Children's Reference
Here We Are: Notes For Living On Planet Earth
JOD 9.00
We call it Earth. Our world can be a bewildering place, especially if you’ve only just got here. Your head will be filled with questions, so let’s explore what makes our planet and how we live on it. From land and sky to people and time, these notes can be your guide and start you on your journey. A..
History
JOD 22.00
A stunning visual celebration of the world's key historical events, key moments, defining eras and outstanding people who have helped shape history like never before! If you could travel back in time, where would you go first? This awe-inspiring history book may be able to help you answer that ques..
Holiday Puzzle Pad
JOD 8.00
This title includes a pad bursting with vibrantly illustrated puzzles and pencil games to test the brainpower of children and adults alike. It provides over 180 brain teasing puzzles will sort the boffins from the buffoons by testing their observation, memory, arithmetic, logic and word skills. With..
Horses And Ponies
JOD 7.00
How do horses live in the wild? What kind of pony lives hear the North Pole? Why do horses wear shoes? These and other questions are answered with vivid, full colour photographs and illustrations and short, informative text. Usborne Beginners are colourful information books for children beginning to..
How Do We Stop Climate Change?
JOD 19.00
A unique and beautiful approach to understanding climate change with practical actions to help protect the planet. Beautiful illustrations from noted picture book illustrator Dragan Kordic combine with a straightforward narrative from science writer Tom Jackson to make this an enticing, fascinating,..
How Flowers Grow
JOD 7.00
How do flowers grow in dry deserts? How do animals help to spread seeds? Which flower smells like rottng meat? Usborne Beginners are colourful information books for children beginning to read on their own...
How It Works: Animals
JOD 12.50
Discover the incredible ways in which animals have adapted to the challenges of life on Earth, from birds, fish and reptiles, to tiny insects and huge mammals. With stunning photographs and cutaway illustrations, How It Animals explores the amazing secrets of animal life around the world in fascinat..
How It Works: Electricity
JOD 12.50
Electricity is the power behind smartphones and thunderstorms and vacuum cleaners. It lights up our homes and cooks our food, but what IS it and where does it come from? Lift the flaps and try some simple experiments to find out...
How It Works: Insects
JOD 12.50
Discover the fascinating secret world of insects with expert author, Gerald Legg. With stunning photographs and cutaway illustrations, How It Works: Insects reveals how these amazing creatures hunt, eat, move, build nests, and more. From the inside of an ant nest to a close-up look at a head louse, ..
How It Works: Plants
JOD 12.50
The amazing world of plant life is full of incredible surprises. Discover how plants are fundamental to the survival of all life on Earth, and the amazing ways they have adapted to thrive everywhere from forests and mountainsides to ponds, oceans and arid deserts. With stunning photographs and cutaw..
How It Works: Sound
JOD 12.50
Sssh, listen... what can you hear? From musical harmonies to sonic booms, discover the science of sound and how we hear things. Why is most of space completely silent? Why does a recording of your voice sound strange? And what do bats, dolphins and a boat full of scientists have in common? The answe..
How It Works: The Body
JOD 12.50
Our bodies are amazing machines, but how do they actually work? Discover the fascinating world of human biology – from single cells to mighty muscles and incredible organs – and the processes going on inside us every day. Packed with stunning photographs and cutaway illustrations, How It The Body ex..