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All sorts of Books for all sorts of Bookworms
How To Train Your Dragon :
12 : How To Fight A Dragon’s Fury
by Cressida Cowell
A✸happy✸FUSE✸reader✸told✸us✸“it✸was✸so✸cool”✸when✸she✸met✸Cressida✸
Cowell✸recently✸and✸got✸her✸autograph!✸Cressida✸described✸her✸
childhood✸holidays✸on✸a✸wild,✸remote✸Scottish✸island.✸Without✸
television,✸her✸imagination✸was✸set✸free✸and✸the✸fantastical✸cliff✸s✸
inspired✸the✸magical✸imagery✸behind✸the✸How To Train Your Dragon✸
series.✸
Cressida✸says✸she✸hopes✸characters✸like✸Hiccup✸can✸help✸readers✸
to✸deal✸with✸the✸problems✸of✸growing✸up✸and✸to✸understand✸the✸
importance✸of✸finding✸good,✸healthy✸roles✸and✸responsibilities✸in✸our✸
families✸and✸bigger✸‘tribes’,✸such✸as✸friendship✸groups.✸
Book 12✸bubbles✸with✸the✸exceptional✸writing,✸interesting✸fonts✸and✸
energetic✸line✸drawings✸that✸are✸clearly✸Cressida’s.✸
-Can✸this✸really✸be✸the✸last✸in✸the✸series?✸
MAP : Exploring The World
published by Phaidon
We✸couldn’t✸put✸this✸book✸down!✸It✸has✸so✸much✸more✸than✸just✸
pictures✸and✸descriptions✸of✸“usual✸Maps”.✸Yes,✸there✸are✸some✸
street✸layouts,✸but✸also✸everything✸from✸3D✸wooden✸sculptures✸to✸
super-modern✸brain✸activity✸scans...from✸tribal✸dream✸pictures✸to✸
ancient✸documents✸from✸around✸the✸world...even✸from✸maps✸of✸
where✸smells✸hang✸out...to✸The✸Hundred✸Acre✸Wood!✸
This✸book✸really✸makes✸you✸notice✸Maps✸in✸all✸forms✸as✸you✸go✸
about✸your✸day.✸(We✸hope✸to✸feature✸it✸in✸the✸next✸Edition✸of✸FUSE.)
The ART of The Polar Express
by Mark Cotta Vaz and Steve Starkey, introduction by Robert
Zemeckis. Published by Chronicle Books.
Do✸you✸love✸movies,✸creativity,✸or✸even✸making✸your✸own✸films?✸
See✸if✸you✸can✸track✸down✸a✸copy✸of✸The Art of Polar Express!✸It’s✸a✸
fascinating✸and✸colourful✸record✸of✸how✸the✸original✸children’s✸book✸
was✸turned✸into✸a✸full-length✸film.✸
It✸lets✸you✸into✸all✸sorts✸of✸movie-making✸secrets!✸Sharing✸storyboards,✸
concept✸art✸and✸computer-generated✸renderings,✸it✸leads✸you✸to✸
how✸famous✸actors✸were✸animated✸using✸live,✸performance✸capture✸
(-detailed✸‘Mo-cap’).✸A✸beautiful✸book✸about✸the✸movie✸that✸holds✸the✸
Guinness✸World✸Record✸for✸“first✸all-digital✸capture✸film”.✸
ALSO CHECK OUT:
The Polar Express -
Film distributed by
Warner Brothers
The Polar Express -
Original story book
by Chris Van Allsbu
FUSE
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