If you dip a net into a pond what will you see when you scoop it out? This non-fiction book supports work on nature & the world around you. * Red / Band 2B
- A simple non-fiction recount. * Text type
- Non-fiction * The focus phonemes in this book are x w & ue. Other phonemes practised are ou sh th (this) th (thin) ng ee & oo (look). * The labelled illustration on the final spread enables children to discuss what they have learned about pond life. * Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A Pet Cat Big Cat & The Big Red Bus; Red 2B Pond Dipping.

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Ponds & water features have been popular in gardens for thousands of years. This book is aimed at anyone who is thinking of building a pond anyone who has bought some of the materials but doesnt know how to start or anyone who has a pond & needs to know how to keep it at its best. The book starts with the basics of assessing the garden checking the site planning & preparation tools & materials & electrical wiring & safety. With the basics established the authors introduce the many different types of pond & how they can be created maintained & enhanced. From split-level ponds to wildlife ponds plant & fish & adding sculptures bird houses stones & bridges each subject is presented in a clear way with box features lists & questions & answers. The final chapter looks at water features
- a rock pool or stream for a large garden or a small wall mask or trough for a tiny backyard.
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* The books of Alice A. Bailey written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949 constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom--a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period. Intended to precede & condition the coming era the Alice A. Bailey writings offer an unparalleled spiritual approach to such subjects as the teaching on Shamballa & the Path of spiritual evolution; the spiritual Hierarchy; the new discipleship & training in meditation as a form of service; the teaching on the seven rays & the new psychology of the soul; the teaching on esoteric astrology; & the new world religion which emphasizes the common thread of truth linking all the major world faiths. ...

Here's the paradox: your body becomes steadily more troublesome just at that point when the world which you are soon to leave becomes sweeter more poignant more beautiful more desirable... The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez
- poet critic novelist rock-climber & poker player
- has swum in them almost daily. An athlete in his youth Alvarez now in his eighties chronicles what it is to grow old with humour & fierce honesty
- from his relentlessly nagging ankle which makes daily life a struggle to infuriating bureaucratic battles with the council to keep his disabled person's Blue Badge the devastating effects of a stroke & the salvation he finds in the three Ss
- Swimming Sex & Sleep. As Alvarez swims in the ponds he considers how it feels when you begin to miss that person you used to be
- to miss yourself. Swimming is his own private form of protest against the onslaught of time; proof to others & himself that he's not yet beaten. By turns funny poetic & indignant Pondlife is a meditation on love the importance of life's small pleasures & above all a lesson in not going gently in to that good night.




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One of Usborne's most enduring & well-known series has been given an exciting new look. Each guide has been completely updated & has a striking new cover. It makes perfect companions for enthusiasts keen to discover the many fascinating aspects of the natural world with full-colour illustrations of around 100-200 different species per title that have been reproduced from the original artwork using the latest technology. It provides ideal field guides for both children & adults & incredible value for your money. ...

Pontypridd Through Time portrays the history of this iconic market town that sits at the gateway to three historic valleys of the South Wales coalfield. It also illustrates some of the changes that have contributed across centuries to the everyday life of a place that transformed from pastoral drovers river-crossing into a town that embodied a thriving conduit to capitalist mineral prospecting on a prodigious scale. A hamlet transformed from its rural obscurity in the eighteenth century to ride the wild mechanical horses of the industrial fuel revolution to become a bustling market town. A town encapsulating all the excesses of the saga of the South Wales coal & railway bonanza. It survives into the twenty-first century
- to outlast the pits that gave it life & reared it. Pontypridd today
- fighting back to rise again.

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Calling all pony lovers
- this is the perfect series for you. It offers everything you wanted to know about ponies from getting
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Calling all pony lovers
- this is the perfect series for you. It offers everything you wanted to know about ponies from getting
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Emily is hosting a pony-themed sleepover this time around & the best part is that a real live pony will be there. Ms. Sullivan is bringing over her pony Ladybug so the girls can learn to ride & take care of her. Emily is so excited! She loves horses & knows lots about them from all the horse books shes read. But her friends dont seem to be taking things seriously & Em is getting a bit bossy about their preparations for the party. When the pony finally arrives it turns out its Em who has the most trouble riding her
- which isnt fair because she has all the experience! But practice makes perfect as the Pyjama Gang find out!
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When the local Riding for the Disabled Association plans a fundraising event everyone at Laurel Farm stables is keen to get involved
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