconstructions of ancient buildings shine a fresh light on all aspects of the city's constantly changing story. Invasions epidemics riots pubs shrines crime gentrification immigrant communities urban development & art are all here. Special ' Survivals' sections even show where remains of buildings from London's past can still be seen today. The daily lives of Londoners & the city's chequered history come alive in this book as never before." ...

London 2: South is a uniquely comprehensive guide to the twelve southern boroughs. Its riverside buildings range from the royal splendours of Hampton Court & Greenwich & the Georgian delights of Richmond to the monuments of Victorian commerce in Lambeth & Southwark. But the book also charts lesser known suburbs from former villages such as Clapham to still rural Edwardian Chislehurst as well as the results of twentieth-century planners dreams from Roehampton to Thamesmead. Full accounts are given of London landmarks as diverse as Southwark Cathedral Soanes Dulwich Picture Gallery & the arts complex of the South Bank. The outer boroughs include diverse former country houses
- Edward IVs Eltham Palace the Jacobean Charlton House & the Palladian Marble Hill. The rich Victorian churches & school buildings are covered in detail as are the exceptional structures of Kew Gardens.
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London street map

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David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life. But can you look afresh at the place where you live? Over the past year he has immersed himself in his home city to try & find out. London You're Beautiful" the resulting book of sketches drawings & watercolours arranged month by month shows a year in the life of London & reveals the city that is hidden in plain view. David's notes on his work offer us a privileged insight into how an artist sees & captures the ever-shifting light & colours movement & figures of a teeming city as it moves through the seasons. He describes how he chooses techniques & materials to render the spellbound children at his grandchildren's Camden primary school; the spectacular transformation of Hendon's streets from brown to pink to green with April's cherry blossom; the strange world evoked by the city under snow. Through David's eyes we see London anew as he shows us how the sun turns rubbish-strewn ditches into enchanting waterside glades or how just twenty-two lines on paper can deliver the dazzling complexity of Canary Wharf's windows. This book is for everyone who would like to understand how an artist works for lovers of the Olympic city that will be celebrated in London 2012 & for those who long to see a familiar world transformed. David Gentleman born in London in 1930 is a watercolourist & printmaker working in many media & scales. He has designed British stamps & coins & the platform-length mural at Charing Cross tube station well-known to Londoners that is blown up from his wood engravings. His studio is at the top of an early Victorian house in Camden Town between the crowded rackety Camden Lock & the green spaces of Regent's Park & Primrose Hill." ...

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the biggest sporting event ever to be staged in Great Britain. The Greatest Show on Earth relives every important moment from every day of the London 2012 Olympic Games from the Opening Ceremony on Friday 27 July to the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 12 August recording the joy & exultation of the Olympic gold medallists as well sympathetically remembering some of the hard-luck stories. The book is structured in such a way that each days activities are covered the great stories outstanding achievements & heroic efforts & all are brought to life by stunning action photographs. To conclude each day there are potted highlights & sport by sport a list of all the medals awarded. For every sports fan whether they attend an event or not The Greatest Show on Earth will be the perfect keepsake from a fantastic summer. ...

This handbook is packed full of facts about the Olympic & Paralympic heroes who will compete at the London 2012 Games & invites children to get creative with mascots Wenlock & Mandeville. With quizzes puzzles activities stickers & a poster to put on the wall its the perfect companion for children who cant wait for the excitement of the Olympic Games in London. ...

This London 2012 official junior book contains everything young readers need to become true Olympic Games & Paralympic Games experts as they study the easy-to-follow Games event analysis star athlete profiles & absorb the brilliant action photographs. Illustrated with 100 amazing images & appealing to junior fans this fantastic book looks at each of the major events as well as profiling of all of the tournaments star athletes including Usain Bolt Tom Daley Rebecca Adlington Chris Hoy & Ellie Simmonds. Readers will meet Wenlock & Mandeville the official London 2012 Games mascots & be entertained by the special features on the venues great Games moments & amazing facts. The official London 2012 Games Fact File is the essential companion for junior fans & will keep them entertained throughout the Games. ...

Use your coloured pencils pens or crayons to bring extra colour to the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games with the London 2012 Games Sticker Colouring Book". With more than 20 scenes to colour in
- featuring star athletes & exclusive London 2012 imagery such as the official mascots Wenlock & Mandeville
- this official book is the perfect junior companion to the London 2012 Games."

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