Sienna and Beckett are very excited! They’re getting ready to go with their grandparents on a fun and educational trip from their home in Dallas, Texas, to London. They aren’t quite sure what to expect, although they know it will be interesting and fun. When Sienna, Beckett, Nana, and Papa arrive, the children learn that England is very different from America. But they also realize that many of the people they meet are just like them. Sienna and Beckett each have something they’d most like to do, from dreaming of meeting a real princess to visiting a zoo that helps keep animals from becoming extinct. In addition to their wish list, Nana and Papa want the children to learn about things they can’t see at home. At first, the children think this might be boring—but wait and see if they change their minds! Sienna and Beckett soon find out that traveling is a great way to learn about the world with their own eyes. This children’s story seeks to help children begin their worldwide imaginary journeys and build a love of travel as they see what is special about each country around the globe.

Amber and Jeremy enjoy many interesting and well-known places in India while on a mission fro the Secret World Adventure Team to help find a very special creature stolen from a snake charmer.

See all the key sights in London and find out more about what's there by lifting flaps on every page. In just 14 pages, you can visit and explore central London, the West End, and the River Thames all the way from Buckingham palace to the Tower of London. Beneath flaps big and small, you'll learn secrets of London's amazing underground railway, its storied history from Shakespeare's Globe to today's Houses of Parliament. You can get ideas of places to visit, whether it's parks, museums, shopping or hit shows. Each flap has a large, easy to find and lift thumb-hole, perfect for curious fingers.

A refreshing guide to discovering the hidden details of London with 10 fully guided walking routes from London's leading tour guide Look Up London. Have you ever noticed London's tiniest public sculpture? Or wondered why there are strange cone-shaped structures on the fanciest historic homes? Did you know that the Tower of London used to be a zoo, or about the now defunct London railway that transported over 200,000 people to their final resting place? These are just some of the fascinating details that Blue Badge Tourist guide Katie Wignall reveals in this absorbing guide to the secrets of London hidden in plain sight. Take a journey through London's rich past with these 10 fully guided walking routes and discover a whole world of incredible history hiding above your eye-line, just waiting to be spotted. From the saucy scandals of Covent Garden to stories of power and intrigue from the City, atmospheric pubs to hidden Roman remains, London is a city bursting with captivating stories which are etched into its very architecture. So, Look Up and discover a London you have never seen before.

There were eccentric characters in the hotel. The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people—people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. Some of the lodgers in our hotel lived lives that were curious beyond words. There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade. They used to sell postcards on the Boulevard St Michel. The curious thing was that the postcards were sold in sealed packets as pornographic ones, but were actually photographs of chateaux on the Loire; the buyers did not discover this till too late, and of course never complained. The Rougiers earned about a hundred francs a week, and by strict economy managed to be always half starved and half drunk. The filth of their room was such that one could smell it on the floor below. According to Madame F., neither of the Rougiers had taken off their clothes for four years.

Looks at some household hazards such as matches, plastic bags, electrical appliances, sharp objects, and suggest ways to make home a safe place. Suggested level: junior.

A no-nonsense book with a strong safety message for young children about how they should avoid potentially dangerous situations. The narrative throughout is in simple straightforward language, which is undramatic and reassuring whilst stressing dangers.