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This visually led guide reveals how science can be found in every part of our daily lives!

How does the greenhouse effect warm our planet? What happens inside a nuclear reactor? How can magnets help generate electricity? This book explores energy and power – and how they affect our everyday lives – with engaging visuals.

This book is part of the Science is Everywhere series, which demystifies the key science topics and shows how they relate to the world around us with fun, colourful graphics. These books are ideal for children aged 9 plus who are studying science, or for young readers who want to get to grips with science in a fun way.

From cocoa beans to factory to shop to home, discover the wonderful world of chocolate! Read about where cocoa beans grow, what difference fair trade chocolate makes to people, why ancient Mayans were drinking chocolate in the 6th century, how you can celebrate with chocolate, debate if chocolate is good for you, read an interview with a chocolate taster and learn how to bake the perfect chocolate cake.

Discover all about the fascinating lives of some of the most unusual, quirky and eccentric characters in world history! Learn about the horror story writer who was afraid of the dark, find out why one famous artist paid workers to dig up a corpse, and how one of Britain’s most famous authors managed to publish 80 books without writing a single word.

Peppered with Crackpot Quiz questions and Mad, Bad and Truly Sticky Endings features this book is enthralling, entertaining and educational all at the same time!

This visually led guide reveals how science can be found in every part of our daily lives!

How does gravity make Earth spin around the Sun? How do racing cars slow down? What can reduce friction? This book explores mass, machines and forces. See how they govern what we do and how they can make our lives easier.

Jam-packed with incredible facts and activities to try for yourself, the vibrant visuals make the science behind core concepts really easy to understand.

This book is part of the Science is Everywhere series, which demystifies the key science topics and shows how they relate to the world around us with fun, colourful graphics. These books are ideal for children aged 9 plus who are studying science, or for young readers who want to get to grips with science in a fun way.

Also in the series:
Fuelling Up: Energy, global warming and renewables
Our Living Planet: Life and evolution on Earth
Amazing Materials: Solids, liquids and gases
Out of This World: The planets and the Universe
Super Senses: Sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing

Discover all about the fascinating lives of some of the most unusual, quirky and eccentric characters in world history! Learn about the Chinese emporer who hunted sea monsters, find out if Richard III really was as despicable as historians once thought, and why Ivan the Terrible really was a very scary monarch.

Peppered with Crackpot Quiz questions and Mad, Bad and Truly Sticky Endings features this book is enthralling, entertaining and educational all at the same time!

Find out about the actions of Asian history makers in this book, ranging from the extreme bloodshed of Genghis Khan and Mao Tse-Tung to the non-violent resistance of Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and the Dalai Lama and the contemplation of Confucius and Buddha. Explore the lives of those who made their mark on history, from building empires to establishing new belief systems and from speaking out against injustice to climbing to the top of the world.

The History Makers series looks at the lives of significant figures from the past and present, who, by their ideas and actions, affected the course of history in their own countries and across the world.

This book looks at the causes and effects of the destruction of the rainforests and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if they disappear. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted.

This book looks at the causes and effects of the overfishing of the oceans and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if the rapid depletion of fish stocks continues. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted.

A fun and interactive Key Stage 1 beginners look at Guy Fawkes, and the Gunpowder Plot.
This book tells the story of Guy Fawkes and his part in the Gunpowder Plot. Find out about Guy Fawke’s early life, how and why he joined the plot to kill James I and what happened afterwards.
The book contains fun activities for history classroom projects when studying this Key Stage 1 topic, including how to make your own Guy Fawkes hat.

This detailed guide to water and the natural processes it goes through is an ideal complement to the National Curriculum. It studies the different states of water in nature and its fundamental importance before examining how human activity can interfere with the natural process.
Packed with detailed photographs and diagrams it provides both clear and fascinating coverage of the subject. Numerous activities encourage readers to explore aspects of the water cycle for themselves. And a topic web and cross-curricular activity ideas provide teachers with additional resources.
A re-issue of one of a popular series.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. This title looks at Mo Farah – from his beginnings in Africa as a schoolboy champion, to an Olympic hero on Super Saturday at London 2012.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. This title looks at the life of Ellie Simmonds, the troubles she has overcome and the sacrifices she has made to become the swimming champion that she is today. Learn about her performances at the Beijing Olympics and at London 2012, and how she has made an impact on Paralympic sport.

