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An introduction to the world's most amazing artworksFrom cave paintings to Canvas, totem poles to the Angel of the North, introduce your child to the complete picture of art through the ages and across the world. Featuring the finest works by the greatest artists, it's like having the world's best gallery in your own home. From Van Gogh's self portraits to Miro's Carnival of the Harlequin help your child look beyond the paint and canvas to find out how the art was created and why it was made.It's an incredible look at the incredible world of art for the whole family.

Dive into a world of gross facts and discover the secret science of everything icky and sticky. This irresistibly disgusting book for children will teach you all you need to know about all kinds of animal and human waste and goo - what it's for, how it's made, where it goes, and lots more. Did you know that the global population produces more than a million tons of poo every day? Or that the ancient Egyptians used animal excrement in their medicine? That sea cucumbers can vomit their sticky insides when threatened, yet still survive? Children aged 9+ will love all these facts and more, presented either with jaw-dropping CGI illustrations or eye-popping photography - plus additional boxes feature diagrams that make information easy to understand. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they explore:- 1,000 jaw-dropping, mind-blowing facts that will be sure to wow family and friends. - Stunning CGI graphics, fun visual comparisons, and diagrams make stats and facts easy to understand. - Science boxes that are illustrated with engaging diagrams to explain information. - Simple and easy to understand images explaining the science behind weird and wonderful facts. This book of gross, mind-blowing facts will make the ideal gift for kids who love all things weird and wonderful - especially slime and goo! With endlessly interesting information and incredible visuals, 1,000 Amazing Gross Facts is the perfect way to entertain and amuse your friends, family, and yourself. In fact, you'll never look at poo, goop, and gunk in the same way again!More in the SeriesIf you like 1,000 Amazing Gross Facts then why not complete the collection? Journey to the Jurassic era with 1,000 Amazing Dinosaur Facts and learn mind-boggling facts about the scariest animals ever to walk the Earth!

An action-packed ride through the history of the motorbikeThe Motorbike Book is all about the men, machines and landmark technology behind the most iconic bikes from ACE to Z ndapp. Featuring over 1,000 of the latest and greatest motorbikes in the world this is an amazing visual guide tracing their evolution from the 1910s right up to the superbikes of today.All about the grit and the glory, The Motorbike Book takes a truly international view from Italy's Ducati to Japan's Suzuki and tells you just how famous marques like Honda and Harley-Davidson became household names. Plus, go on a virtual tour inside the engines of some of these legendary bikes to see just what powers their performance.If you're born to be wild then The Motorbike Book is the ultimate ride for you.

From earthquakes to satellites, mummies to river monsters, tour the world on an action-packed journey of fun fact discovery.This unique children's atlas brings Earth to life through more than 60 stunning, specially commissioned 3D maps that take you on a fact-filled tour of the world. From climate change, pandemics, and endangered animals, to the internet, tourism, and world populations, What's Where on Earth has been fully revised and updated to reflect the world we live in today. This awesome educational ebook for kids allows you to go back in time to see how the continents have evolved, marvel at incredible geographical features, and travel the world's cities and landmarks. On this adventure you'll climb the tallest buildings, swim the longest rivers, and travel back in time to see ancient wonders in all their glory. You'll come face to face with the deadliest creatures, and dive down to underwater shipwrecks. This irresistible visual guide is so much more than just a book filled with cool maps, stats, and facts about the world, it's also a vital source of learning, perfect for children to dip into for school projects, and a fantastic addition to any family library.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about ponies and horses - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Ponies and Horses is a beautifully designed reader all about these favourite animal friends.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about all different kinds of ponies and horses; how to look after them; amazing sports with horses; and even wild horses.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about twisters, from the scientists who track them to the people who have their lives turned upside down by the swirling winds - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress.Twisters! is a beautifully designed reader all about these dramatic storms.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about what it's like to live through a twister; the weird and wonderful things the winds carry away; and the storm trackers saving lives.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about dinosaurs - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Meet the Dinosaurs is a beautifully designed reader about everyone's favourite fascinating animals.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about the biggest, the noisiest, the fastest and the funniest dinosaurs, and impress their friends with fun-to-say dinosaur names.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about living and working deep under the surface of the ocean - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Submarines and Submersibles is a beautifully designed reader all about life and work under water.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about sharks and other sea animals, mysterious wrecks, and how some people live and work in the depths of the ocean.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the amazing brave emperor penguins - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Emperor Penguins is a beautifully designed reader all about the life of this animal in its harsh environment.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about emperor penguins and their battle to survive.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about Apollo 11's incredible journey to the Moon - the astronauts, the spacecraft, the science and the excitement of the first Moon walk - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Space Busters Race to the Moon is a beautifully designed reader all about this incredible event in space exploration.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about who the Apollo 11 astronauts were, what they did when they got to the Moon, and the risks they overcame to make history.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about breathing and the funny things that can go wrong with it - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups and Coughs is a simple introduction to the respiratory system and common things that go wrong with it. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about how they breathe and why they sometimes do funny hiccups and loud sneezes!

