Think and discuss: What shapes and colours do you see?
There's good luck and bad luck. For Nomi, bad luck is tripping over the family cat and squinting at the blackboard. But when she gets her special eyeglasses, Nomi discovers that the best luck of all is being able to see better than ever.
Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal. A free translation from the French of Charles Perrault, with pictures by Marcia Brown.
Alice dreams of a place where cats and rabbits wear clothes and live in little houses.... One day, Alice's dream comes to life as a white rabbit leads Alice to a strange and wonderful place called Wonderland....
Describes the steps a factory uses to turn sand into glass.
Monty the Menace, the first in a series of books about special needs, explores “being different” and how it feels to be placed in this category. The fully illustrated book tells the story of Monty, an accident-prone kitten whose problems are caused by his inability to see clearly. It exposes children to Monty’s feelings and the reactions of his family to his antics before and after he get…
The Kiwi Bites series are pitched at young readers (7-12) with the aim of building reading skills and confidence. They have strong plot-based stories, with themes of humour, confidence, sport, adventure, caring, journeys and problem-solving. Arnie is prescribed spectacles to wear for a year or two. However, he thinks only losers wear specs and refuses to wear them. After bumping into lamp-posts…
Read 'Glass' to discover what glass is made of, how it is made and used, and how glass waste affects the environment. Learn how glass can be reused and recycled, and how to reduce your own glass waste.