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Kingfisher Knowledge: Inventions
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A popular, high-quality series on core curriculum topics, now in paperback
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Kingfisher Knowledge is a comprehensive series for readers hungry for information on today’s hot topics.
Using lively, engaging text and state-of-the-art digital artwork, the series covers an immense range of subjects in impressive depth and is a major educational resource.
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ISBN: 9780753413968
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 May 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Kingfisher Books Ltd
Edition: Unabridged edition
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 231.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 306g
Pages: 64
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