Meredith Hooper utilise la forme du conte pour rendre les dernières recherches accessibles à un jeune public. Formée comme historienne, son œuvre couvre un large éventail de sujets, de l'Antarctique à l'aviation, et de l'histoire de l'eau à l'histoire des inventions. Son travail se distingue par sa capacité à traduire des sujets complexes en récits captivants pour les jeunes lecteurs. Par son écriture, elle rend l'histoire du monde accessible aux enfants.
Voici 10 histoires de châteaux célèbres, qui racontent chacune un moment clé dans l'histoire de ces lieux de légende. De la construction de la formidable forteresse de Château Gaillard, au XIIe siècle, au château féerique de Neuschwanstein de Louis II de Bavière, au XIXe siècle, chaque récit met en scène des personnages hors du commun dans des moments palpitants de l'Histoire. Des histoires vraies et passionnantes, superbement illustrées par Stephen Biesty, à raconter et à faire découvrir à vos enfants !
This is a combination of "Everyday Inventions" and "More Everyday Inventions". This book does not only include stories of when and who invented things, but also of how things came to be invented.
Where do pebbles come from? How were they made? This book tells the story of a
pebble, from its origins in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago to a busy,
modern landscape.
Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy that befell Scott.?? Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished, and the ship had failed to pick up the members of Scott's Northern Party as planned. Gale–force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded and desperate, Lieutenant Victor Campbell and his five companions faced disaster. They burrowed inside a snowdrift, digging an ice cave with no room to stand upright, but space for six sleeping bags on the floor—the three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred, and a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible and somehow they made it through the longest winter.?? To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that Scott and his Polar party must be dead and hoped that another six lives would not be added to the death toll. Working from diaries, journals, and letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scott's other expedition.
Designed for early education in South Africa, this reading program supports children in their first seven years of schooling. It focuses on developing essential literacy skills through engaging and age-appropriate materials, fostering a love for reading while aligning with educational standards. The program aims to enhance comprehension and fluency, making reading an enjoyable and integral part of the learning experience.
