Usborne

From a wolf howling on a remote mountaintop to a macaw squawking in the deepest jungle, this engrossing sound book takes children on a journey to some of the wildest places on Earth and lets them hear the amazing animals who live there.  

Meet Knitbone Pepper, the dead special ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall!   Knitbone has a problem. His beloved owner Winnie and her bonkers parents may be forced to move and leave Knitbone behind! Can the Spirits of Starcross, a gigglesome gang of ghostly animals, help Winnie save her home?

A dynamic,visual collection of the biggest, tallest, fastest, strongest, highest, deepest, longest and furthest things in the world - and beyond.   Simple facts are coupled with eye-popping visuals that show off the sheer scale of each superlative.

This delightful book is the perfect way for little ones to improve spoken language skills before they start school.   Each page is filled with words to learn, covering everything from shapes, colours and numbers to animals, weather and classroom objects. A friendly book for adults and children to share, read and...

Journey back to prehistoric times and meet lots of amazing dinosaurs, from the toothy T-Rex to the powerful Diplodocus, with this bright and colourful sticker book.   Learn how the Maiasaura protected her eggs, which gigantic prehistoric animals lived underwater and more whilst decorating the scenes using the 200+ stickers provided.

From snowy slopes and sculpture trails to jungle lodges and gingerbread houses, discover all kinds of worlds among the trees as you find your way through this selection of gorgeous forest-themed mazes.   The mazes increase in difficulty throughout the book, and all the answers are at the back if you get...

This engaging picture book for little children is full of ideas for things to see and do outdoors.   Charming illustrations cover simple activities from bird watching to beachcombing while clear labels explain basic facts about the weather, wildlife and staying safe outdoors.

Explore every corner of a museum - from grand exhibition galleries to cavernous storerooms and dusty back offices.   With stylish illustrations and flaps to lift, this book is packed with fascinating information about how museums work, how they look after precious exhibits and what goes on behind closed doors. Includes website...

Little children will love to wind-up the little red car and watch as it whizzes through busy towns and beautiful countryside on its way to the seaside. With four different tracks for the car to drive around, bright and lively illustrations and lots to spot and talk about on every...

What's the point of art? Why do artists draw themselves? Who were the Impressionists?   Discover the answers to these questions and many more in this entertaining information book, containing over 60 flaps to lift. A great introduction to art for inquisitive young children, with links to specially selected websites for more...

Packed with brain-teasing puzzles, useful facts and clever tips, this book will teach children how to master the game of chess and improve their logic skills. Simple puzzles show how to use the pieces, and there are more tricky puzzles on tactics and checkmates. Includes an index and carefully selected...

This looks like a book but it's actually a clever sound panel that allows children to hear 128 everyday French words spoken by a native speaker.   Children will love selecting a card with illustrations of a topic such as clothes, food, or animals, slotting it into the special frame and pressing...

A toy and a book in one, this large, chunky board book comes with a wind-up toy steam train.   Wind the train up and set in on the embedded track in each page to see it chugging along through the countryside. Each of the four tracks is removable, and together they...

Meet five adorable little lambs in this charming addition to the much-loved That's not my... series. Babies love the best-selling That's not my... books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.

This is a comprehensive compendium of the Kings and Queens of Britain from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day, and including early Welsh, Irish, Scottish and English monarchs. Each chapter outlines the lives and personalities of the monarchs of each royal dynasty, lists the key events of their reigns and...

This is an outstanding science resource which can be enhanced by visiting any of over 1,000 recommended, regularly reviewed web sites, or which stands alone as a complete, self-contained reference tool. It covers the whole field of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, information technology, earth sciences and astronomy. With up-to-date...

Learn all about the first major conflict of the 20th Century in this thought - provoking and informative new title. This title provides detailed accounts of all the major battles and how the latest innovations such as submarines, tanks, poison gas and barbed wire helped shape the course of the...

This title contains five gorgeous books from the new Usborne Fairytale Sticker Stories series, which combine a storybook, sticker book and puzzle book in one. It features the traditional fairytales Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Cinderella. It is illustrated...

A comprehensive introduction to an important and fascinating subject, this exceptional new title is published to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of VE Day. Paul Dowswell's informative and accessible text will immerse readers in the era, and hand-coloured black and white photographs give a unique and atmospheric look. Provides a...