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MissionAssist Books - Information and Education

 

MissionAssist produces a wide range of adult literacy booklets in four widely used languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. They cover a range of subjects from health and hygiene to crafts, farming and practical issues like simple construction techniques. 

Books in English can be downloaded directly from this website, using the links on the pictures below; most books are available in the other languages and MissionAssist is currently revising the titles which are not yet translated into the other languages and uploading them as they become available.

If desired, MissionAssist can also supply them, free of charge, as MS Word files or in other ways (such as the use of CDs, DVDs or USB sticks). MissionAssist also accepts requests for producing specific booklets if nothing in the existing range meets your needs.

These are Shell Book titles in English relating to information and education.

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Urban Flowers & Flood Control - 2024-05-01

This book describes one practical option for reducing flooding in a city surrounded by hills which also provides an attractive footpath for pedestrians in the city centre.

Inspired by Sheffield’s Grey to Green project, this work uses information about it found in the public domain This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by MissionAssist Copyright © 2024 MissionAssist. 

All About Animals - Meerkats - 2024-05-01

Meerkats are incredibly social animals and live in large groups known as ‘mobs’ or ‘clans’. They are also called ‘suricates’, which means ‘rock cats’. They are not related at all to the cat family but are a sub-species of the mongoose family. 

Written and illustrated for MissionAssist This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist. 

Animales: Pulpos - 2024-05-01

Hay más de 300 especies de pulpos y viven en todos los océanos. Tienen 8 extremidades con ventosas.

Escrito e ilustrado para MissionAssist
Esta edición fue publicada en el Reino Unido en 2024 por MissionAssist
Copyright © 2024 MissionAssis

Tout sur les animaux Les suricates - 2024-01-03

Les suricates sont des animaux extrêmement sociaux qui vivent en grands groupes appelés « bandes » ou « clans ». Le mot « suricate » signifie « chats de roche », mais ils n'ont aucun lien de parenté avec la famille des chats. Les suricates appartiennent à la famille des mangoustes.

Écrit et illustré pour MissionAssist Cette édition a été publiée en Grande-Bretagne en 2024 par MissionAssist Copyright © 2024 MissionAssist

Animales: Osos 2 - 2023-11-21

Los osos se encuentran en Asia, Europa y América del Norte y del Sur. Hay ocho especies diferentes de osos, pero este libro se enfoca principalmente en las especies que se encuentran en América:

• Los osos de anteojos

• Los osos negros del América del Norte

• Los osos pardos

• Los osos polares

 

Véase también Los osos Libro 1: Asia
Escrito e ilustrado para MissionAssist
Esta edición fue publicada en el Reino Unido en 2024 por MissionAssist
Copyright © 2024 MissionAssist

Animals-Bears 1: Asia - 2023-11-21

Bears are found throughout Asia, Europe and 

North and South America. There are eight distinct species of bear, but this book focuses on those which are found mainly in Asia:

• Sun bears

• Sloth bears

• Moon bears

• Giant pandas

See also Bears Book 2: Europe, North and South America
Written and illustrated for MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist

Puppets Book 1: Make Them - 2023-11-11

Puppets have been around for thousands of years; this book tells you how to make different sorts of puppets and how they can be both fun and useful.

See also Puppets Book 2: Use Them! A Fun Educational Tool
Adapted from Footsteps 28 the literacy publication of Tearfund with kind permission
Additional illustrations by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2022 MissionAssist

Oil Palm Plantations and Biodiversity - 2023-09-23

This book looks at the possibilities for encouraging greater biodiversity in the understory of oil palm plantations so as to compensate in a small but important way for the loss of biodiversity due to deforestation while at the same time maintaining or improving yields for the plantation owners.

It uses material from the public domain.
Illustrated by MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist

Animals - Sloths - 2023-07-15

This is part of a series of books which tell us about animals from different parts of the world, that you may not know much about. This book looks at sloths; there are two main types of sloth and this book explores their similarities and differences. It concludes with a children’s story about a sloth.

Written and illustrated for MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist
The story ‘Sleepy Mr Sloth’ was created by Book Dash and is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4.0 license.

Animals - Walruses - 2023-07-15

Walruses live in cold waters near the North Pole. They are very big mammals. The male can weigh over 1500 kilograms (1.5 tonnes).

Written and illustrated for MissionAssist
This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by MissionAssist
Copyright © 2023 MissionAssist

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