If all the scientists are saving the world… who is working on time travel?
Scientists who are zooming through space, protecting the planet, singing with whales… and even learning how fast things travel through time.
Get ready to meet more than 20 inspiring, real-life scientists, and discover how they started asking questions… just like YOU!
We look out of our window at the dark and twinkling sky.
It’s full of stars and planets and there’s comets whooshing by.
We want to go and see them, there’s so much to explore.
So let’s count down and blast off – then we can find out more!
Journey through space with 15 of the most iconic missions of all time, including the moon landing, Voyager 1’s journey into interstellar space and Perseverance’s exploration of Mars.
Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2022 in the Food Book category.
Learn how flour and water were revolutionized as you pore over different pasta and noodle shapes, discover how cheese is made, find out why onions make you cry and marvel at nature’s ingenuity as you take a bite from eighteen varieties of apples and pears.
Split into digestible chapters, this visual guide explores the journey from farm to table, letting you taste your way around the world from the comfort of home.
Meet kids just like you whose acts of social enterprise are raising awareness around our responsibility to people and the planet. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here… with you.
This non-fiction picture book includes a how-to-help section, with simple steps to inspire young readers to take action at home and at school. With a foreword from crochet prodigy Jonah Larson.
Travel back 400 years to visit rowdy theatres and royal palaces to understand what it was like to live in Shakespeare’s Elizabethan England and the influence it had on his ground-breaking work. This book charts Shakespeare’s phenomenal talent and peeks behind the curtain at his most famous plays, from tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet to comedies such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Taming of the Shrew.
This joy-filled collection of recipes, crafts, stories and games celebrates festivals and holidays all around the world. Celebrations happen in many different ways. Have you ever decorated a tree at solstice, cooked dumplings for Mother’s Day or made a paper dragons for Lunar New Year? A book to help us learn about other cultures, connect with the passing seasons and bring meaning to the year.
Take time to connect with the world as you embark on 40 slow adventures. Each of these journeys are on foot, bike, boat or train, allowing you to take in the history, absorb the landscape and meet extraordinary people along the way. Whether you roam the ‘Rose City’ of Petra, feel the magic of the Great Stones Way or sail back in time on the River Nile, these journeys, illustrated step-by-step through each location and accompanied by texts from bestselling author ‘Godfather of the Slow Movement’ Carl Honore provide young readers with a feast for the senses and food for the soul.
Zoom in to watch a hummingbird drink nectar; watch a pea shoot appear; see a little snail as he comes come out to drink. With charming text and real science, see nature up close and let it stop you in your tracks, so that you can truly find joy in the present moment.
Slam the ball home with Michael Jordan. Scale mountain heights with Marielle Goitschel. Flip through the air with Simone Biles. Take a front-row seat and relive history’s greatest sporting moments as they happened. This richly illustrated book showcases the defining moment of notable athletes from around the world in more than twenty sports, making it a treasure trove for all the family to share.
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