Do you still get colours muddled up? Well, don´t you worry – we´ll learn them together! A car can have any colour imaginable, but what about strawberries or bilberries? Can they be green or orange? Let´s take a little quiz – it will make learning colours easy peasy! Got it? Go for it!
Can you tell if the house is big or small? If the ball is clean or dirty? And we’re just wondering, can you tell the difference between old and new? Learn the basic opposites you meet on an everyday basis. This way, you will learn your first words with us! On every page, there is a little surprise waiting for you: one image transforms into another as you turn the page. Combined with thoughtful and lively illustrations by Veronika Zacharová, this book is perfect for little ones!
Are you a creative soul who needs to keep your hands busy? Are papers, pencils, crayons, paints and glues staple items in your household? Well, you’ll be in for a treat! In this book, you can learn how to make various amazing crafts yourself. Some of the crafts are really useful, others are just for fun. There are even some nifty crafts that make great presents for your family and friends. This is not an ordinary DIY book. In this special guide, you will find pop-ups that show you what the craft should look like! Keep your hands busy and craft on! It’s immense fun.
Come and joint the little bear and explore what you can experience with the weather and what may be handy for you. Every day, the little bear looks out of the window. Do you do it at home the same way, do you look out for the weather? The weather, meaning what happens outside in the sky, affects a lot of things – you have to decide if you will wear gum boots or sandals, if you will go out with your friends or if you better stay at home wrapped up in a warm blanket. Yes, the wather makes all these things different. Pay attention – it has various faces and it can change very quickly.
If you got lost in the forest, what would you do? Well, that very thing has happened to a little fawn. Unhappy and confused, he has gone off in search of his mum, following a trail in the soil of the forest. But are these really tracks left by Mummy Deer? Maybe someone else went this way. On his expedition, the fawn learns a lot about all kinds of animals. What makes the squirrel such a great climber? What do the tracks of a horned owl look like? Do you know which animal is the quietest mover, or how a duck uses its legs to swim? If you help the fawn find his mum, a surprise will await you under every flap.
A city is bustling with life. Busy streets full of pedestrians, cars, and public transport. Nobody would like to get lost in a city… But oops, there's a dog on the loose! Siblings Leonard and Lime need to find their beloved dog Kurt before anything happens to him. But a dog that has fallen in love isn’t easy to find. Help them search and explore every part of the city, look under the flaps and help them find Kurt. You’ll get to know every nook and cranny of this lovely city, learn to name the peculiar things that are in its different parts and learn to understand how they work. Let the search begin!
Can we please have your attention? Sit up and listen carefully—an award ceremony is about to start! The awards go to many different animals from many different parts of the world. They’re small and large, hairy, bristly, or feathered, and most importantly very skilful, smart, diligent, willing to cooperate, and relentless in producing high-quality things. Open this book and find out what kind of besties surround us or why people are so happy to be around them.
Every habitat in the wide world has been painted by the nature‘s unique colour palette. The frosty polar landscape glitters with blue-white tones, the jungle dances wildly in the colors of tropical fruits, and the grassy savannah silently hides in beige and khaki. Take a walk with us through the farthest places and discover colours which are connected to them. With our book you’ll have them just right in front of you! Throughout this colourful adventure you will be imagining all sorts of sounds, tastes and smells. Can you hear the mud bubbling silently right in the middle of the bog? And do you feel the sun warming up every stone in the desert? We better get ourselves cool down in the ocean! And after a walk, whenever you want, you can learn to match colours as harmoniously as the nature can do.
A vast number of plants grow on this Earth of ours, from the smallest flowers to giant trees. And there are fungi and lichens too. We find them on meadows, in woods and in tropical rainforests, and in deserts, in water and on rock besides. Thanks to this encyclopaedia, you will get to know a few hundred of the best known and most interesting, from all over the world. What’s more, this book will show you groups in which plants, fungi and lichens can be classified. It will introduce you to mysterious lichens, edible and inedible mushrooms (as well as poisonous ones), and flowering and non-flowering plants; you will also learn about trees, bushes and herbs from all corners of the globe. With its magnificent full-colour illustrations and simple explanations, this book is not only useful, it is an essential learning companion for young readers.
The world has practically infinite variety. The powers of many of its creatures are found in the human world only in made-up superheroes. The world’s fastest animals can move at the speed of a state-of-the-art sports car, while there’s one small creature with the strength of a trained weightlifter. That’s right, the world’s strongest animal can lift many times its own weight! And the longest-lived animal goes on for several hundred years. Fastest, slowest, strongest, largest, smallest, longest living, furthest jumping, most poisonous, most beautiful, ugliest, deepest diving… These and many other record-holders of the animal kingdom fill this book with unexpected, fascinating facts. So join us and immerse yourself in the world of animal supers!
Once upon a time there was a Queen, who only cared about her looks. She believed she was the most beautiful woman in the world, except for her stepdaughter Snow White. She was really beautiful and the jealous queen could not accept it, so she decided to get rid of Snow White. And what happened to the beautiful princess and her evil stepmother? You can read that in the fairy-tale encyclopedia Discovering the Underground with Snow White. In addition to the well-known fairy tale there are seven folding and richly illustrated maps where you can also learn about what lies underground, who works there apart from the seven dwarfs, and which animals live there. You can also learn about underground structures and other curiosities associated with the “realm” below the Earth’s surface. Discovering the Underground with Snow White is a unique mix of the fairy story and encyclopaedia that pleases but also instructs all young readers and their parents.
If you were to look at our planet from above, you would see that it is interwoven with rivers like so many ribbons. Some of these rivers are wild, some long, fast-flowing, deep or shallow. Water-lovers and reluctant swimmers alike are sure to be fascinated by characteristics of the world’s rivers. What do they look like? Who makes a home in them? What do they flow past? Which rivers are of vital importance to humanity? Which are crystal clear, and which gleam with all colours? Which are considered sacred? Open this book and unfold its six maps to embark on a grand expedition along the world’s most interesting rivers, by kayak, dinghy and other boats besides.
Each one was unique, its beauty and magnificence lauded by the greatest poets and writers of the age. Everyone longed to see for themselves the Wonders of the World. The Colossus of Rhodes, the majestic Pyramids of Giza, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which withstood earthquakes and gales, the spellbinding Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the breathtaking Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, inspiration for so many myths and legends. Just one of them survives today. But with us you can go back in time and learn the secrets of how these gems of ancient architecture were created. The building of each comprised so many details and small jobs, so much daily grind and sustained effort, with or without the help of machines. You will also learn about other buildings that didn’t make the prestigious list.
Rivers, pools, ponds… What would animals do without them? With no water, they wouldn’t survive. Some animals even live in it, far below the surface… Come with us to the aquatic and underwater animal kingdom. In this foldout picture book, there are lots of cut-out openings for you to explore.
Have you ever wondered what were famous people like when they were kids? How did their childhood look like? What were their favourite toys and games? Just open this book and you’ll find out! Inside this book, you will meet 25 famous people – from Nefertiti to Mozart or Einstein. Not only is this book packed with full-colour illustrations and fun facts connected to each person’s life and lifetime – it will also give you inspiration and ideas for games you may have never heard of before! Each person, be it boy or girl, will give you instructions that you can try or follow to make something that will remind you of them. What’s that? Can you hear that? That must be all the new friends greeting you!
