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How Everything Works

Non-fiction

Discover an all-in-one encyclopedia that takes you on an explanatory tour of the world from your own body to outer space.

Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it’s a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm?
Discover the answers to all these questions and more with this mind-boggling books of facts

Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia will guide you through the natural world and the technology that surrounds you. Giant, page-filling illustrations take objects apart – or take the roofs and walls off buildings – to show you how they work, explaining both basic principles (such as photosynthesis) as well as broader concepts (like how all the living things in a rainforest interact).

timelines of science

Timelines of Science

Explore spectacular visual timelines that tell the story of science, from fossils to quantum physics, and discover exactly how science has changed the world – one discovery at a time.

Timelines of Science takes you on an astonishing journey through history, showing how dedication, disasters, and eureka moments have brought us antibiotics, electricity, space exploration, and so much more!

Packed with fascinating facts, amazing images, and some seriously staggering science, this science history book shows how thousands of years of human endeavour have expanded our knowledge and shaped our lives. Find out why the fruitless search for a potion of eternal life led to the birth to chemistry. See how the invention of magnifying lenses opened new windows into the cosmos and micro-cosmos. And learn how happy accidents led to the discovery of X-rays, batteries, pulsars, and even the big bang.

illumibugs

Illumibugs

Non-fiction

Journey through the undergrowth with your magic three-colour lens and discover over 180 minibeasts from every continent, under the sea and even from prehistoric times. With your lens in hand, discovermini beast habitats, and learn more about the impressive insects and other creepy crawlies that scuttle and wriggle around the world.

llama on ice

Llama on Ice

Chapter book

Sidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the official illustrator for World Book Day 2022.

It’s the Christmas holidays and Yasmin is miserable. Her family don’t celebrate Christmas so she doesn’t understand all the hype, plus Ezra has gone to Jamaica for 2 weeks and Levi is away on a mission.

Then a snowstorm hits London, meaning Yasmin’s enemy Tia can’t fly to her luxury holiday in France. Yasmin is horrified when she gets sent a solo mission – to give Tia the best Christmas ever!

Soon Tia is bossing Yasmin around and without her friends to help, Yasmin starts to wonder if making her arch nemesis happy might be mission: impossible…

little people big dreams treasury

Little People Big Dreams Treasury

Non-fiction

Dive deeper into the world of Little People, BIG DREAMS with this beautifully packaged and highly giftable keepsake treasury featuring 50 dreamers from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling series.

Learn more about each of your favourite dreamers with new in-depth stories, facts and figures in this beautifully-crafted compendium. Each story is rewritten to be appropriate for an older audience . Revisit best-loved figures from the series and some new ones, too, including Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel, Maya Angelou, Amelia Earhart, David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Elton John, John Lennon, Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling, and Prince.

From inspiring artists and passionate climate activists to intrepid explorers and groundbreaking musicians , this collection goes further than the original series into the lives of these iconic figures, perfect for curious minds who always want to know more!

Printed with gold gilded page edges and with an interior reading ribbon , this luxury keepsake treasury makes the perfect gift for holidays, birthdays, and more.

Each of the beautifully written biographies is accompanied by a timeline , featuring extra information , important dates and real photos.

romans magnified

Romans Magnified

Non-fiction

Zoom in to discover what life was like for Ancient Romans in this innovative and interactive illustrated title that takes you right into their fascinating world!

Learn what life was like for the Romans – from the Senate and the Colosseum to the market, the public baths and beyond! Using the free magnifying glass, seek out incredible facts about ancient Rome in this search-and-find adventure, packed with over 200 things to spot .

Children will love discovering a typical Roman market, meeting fearsome gladiators and seeing what a temple, school and villa were like, with authentic detail and cutaway scenes. The artwork bursts with hidden detail and bustles with action, and detailed factual text will tell you everything you need to know about the different areas of Roman life.

happy to help eventually

Happy to Help (Eventually)

Chapter book

The top-of-the-class, extra special 20th book from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon.

A feel-good, laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures Tom Gates story!

It’s TIDY UP Saturday, but Tom is VERY busy relaxing and not helping out much.

Until he spots the art box of his dreams in a shop window and everything changes. He’s suddenly focused on earning extra pocket money and helping with

EVERYTHING. But nothing quite goes to plan. Washing and shrinking Delia’s clothes isn’t a good start. And the hours spent carefully cleaning cars with Derek are ruined overnight when a storm hits Oakfield Town, causing even MORE chaos.

At this rate it’s going to take a MILLION years for Tom to get the art box of his dreams… or will it?

ronaldo rules

Ronaldo Rules

Non-fiction

Filled with quizzes, stats and little known facts, plus illustrated and told with all the fun of a Tom Gates novel, the Football Superstars series is perfect for young readers five and up.

Is Cristiano Ronaldo your ultimate football hero? He has scored over 700 goals, won the Champions League five times and was the fastest player on the pitch in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Discover how he went from kicking bottles in the streets of Madeira to becoming a football superstar at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

which way to anywhere

Which Way to Anywhere

Chapter book

From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once comes an out-of-this-world new adventure …

K2 O’Hero is a seemingly ordinary boy – after all, he and his twin sister Izzabird have been sworn to keep their family’s magical history a secret. Not even their infuriating stepsiblings, Theo and Mabel, know that magic exists. They believe K2 to be the most hopeless person they have ever known.

But K2 has a secret gift: he draws maps of worlds that are beyond the wildest of imaginations. Worlds with six hundred moons, burning rivers and dark, twisty jungles alive with plants that hunt by the smell of fear. But what K2 doesn’t know, is that the maps he draws are real .

When their baby sister Annipeck is kidnapped, the warring stepsiblings will have to use K2’s gift to find a crossing point into one of those worlds and embark on a daring rescue mission. With a terrible beast and a petrifying robot assassin in their way, they must learn to work together quickly – because the future of their family is at stake …

the snow bear

The Snow Bear

Chapter book

As the snow begins to fall just days before Christmas, Grandad helps Sara build an igloo in the garden with a small snow bear to watch over it. And when Sara wakes in the middle of the night, it looks very different outside. She sets out on an enchanted journey through a world of ice, but will she ever find her way home…

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of best-selling author Holly Webb’s The Snow Bear in this dazzling new edition of the wintry tale.

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