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Explore simple mealtime routines in a positive, rewarding and engaging way that young children will love!

With fun rhymes and bright, friendly pictures, the All By Myself series helps to nurture your child’s sense of pride and growing independence. It features fun, subject-specific learning elements based around counting, colours, shapes, and basic time concepts.

Explore simple getting dressed routines in a positive, rewarding and engaging way that young children will love!

With fun rhymes and bright, friendly pictures, the All By Myself series helps to nurture your child’s sense of pride and growing independence. It features fun, subject-specific learning elements based around counting, colours, shapes, and basic time concepts.

True or false?
Ancient Greek armies were square
Elephants were excellent warriors
Maori warriors danced on the battlefield
Hitler wanted to blow up the Eiffel Tower

Explore the facts behind some of the most famous conflicts in history, blow the myths and legends wide open, and uncover loads of mind-blowing and downright bizarre stuff about battles through the ages…

The Truth or Busted series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable!

Fully updated in 2015, this title examines the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the current divisions in Israel and Palestine including unrest over water and oil, the growth of terrorist organisations and Israel’s relationships with the West and their Middle Eastern neighbours.

Case studies show real-life experiences from a variety of diverse sources. Viewpoint panels present each side of the argument from those involved in the conflict, politicians and the media. The panels look at who is behind each quote and suggest points to consider to guide the debate. Timelines, fact boxes and maps put the events into context.

Why do some places experience conflict? What is it like to live in a country torn apart by unrest and violence? Is there a way to resolve the problems? The Our World Divided series explores these questions as it looks at today’s most contentious issues affecting areas of conflict around the world.

Explore simple tidy up routines in a positive, rewarding and engaging way that young children will love!

With fun rhymes and bright, friendly pictures, the All By Myself series helps to nurture your child’s sense of pride and growing independence. It features fun, subject-specific learning elements based around counting, colours, shapes, and basic time concepts.

Explore simple bath time routines in a positive, rewarding and engaging way that young children will love!

With fun rhymes and bright, friendly pictures, the All By Myself series helps to nurture your child’s sense of pride and growing independence. It features fun, subject-specific learning elements based around counting, colours, shapes, and basic time concepts.

In Pioneers of Science and Technology you’ll say hello to Hypatia, an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer. You’ll learn about Lise Meitner, the heroic Jewish physicist who escaped the Nazis. You’ll join Jane Goodall who lived in the jungle studying apes. These women are just a few of the many who followed their passion for science and technology, and weren’t put off by people telling them they couldn’t or shouldn’t. And along the way they discovered radiation, wrote the first computer program, expanded our knowledge of the universe and flew into space.

Curious, provocative, engaging, brave, and funny – women who change the world are diverse, intriguing and brilliant. Created by an all-women team and filled with wonderful illustrations, and engaging activities that will nurture your own varied skills, the Brilliant Women series compiles the stories of inspiring women from every field. Retelling their triumphs and adversities, this beautiful series of four books reveals and celebrates the women who have shaped the world we live in now. Perfect reading for the next generation of brilliant girls and boys. Suitable for readers aged 9 and up.

Did you know that 65% of all dinosaurs were plant-eaters? The rest were carnivores! Explore the time when dinosaurs ruled the world in The Age of Dinosaurs. Learn about their special features, how much they ate and when they lived… From Coelophysis to Velocirapto, you’ll find out all kinds of fascinating facts about these fierce and violent beasts.

The Dinosaur Infosaurus series presents to you pre-historic beasts in all their terrifying glory, with realistic artwork alongside digestible chunks of information presented as infographics. Perfect for readers aged 7+.

What makes a reptile a reptile? Read all about reptiles, find out where they live, how they move and what they eat. How do reptiles use their senses and protect themselves?

A simple fun quiz helps readers recall what they have read.

A perfect one-stop shop for help with homework assignments!

What makes a bird a bird? Read all about birds, find out where they live, how they breathe and what they eat. How are birds born and how do they grow and learn?

A simple fun quiz helps readers recall what they have read.

