Books by Jane Bingham

Provides helpful advice on choosing the best words for creating characters, setting scenes and shaping stories, as well as special vocabulary for different story themes. Young authors can create their own stories and build up a word bank of favourite words and phrases, so that they need never use 'nice' again...The perfect companion to Usborne's best-selling Write Your Own Story Book.

This beautifully illustrated introduction to the work of the great Post-Impressionist artist contains feature spreads, timelines and information boxes on key works, techniques and influences to provide information for the reader in a highly accessible manner.

Find out about different kinds of trees around the world, from mangroves and palms to monkey puzzles and oaks. Take a close look at their leaves, seeds and fruits and discover the amazing range of birds, animals and minibeasts that make trees their home.

The friendly animals in this workbook help children understand and practise the rules of English grammar and punctuation. With charming illustrations by talented Polish artist, Magda Brol, children (and their grown-ups!) are gently guided through topics such as noun phrases, fronted adverbials, plurals, possessives and paragraphs.

This lively workbook helps children develop their spelling skills, including using common prefixes and suffixes, silent letters, apostrophes and homophones. Varied activities, delightfully illustrated by accomplished Polish artist Magda Brol, provide lots of opportunities for children to practise what they've learnt.

This engaging and delightfully illustrated word book helps children boost their vocabulary and develop their speaking skills. A thousand really useful everyday words, carefully matched with detailed and amusing pictures, provide lots to spot and talk about. There are also QR codes to scan so you can listen to all the words.

An entertaining activity book filled with spelling activities, including adding the missing letters, choosing word endings and a spelling quiz. Part of the Usborne Key Skills series that supports the English lessons children learn at school.

Guided by a friendly group of woodland animals, children can learn simple spelling rules to improve their writing. The activities in this book build confidence in joining words together, forming plurals and adding different endings.

Help a team of animal workers tackle some big projects, whether it's building a school, making an adventure playground, or laying a road. Discover over 170 detailed stickers to bring each busy scene to life with bulldozers, diggers, dump trucks and more.

We are bombarded by warnings about the health of our planet, but what can we actually do to help? This hands-on guide is filled with suggestions for everyday actions and choices that will help readers take better care of the Earth. Armed with this informative and helpful book, they can feel ready to make a positive difference.

This colourful activity book is a great way for children to learn how to write lots of simple three- letter words. Each page has a different theme with accompanying words, including a fancy-dress party, a building site, at the beach and lots more. The pages are wipe-clean for endless practice and ideal for developing pen control.

Critically acclaimed first history series brought back new and refreshed to support the introduction of the new history curriculum.

When Jane Eyre becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Mr. Rochester. But he hides a terrible secret that threatens to drive them apart... Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, this beautiful retelling of the classic story includes informative notes on both the author and the original text.

De tre bukke-bruse skulle over floden for at finde mad. “Hvad med den farlige trold?” spurgte den mellemste bukke-bruse. “Det er bare rygter. Der findes ikke trolde,” svarede den ældste bukke-bruse. Men da de nåede floden, kom de til at stå over for et meget virkeligt rygte ...Denne serie giver god underholdning og læsetræning til børn, der allerede er godt i gang med læsningen. Hver bog er på 48 sider og indeholder enten en længere historie, der er inddelt i kapitler, eller flere korte historier. Teksterne er læseteknisk bearbejdede, og bøgerne er gennemillustrerede med flotte, humoristiske tegninger, der understøtter læsningen. 2.-5. kl.

Read all about the Victorians who lived in a time of great progress and change.

Explore! makes history relevant to everything kids learn at school: geography, art, science, technology, literacy and numeracy!

Explore! makes history relevant to everything kids learn at school: geography, art, science, technology, literacy and numeracy!

An easy-to-use guide to grammar and punctuation with sections on nouns, pronouns, verbs, apostrophes, quotation marks and more. Clear explanations, fun illustrations and lively example sentences will help children develop their writing style and skills and there are short quizzes to test their knowledge. A useful reference book for home and school.

Read about how the warm climate and Roman Catholic religion have affected clothing choices in Mexico, a country that draws its cultural traditions both from its ancient civilizations of Olmec and Maya and the conquering Spanish settlers.

A comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, over 10,000 entries and 25,000 straightforward definitions with part of speech indicators, example sentences and pronunciation guides for tricky words. Also contains information on parts of speech, the conventions of written English and a brief history of the English language.

Explores the role of women during the Progressive Era and World War I and the growth of women's suffrage. It surveys the lives of both the poor and the rich, discovering that while most women gained new rights in the period from 1900 to 1920, some still faced discrimination and injustice.

An indispensable source of information and ideas to support the study of biography and key figures across the curriculum. Each title looks at 50 people who have made their mark on history. Colourful, accessible entries describe famous lives and legacies and provide reliable, internet-linked lists of resources to explore.

The classic tale of Phileas Fogg and his quest to travel around the world in just eighty days, specially retold as part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence.

This brand new series brings to life the fascinating lives of famous historical figures. Lively speech, gentle humour and full-colour illustrations bring the reader close to the action as they learn about each famous character. Age 7-11.