Category Archives: Travel Guides
Everest Adventures
This title includes four new editions in the popular “True Stories” series, each with an arresting new cover. Each book contains thrilling stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds to provide young readers with a truly compelling read. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading. It is perfect for
Desert Adventures
This title includes four new editions in the popular “True Stories” series, each with an arresting new cover. Each book contains thrilling stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds to provide young readers with a truly compelling read. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading. It is perfect for
Puzzle Christmas
This book provides a fun, seasonal adventure across Christmas Land with puzzles for young children to answer on every double page. Brightly coloured, detailed illustrations in cartoon style along with plenty of maps and guides help children experience the absorbing adventure. It is perfect for keeping young minds active over the holiday season. Answers and
See Under the Sea
See Under the Sea is a brilliant fun-packed flap book that delves deep into the mysteries of the ocean. Each page is covered with flaps that reveal coral reefs teeming with fish, the icy waters of the Arctic and the dizzying depths of ocean trenches, and shipwrecks and pirate booty too. This is a beautifully
That`s not my plane…
This is a brand new addition to the best-selling “That`s not my…” series. This is an award winning series shortlisted for the British Book Industry Stora Enso Award for Design and Production. It combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page. It helps very young children
The Canterville Ghost
This series of books combines good stories with easy reading text for children aged six to seven who have just started reading alone. The series has been developed with Alison Kelly who is an expert in early reading.
See Inside Ancient Egypt
Take a journey back in time to the glory days of Ancient Egypt, when pharaohs ruled, the pyramids were built and the mighty Nile was the source of all life. This book contains fascinating information such as how Egyptians worshipped their Gods, buried their dead and built the pyramids, as well as amazing details about
Spooky Things to Make and Do
The Spooky Things to Make and Do activity book from Usborne comes with 300 glow-in-the dark stickers and shows you how to make an eerie array of creepy creatures such as scary skeletons, scuttling rats, pop-up vampire cards, freaky monster masks and marzipan skulls.
That`s not my pirate…
The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells`s illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make the books in this series baby and pre-school classics.
That`s Not My Penguin
That’s Not My Penguin is a touchy-feely board book for pre-school children. With bright pictures, patches of different textures, That’s Not My Penguin is designed to develop sensory and language awareness.Is that your penguin? No? His wings are too velvety, his head is too silky, his beak is too shiny, his feet are too rubbery.
Freak the Mighty
Extraordinarily powerful, uplifting and memorable, the story of “Freak the Mighty” explores an unlikely friendship, and finds optimism and humour in a story of great poignancy. Bring your tissues. Maxwell Kane is feared and bullied because of his mental slowness and enormous size. But this is not the only cross he has to bear; Maxwell`s
See Inside Space
What’s in space? Where did it come from? And how do we know? See Inside Space by Katie Daynes and Peter Allen is a flap book of astronomical proportions, packed with facts and information about the stars, planets and the universe.From the beginnings of time to future space missions, unfold our amazing universe and see
Pirates
Part of the `Usborne True Stories` series, this book contains incredible but true tales of the high seas, from the first pirates at the time of the Greeks and the Romans, to the golden years when pirates truly ruled the seas.
Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
Now in paperback with a bright new cover, this popular title introduces children to groups of people all over the world. Organized on a continent-by-continent basis, describing the different ways of life, cultures, cuisines and faiths of the six billion people who inhabit our planet. Stunning photographs illuminate the informative text, fostering in children a
Polar Adventures
This title brings together the thrilling and remarkable stories of the most noted early explorers of the North and South Poles.
Yankee Girl
An unflinching and heartfelt story about racism and finding the strength to stand up for what`s right. Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, Yankee Girl still has strong resonances today. Synopsis It`s 1964 and Alice Anne Moxley has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. The `Yankee Girl` is taunted by the
Christmas Around The World
The story of Christmas is explored chapter-by-chapter, covering subjects as diverse as how Christmas cards and trees came to be part of the season, and what`s eaten around the world from England to Finland.
See Inside Ancient Rome
Colourful scenes with over 50 flaps to lift reveal fascinating historical details of life in Ancient Rome. Bright, clear illustrations show scenes such as a gladiator fight at the Colosseum, the workings of a Roman Bath and the Roman legion defending the farthest reaches of the Empire.
Wizard Things to Make and Do
Wizard Things to Make and Do activity book comes with 250 shiny stickers and tells you how to create weird and wonderful things from the world of wizardry such as dragon pencil tops, warty toads, a spooky castle card and bouncing bats.
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
Each title in this series is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read.
