Usborne Beginners: Nature Box Set (10 books)

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Feb 8, 2024

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Exciting hardback readers in a collectible box setSimple books that explain the many wonders of naturePerfect for children who are just beginning to read aloneBright colour pictures help children to decode the textA key topic for our age of environmental awarenessContains 10 books: Ants; Bees and Wasps; Bugs; Trees; Tadpoles and Frogs; Spiders; Reptiles; Rainforests; Caterpillars and Butterflies; and How Flowers Grow.
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