A perfect one-stop shop for help with homework assignments!

What makes a fish a fish? Read all about fish, find out where they live, how they breathe and what they eat. How are fish born and how do they grow and learn?

A simple fun quiz helps readers recall what they have read.

A perfect one-stop shop for help with homework assignments!

What makes an amphibian an amphibian? Read all about amphibians, find out where they live, how they breathe and what they eat. How are amphibians born and how do they grow and learn?

A simple fun quiz helps readers recall what they have read.

A perfect one-stop shop for help with homework assignments!

A beautiful, non-fiction picture book challenging children’s preconceptions and showing them they can learn from animals.

Wild Ideas looks deep into the forests, skies and oceans to explore how animals solve problems. Whether it’s weaving a safe place to rest and reflect, blowing a fine net of bubbles to trap fish or leaping boldly into a new situation, the animals in our world can teach us a lot about problem-solving. From the creators of You Are Stardust, the book uses lyrical text grounded in current science alongside wonderfully detailed art to present problems as doorways to creative thinking. Wild Ideas encourages an enquiry-based approach to learning, inviting readers to indulge their sense of wonder and curiosity by observing the natural world, engaging with big ideas and asking questions.

Perfect for readers aged 5 and up.

Praise for You Are Stardust:
“This glorious synthesis of art and science invites discussion about our place in the world, where we come from, how we change and what makes us feel alive … A terrific book for nurturing curiosity and fostering a feeling of enchantment.”
(Playing By The Book)

India has been home to many great empires, but one of the greatest was one of the first. The Mauryans ruled India more than 2,000 years ago. They left few physical traces, however, and their remarkable achievements were largely forgotten.

One name survived: Emperor Ashoka was celebrated for spreading the Buddhist faith in South Asia. This book reveals the full story of Ashoka, and the dynasty who ruled India for barely 130 years yet had an enduring influence on its history.

A part of the Great Empires series which covers a particular empire or regional series of empires. Each title charts its history from its rise to its eventual fall. Concise text and supporting boxes explore the reasons for the empire’s success-and its failure-and explain the mechanics of governing the empire and the experience of living under it.

The Shang disappeared from history for millennia before chance discoveries in the early 20th century revealed a glimpse of China’s first great dynasty. More than 3,500 years ago, the Shang created a state on the Yellow River from where they came to dominate an extensive empire. As this book reveals, over the last 100 years, historians have built a detailed picture of a highly sophisticated civilisation, which laid the foundations for much of modern Chinese life.

Each book in the Great Empires series covers a particular empire or regional series of empires, charting its history from its rise to its eventual fall. Concise text and supporting boxes explore the reasons for the empire’s success-and its failure-and explain the mechanics of governing the empire and the experience of living under it.

Find out how Britain came to rule around 458 million people around the world and what life was like for the people of these colonies? Discover the key explorers that played a role in the building of the empire, John Cabot, Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain James Cook. And find out about how the British Empire became the Commonwealth of Nations in 1949 and the on-going tensions that resulted in the Falklands War.

Each book in this series covers a particular empire or regional series of empires, charting its history from its rise to its eventual fall. Concise text and supporting boxes explore the reasons for the empire’s success and its failure and explain the mechanics of governing the empire and the experience of living under it.

This book will help budding young developers explore the fundamental elements of computer code: programming languages, algorithms, loops, variables, co-ordinates … and what to do when things go wrong! You can then hop online to try out your new skills on the companion website.

Once you’ve got to grips with coding, it’s important to understand the world of computers – how pixels make pictures, how sound works in videos, and how to store files so you can find them later. Finally, you can’t be a brilliant coder unless you know how to stay safe online. Learn about the Internet, how to keep your information private and how to surf the web safely.

Kids Get Coding is a fantastic resource for children looking to get started with coding. The book contains practical on- and off-line activities that are easy to follow and fun to try on your own or with friends. Guiding young coders throughout is Data Duck – a computer-programming mastermind here to help with hints and tips!