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about a beautiful coral reef and the sea animals living there - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Explore the Coral Reef is a beautifully designed reader all about the fish and other sea animals living on a coral reef. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the beautiful coral reef and all the sea animals that can be spotted on it.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about some of the world's most mysterious monsters - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Beastly Tales is a beautifully designed reader all about these incredible monsters.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about people who claim to have seen monsters, and the evidence for their existence.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about fun with the animals at the petting zoo - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. A Day at the Petting Zoo is a beautifully designed reader about playing with animals.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to read about meeting all the different animals.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about medieval knights and their castles - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Knights and Castles is a beautifully designed reader all about these incredible medieval fortresses.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about why castles were built, some of the coolest castles, and medieval people's lives in and around them both in peace and wartime.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about volcanoes from where they start to what happens when they erupt, famous eruptions, how we can learn about them and even make a model of one - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Eruption! is a beautifully designed reader all about these dramatic natural features of our world.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out how volcanoes are formed; the damage - and the good - they do; where the best places are to see an eruption; and how to build their own model volcano.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how animals keep themselves safe and hidden, as if by magic - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Animal Hide and Seek is a beautifully designed reader all about animals adapting to live in different environments - from deserts, to mountains and seas.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out how different animals can disguise themselves from predators all over the world.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about preparing for panda babies - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. The Great Panda Tale is a beautifully designed reader all about a very special delivery at the zoo.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the baby pandas - from taking care of the panda mother to the arrival and lives of the tiny cubs.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about a day on the farm from rooster crow to bedtime - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. A Day on the Farm is a beautifully designed reader all about a day in the life of a farm, with eggs hatching, milking time for the cows, sheep shearing and lots of hungry baby animals!The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the animals on the farm, the work the farmer does and all the cute animal babies.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about slithering, scaly snakes - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Snakes Slither and Hiss is a beautifully designed reader all about different amazing snakes.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about snakes - hissing, biting, rattling, spitting, squeezing and even flying!

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how animals in the wild in Africa find and eat their food - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Animal Feeding Time is a beautifully designed reader all about the stunning animals found in the wild in Africa and what they eat.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about African animals, from elephants using their trunks to gather food to how the giraffe uses its long neck to reach tasty treats.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how our parcels get from the factories to our doors - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Truck Trouble is a beautifully designed reader all about the troubles of a truck driver making special deliveries - will the parcels get there on time? The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about a truck driver's day, from loading parcels to getting through traffic and thunderstorms to making someone's day with a special parcel!

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about fun at the park - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. At the Park is a beautifully designed reader about playing and learning.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about what there is to play and see at the park.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about creepy crawlies - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Garden Friends is a beautifully designed reader about bugs, bees and spiders.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about tiny garden friends, learning fun facts about how they live and where to find them.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about farm animals - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Farm Animals is a beautifully designed reader about farm favourites and their babies.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about farm animals and their babies.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about what dinosaurs ate - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Dinosaur Dinners is a beautifully designed reader all about what your favourite dinosaurs ate and how they hunted for their food.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the different dinosaur dinners, from T-Rex's sharp bone crushing teeth to the plant-based diet of gentle giant Brachiosaurus.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the people who have dedicated their lives to finding out about dinosaurs - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Dinosaur Detectives is a beautifully designed reader all about dedicated dinosaur hunters over the centuries.The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about who unlocked the secrets of fossils, the dinosaur bone hunters, how to date dinosaurs, how they died out and the modern-day scientific equipment used in the quest to understand these incredible animals.

A fun and colourful book about flowers packed with puzzles, quizzes, and 250 stickers!Children will love finding out about all the different types of flowers that can be found in gardens and parks in this colourful RHS sticker activity book. This edition has been revised and updated, and now includes more pages and lots more stickers! From flowers that love the sun to those that grow in the shade, to the plants that provide food for garden birds, inside you'll find a whole world of wonderful plants waiting to be discovered. Beautiful sunflowers, tulips, roses, irises, geraniums, dahlias, and more adorn every page.This informative sticker book encourages children's interest in nature. The fascinating facts accompanied by simple, fun activities such as matching stickers to picture shapes, a follow-the-trail, and a quiz make the content perfect for curious young minds. Children are challenged to find the correct stickers to fill in the blanks in images on the pages, and they are stimulated to get creative and design their own flower garden with stickers. The combination of engaging activities and easy-to-understand information given in small snippets allows children to learn as they play, and they will soon want to go out, explore gardens and parks, and learn more about the flowers they see around them.

A fun and colourful book about garden bugs packed with puzzles, quizzes, and 250 stickers!Children will love finding out about the bugs in gardens and parks in this colourful RHS sticker activity book. This edition has been revised and updated, and now includes more pages and lots more stickers! Go on a journey as you fill in the sticker pages, and learn about bees, beetles, earthworms, snails, moths, slugs, and more, find out how some bugs are predators, while others feed on plants, and discover how wriggly caterpillars turn into beautiful fluttery butterflies.This informative sticker book encourages children's interest in nature. The fascinating facts accompanied by simple, fun activities such as matching stickers to picture shapes, a life-cycle follow-the-trail, and a quiz make the content perfect for curious young minds. Children are challenged to find the correct stickers to fill in the blanks in images on the pages, and they are stimulated to get creative and make a super spider out of stickers. The combination of engaging activities and easy-to-understand information given in small snippets makes it easy for children to learn as they play, and they will soon want to go out and explore gardens, so they can spot all the bugs and creepy-crawlies they have learnt about.