Impossible Inventions: Ideas That Shouldn't Work by Aleksandra Mizielinska; Daniel Mizielinski
35.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry
A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans.When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead of his ...Show more
How to be an International Spy (Lonely Planet Kids) by .
25.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
There's no going back, Agent. Once you enter this book, your training will begin as you join the secret world of spies. You'll rise through the ranks from recruit to secret agent, learning a host of skills to put into covert operation immediately. Get the scoop on some of the biggest agencies in the wor ...Show more
A Robot World by Clive Gifford
22.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry
In today's wired world, robots are everywhere, from movies, in space, computer games - maybe even walking among us. Aimed at readers aged 7 to 11, this is a look at the rise of robots: how they've developed over time, from early sketches to terrifying battlebots and factory operatives, to the latest AIs ...Show more
The Back Garden Build (STEAM Stories Engineering) by Jonathan Litton
15.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: STEAM Stories
Max and Suzy are bored and wish they had a playground in the garden--can the dynamic duo use their engineering know-how to build a swing, slide, and see-saw? Challenges include: choosing the best material to use, how to measure things, and work out how to test their designs. Next steps at the end of the ...Show more
Design, Animate and Create With Computer Graphics by Max Wainewright
23.00 NZD
Category: Computing & IT
Learn how to design, animate and create incredible computer graphics using free software. With easy-to-follow, illustrated step-by-step instructions, create all types of projects, from Pop Art posters and photo cubes to game animations and a 3D city. Inspiration is offered from key artists, from the gra ...Show more
You Can Code by Kevin Pettman
20.00 NZD
Category: Computing & IT
Want to make cool apps and games, but don't know where to start? This straightforward guide gives you everything you need to start making your own fun programs, using simple step-by-step guides. Learn the programming languages Scratch and Python to create games, animations, utilities and more. You don't ...Show more
The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide by Heath Haskins
35.00 NZD
Category: Film, Media & Gaming
Clear and easy-to follow instructions for using coding and scripting tools to create new, more advanced Roblox games. Take your game design to the next level, with this complete guide to Roblox coding and scripting Learn how to code using the programing language Lua to create new objects and gam ...Show more
The Super-Intelligent, High-Tech Robot Book (Science Museum) by Jon Milton
18.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry
The Super-Intelligent, High-tech Robot Book sits alongside the new blockbuster Science Museum Robots exhibition, and because it is being written by the Science Museum it contains all the very latest robot information communicated in an accessible humorous way. Opening in February 2017, the exhibition wi ...Show more
Stickmen's Guide to How Gigantic Machines Work
12.00 NZD
Category: Transport
Join the friendly Stickmen on a fascinating tour of monster vehicles, transporters and construction tools. You’ll discover some of the largest machines in existence as you look inside the workings of a… • Bucket-wheel excavator • Semi-submersible rig • NASA crawler-transporter, the world’s largest tr ...Show more
Coding for Beginners: Using Scratch by Rosie Dickins, Louie Stowell, Jonathan Melmoth
30.00 NZD
Category: Computing & IT
An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Scratch (a free, online programme developed by MIT which is widely used in primary schools), allowing them to get inside the code of their computer and create simple games and animations ...Show more
About Robots (So Many Questions) by Sally Spray
24.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: So Many Questions
A fun, lively and stylish look at the world through the questions of children, with games and more questions to extend the enjoyment and learning. Children have so many questions about the world and this book looks at the world of robots, asking and answering questions to build knowledge on technology ...Show more
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding by Linda Liukas
21.00 NZD
Category: Computing & IT
"Hello Ruby is half picture book and half activity book rolled into one adorable package. It introduces programming without requiring a computer at all. The point of the book isn't to teach you a programming language, but programming concepts." --GeekMom.com Meet Ruby--a small girl with a huge imaginat ...Show more