An inspiring collection of DK audiobooks focused on Black history.
Discover the obstacles that many Black people faced on the way to making groundbreaking accomplishments. You'll find out how they created lasting change and paved the way for future generations. This fantastic resource pack for teachers and students is the perfect companion to support the teaching of Black history.
In this DK box set you'll receive:
- Life Stories: Harriet Tubman
- Life Stories: Nelson Mandela
- Life Stories: Katherine Johnson
- Life Stories: Martin Luther King, Jr.
This collection features four DK Life Stories biographies of influential trailblazers in Black history. Meet Dr Martin Luther King and his role in the Civil Rights Movement in America using non-violent protest and Katherine Johnson, the famed NASA mathematician, featured in the award-winning 2016 film Hidden Figures. Delve into the life of Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery and became a fearless activist who helped guide many slaves to freedom. Lastly, explore Nelson Mandela's legacy, who went from freedom fighter during Apartheid to being the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Tutankhamun has died suddenly and the rush is on to prepare his tomb. Vlad the flea and Miu the cat supervise the artists as they pain the murals. Will they finish in time, or will there be a sting in the tale?
The Vlad flea books are a series of historically accurate stories narrated by Vlad himself. In them he weaves a tale about the events he sees and in the process tells his young listeners about moments in history. These books include a fact file giving further details and clarifying what really happened all those years ago.
Whilst Russia and America race to be the first to conquer space, Vlad the flea and Strelka the dog are more interested in what they can scavenge on the streets of Moscow. Little do they know that they are about to go on an adventure that will take them out of this world.
The Vlad flea books are a series of historically accurate stories narrated by Vlad himself. In them he weaves a tale about the events he sees and in the process tells his young listeners about moments in history. These books include a fact file giving further details and clarifying what really happened all those years ago.
Thirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the orphanage mandolin orchestra. When an American benefactor arrives with the promise of a new life in Canada at a farm school, Jacob and his friends are thrilled. But can they trust this man to keep his promises?
The children travel by train and by ship, facing illness and prejudice along the way. where a stowaway becomes dangerously sick. Jacob, who has become the orchestra's star player, must overcome his fears and doubts to help his friends and to fulfill his dream to one day play at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. Inspired by real events.
History, magic, and adventure collide in this riveting middle-grade fantasy novel about an unusual boy who unlocks an ancient relic-and with it, a forgotten world. Befriended by a band of young witches, Archibald Finch must quickly adapt to survive in Lemurea, where a battle born in the Middle Ages is still unfolding . . .
Archibald is a risk-averse boy with quirks that earn him plenty of eye-rolls, especially from his older sister, Hailee. Things get worse when his parents move the family from London to his grandmother's creepy manor in the English countryside. Now he has to deal with hairless dolls in the library, weird stone creatures on the roof, and a spooky forest at the edge of the backyard. But these turn out to be the least of Archibald's problems . . .
One day, as he's exploring the cavernous house, he finds a curious globe that whisks him away to a secret world, hidden for 500 years. Archibald finds himself on a thrilling adventure full of medieval magic, mysterious symbols, and the strangest beasts, while Hailee-who witnessed her brother's disappearance-embarks on a daring quest to find him.
~ #1 Bestseller Internacional ~
'Estamos aquí para criar humanos creativos, apasionados y solucionadores de problemas que estén listos para enfrentarse al mundo'. —The Children's Book Review
( ¡También en ediciones en inglés y bilingüe! — Think Outside the Box )
Para el artista, el libre pensador, el individuo inventivo único en cada uno de nosotros, Piensa fuera de la caja abre la llave para aplicar la creatividad a la vida diaria y darle la vuelta a cualquier problema o preocupación.
Diseñado para definir el pensamiento fuera-de-la-caja (creativo) para los más pequeños de nosotros, este viaje ilustrativo único y divertido nos recuerda a todos lo simple y práctico que puede ser aplicar una nueva perspectiva incluso a los desafíos más abrumadores.
Piensa fuera de la caja es una biblioteca que debe tener en casa para cualquier futuro idealista, instigador, activista, inconformista, o influyente—y para todas las personas.
Manfred Mai erzählt von 2000 Jahren deutscher Geschichte mit der ganzen Erfahrung des Historikers und Erzählers. Hier wird gezeigt, wie spannend Geschichte sein kann. 'Unsere Geschichte ist unser Erbe, im Guten wie im Schlechten. Wir können dieses Erbe nicht einfach ausschlagen oder ignorieren - selbst wenn wir das manchmal gern möchten.' Manfred Mai
Wie Europa zu dem wurde, was es heute ist. Die europäische Geschichte sollte kennen, wer heute über Beitritte und das Für und Wider eines vereinten Europas diskutieren möchte. Kompetent in der Sache, konzentriert aufs Wesentliche und dabei voller Farbe und Leben Manfred Mai überzeugt Leser, Hörer und die Fachwelt gleichermaßen. Von den Anfängen in der Antike über die Entstehung von Nationalstaaten bis zum Ringen um ein vereintes Europa erzählt Manfred Mai mit der Sachkenntnis des Historikers und der Lebendigkeit eines erfahrenen Erzählers.
In Arcady's Goal, by Newbery Honor author Eugene Yelchin, for twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is life. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, he plays to win his dinner, and to maintain his sanity. When a visiting inspector decides to adopt him, Arcady questions his motivations. Who could want an enemy of the people as a son? In his new life, Arcady will come to discover the power of believing in and loving another person and himself.
Learn how this heroic group of American Indian men created a secret, unbreakable code and helped the US win major battles during World War II in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. In this new book within the #1 New York Times bestelling series, author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war.
Set in the 1930s Oklahoma, this American Horse Tale is the story of a young girl who makes the difficult decision to leave her family and move to California so she can stay with her horse.
A young girl named Ginny and her family are dealing with the hardships of the Great Depression, and in order to survive, her dad decides they must sell their horse, and Ginny's best friend, Thimble. But Ginny will do anything in order to find a way for them to stay together, and chooses to leave her family in Oklahoma and travel west to California. The Dust Bowl is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.
This fifth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.
It's summer vacation, and J. D. is determined to reform his older brother Tom, a.k.a. the Great Brain, from his money swindling ways for good.