Discover what going to the doctor might be like in 20 years’ time, how genetically engineered food could lead to headache-curing yoghurts and how space surgery might work. As well as looking into the future, this book also explains scientific topics including genetics, cell biology, nanotechnology and the human senses. Ideal for helping students consolidate their knowledge at Key Stage 2 and 3.

Read all about how today’s scientists are making amazing discoveries and developing extraordinary new materials and technologies in the Future Science Now! series. Each title delves into the world of labs and experiments in order to find out which exciting inventions and out-of-this-world gadgets could change the way we live.

Jasmine is a fussy dragon. She only likes purple, hates dressing up and refuses to eat different foods. The other dragons are getting ready for a party, but Jasmine’s fussiness is spoiling the fun. Can her friends persuade her to try something new?

Read about good manners and behaviour in these delightful stories.

Noah is a noisy dragon. He roars, he shouts and he loves to stamp about. When his friends are listening to a story, Noah keeps interrupting. But if he can’t keep quiet, how will he discover what happens at the end?

Read about good manners and behaviour in these delightful stories.

This book looks at the effects of global warming and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if the Earth’s thick masses of ice melt. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success. In this book, learn about how Tom Daley conquered his fears and personal tragedy to become an Olympic favourite and a diving champion.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. This title looks at the background, life and achievements of Jessica Ennis – it details how she overcame injury and despair at missing Beijing to become the face of London 2012, and focuses on how she conquered Super Saturday.

An introduction to the people who look after us in an emergency. This title looks at doctors – who they are, where they work, and what they do that helps us when we are hurt or injured.

Find out what life was like in Britain before the National Health Service was introduced in 1948? How has medicine progressed since the Victorian times? Starting in 1871, this book takes a look at how hospitals have changed and how scientific discoveries have improved health care for all.

The Past in Pictures series gives a fascinating look at life in Britain through the photographs of The National Archives. It looks at past eras; at the way rich and poor families lived, the concept of holidays and leisure time for families and how the role of men, women and children from Victorian times, through two world wars, to modern Britain, have changed.

Children will be able to see the homes people lived in, how they cooked, how they furnished and decorated their homes, and how they spent their leisure time. A fascinating journey depicted in photographs from Victorian times to present day.

Who makes the toys children play with every day in school and at home? What are the working conditions like for people who form part of the supply chain for the world’s toy industry? This book looks at the impact our purchase of toys has on our lives and on the environment and asks how we can improve our lives and those of others with the things we buy.

Doing the right thing isn’t always easy! Like all children, Tilly wants to do everything right now, and sometimes she just can’t wait! For example, if her brother or a friend is playing with a game or toy that she wants, or if an adult’s talking and she wants something, or if party bags are being handed out… How can she be patient?

This book explores different scenarios that would make a child impatient and then give three possible ways of dealing with this, one of which is right and the other two are wrong. Can you decide which is the right thing to do?

This easy-to-follow, animal-spotting book for children introduces 50 of the most common mammals found in Britain today.

Endorsed by The Mammal Society, this book has simple descriptions of each mammal, with information about their scientific name, size, food and habitat. Stunning colour photographs will help with easy identification. Includes advice on how to be a good nature detective, such as best places to see these mammals and how to take notes to aid recognition. Fun activities at the end of the book show how to make animal homes and identify footprints.

Find out how to become a nature detective and learn about protecting nature and how to attract wildlife to your garden or school.

Perfect for the National Curriculum’s study of living things at KS1 and KS2.

The Mammal Society is a British charity devoted to the research and conservation of British mammals.

If you enjoy this book, then why not search out the other titles in this series: British Birds; British Mammals; British Trees; British Wild Flowers; British Butterflies, Urban Wildlife and British Seashore.