Kids Get Coding is written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale of blue{shift} – a company dedicated to teaching children to become active creators of technology.

Let’s Make Art With Everyday Things shows you how to use object found lying around, from cardboard and coins to leaves and vegetables, to make ice-cream bunting, forky faces, pasta prints, a soapy solar system, leafy insects and much, much more. Techniques include printing, collage, making rubbings and paint-scraping – used in ingenious ways for fantastic results!

A collection of fun, simple, inexpensive craft projects, ideal for time-poor parents and budget-challenged schools, promoting reuse and recycling. Beautifully designed, the book is clearly and appealingly illustrated with step-by-step instructions and engaging artwork. Each activity is straightforward and achievable, and as such is therapeutic for stressed or anxious children, allowing them to make things by themselves, and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Other titles in the series include Let’s Make Art By Printing and Stamping, Let’s Make Art with Hands and Feet and Let’s Make Art with Scrap Paper, so there’s a whole load of upcycling fun to be had!

The perfect book for the coders of the future!

Python is a great introduction to real-world coding languages. In this book, learn how to write programs that ask questions, draw shapes, throw dice and even build you a clock. As you go, get to grips with key coding concepts like loops, variables and functions.

The Generation Code series is a hands-on guide to computer coding, designed to train you in the coding languages used by real-world computer programmers. You’ll discover how to code exciting programs, web pages, apps and games, and learn how the tools and functions you’re using can be applied to other situations.

Other books in the Generation Code series:
I’m an Advanced Scratch Coder
I’m an HTML Web Page Builder
I’m an App Developer
I’m a JavaScript Games Maker: The Basics
I’m a JavaScript Games Maker: Advanced Coding

Discover the amazing array of jobs within the field of maths that you never knew existed! From the cryptologists who use their coding skills to break secret codes for governments and the military, to the cosmologists working to find out how the Universe began and how it might end and the music data scientists who analyse online data to detect trends in music.

Read about the academic and vocational routes you can take to reach these jobs and how to get ahead in these exciting professions whilst you are at school and college.

Discover the amazing array of jobs within the field of engineering that you never knew existed. From the structural engineers who design the concrete and steel structures that keep skyscrapers and other buildings from falling down, to the robotics engineers who construct industrial robots and walking robots and the aeronautical engineers who design aircrafts.

Read about the academic and vocational routes you can take to reach these jobs and how to get ahead in these exciting professions whilst you are at school and college.

High-drama history, describing moment-by-moment the fall of the Berlin Wall

Thirty years ago, on 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. This historic event is described in detail, focusing not only on the day itself, but also what led to the wall being there in the first place. It looks at the history of the Wall, explaining why it was built, as well as looking at the implications of what happened in the wider context of 20th century history.

Real life accounts are included in moment-in-time boxes, acting as a freeze frame of people’s thoughts, emotions and experiences as those from West Germany were at last free to travel to the East and vice versa.

Complete with photographs, maps and a timeline, this is a fascinating insight into 20th century history.

An ideal book to support the study of modern history in schools

Discover how to care for your bird, and become your pet’s best pal!

Whether they already own one, or beg for one each Christmas and birthday, children love pets, and Pet Pals is the perfect title for any pet-loving child out there.

From where they sleep to what they eat, and how you can make them feel safe and at home, this book provides all the pet care advice you could possibly need.

Adorable photos, and gentle, accessible text, makes this the perfect guide for all pet carers!

‘A clear, down-to-earth book about online safety’ – Parents in Touch

Join Olivia and Sam as they discover the wonders of the Internet but learn about how to be safe while they explore. They learn how to deal with cyber bullying and be a good digital citizen, how to keep personal information private and much more. At the end of every chapter the ‘Awesome Internet’ feature reminds us about all the great things you can do on the Internet, too.

Whether you want to use social media safely, use your smartphone or email without downloading something nasty or you’re worried that you might be addicted to gaming or experiencing cyber bullying, this illustrated book is a great guide to what you might encounter online for children aged 7+.