Kingfisher knowledge

Author

Adams, Simon Wilkes, Angela Walker, Richard Malam, John Taylor, Barbara Barnes, Trevor Platt, Richard Burnie, David Gifford, Clive Butterfield, Moira Langley, Andrew Robinson, James Dale Steele, Philip Hynes, Margaret Marven, Nigel Smith, Miranda

1) Castles & forts

Author

Adams, Simon

Series

Kingfisher knowledge

Publisher

Kingfisher

Pub. Date

2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated exploration of a wide array of castles and fortifications throughout the world, from Norman mottes to Maori forts, including how and why they were built and their importance in history.

2) Dangerous creatures

Author

Wilkes, Angela

3) Genes & DNA

Author

Walker, Richard

Series

Kingfisher knowledge

Publisher

Kingfisher

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

4) Mummies

Author

Malam, John

5) Animal giants

Author

Taylor, Barbara

Series

Kingfisher knowledge

Publisher

Kingfisher

Pub. Date

2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Provides information on the largest animals of land, air, and sea

6) Archaeology

Author

Barnes, Trevor

7) Communication: from hieroglyphs to hyperlink

Author

Platt, Richard

8) Endangered planet

Author

Burnie, David

9) Microscopic life

Author

Walker, Richard

10) Spies

Author

Gifford, Clive

11) Forensics

Author

Platt, Richard

12) Pirates & smugglers

Author

Butterfield, Moira

Series

Kingfisher knowledge

Publisher

Kingfisher

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Explores the colorful history of piracy and smuggling, including the Golden Age of buccaneers, Prohibition-era rumrunners, and endangered wildlife kidnapping. Pirates and Smugglers is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen and women of the seas-from the cruel Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than 2,000 years ago to the well-organized and ruthless modern-day buccaneers who target supertankers on the South China Sea-and...