How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to
you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions
are answered in this explanation text about how toys work.
Happy Handwriting is a whole-school handwriting course that supports children
in becoming confident, fluent writers. It consists of teacher guides, practice
books and whiteboard slides with letter formation animations, providing a
clear plan for frequent and discrete direct teaching. A Collins handwriting
font licence is also supplied.
Comprehensive history of the development of the regional press in England from
its origins to today, also examining the context of the work of journalists--
Catalogue to accompany gallery exhibition of paintings of rural Britain,
looking at the unsettling, strange, gothic and eerie in British landscape art
and examine how these ideas have influenced generations of British artists,
Surrealism, Neo-Romanticism and on to current pre-occupations with
conservation, belonging and hauntology
This book examines artists' relationship with the seasonal cycle. It focuses on twentieth-century and contemporary painters and printmakers to celebrate and explore the unique character of each season. Themes include the changing face of the landscape, plants that leaf, flower and fruit at particular times, wildlife that is prominent in different seasons, the farming calendar, customs and the weather. The authors explore how changes in farming practices, urban development and climate change have affected how we experience seasonality over the last century. Artists represented include John Nash, Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, Gertrude Hermes, Graham Sutherland, Monica Poole, Alan Reynolds, Laura Knight, Sven Berlin, Charles Tunnicliffe, James Bateman, Kurt Jackson, Carry Akroyd, Annie Ovenden and James Lynch. Exhibition: St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, UK (11.09.2020 - 10.01.2021)