Dorling Kindersley

»Where To Go When: Great Britain & Ireland» is the essential holiday planner, unearthing the best of every region of Great Britain & Ireland season by season. Whatever you're looking for — from a family seaside holiday to a long hike in beautiful countryside — «Where To Go When: Great Britain & Ireland» suggests suitable locations and the best time of year to visit each one. Written by a team of travel experts and with a foreword by popular BBC1 and Countryfile TV presenter Julia Bradbury, this book combines informative and inspirational narrative with truly sumptuous photography bringing each destination to life. It boasts six different holiday themes from History and Heritage and Wildlife to Festivals and Events ensuring that there is something for everybody. Visit Chepstow Castle in summer or revel at the Galway Oyster Festival in Autumn, with regional listings and practical advice on local transport, hotel and restaurant options finding your ideal getaway is made simple. This is the perfect inspirational book for anyone planning a day-trip, a longer holiday or seeking out hidden gems on their doorstep.

»Where To Go When: Italy» offers a beautifully illustrated tour of Italy, unearthing the best of every region month by month. Whether you're looking for a fun family holiday or a cultural weekend in the city, «Where To Go When: Italy» suggests suitable locations and the best month of the year to visit each one. Written by knowledgeable travel writers with a passion for Italy, this book combines inspirational information with truly sumptuous photography to bring each destination to life. It ensures something for everybody. Whether you fancy visiting the Venice Carnival or enjoying a relaxing week in Sardinia, «Where To Go When: Italy's» advice on local transport, hotel and restaurant options will inspire your ideal getaway. This is the perfect inspirational book for anyone who loves Italy, whether you'd like a weekend break, a longer holiday or to seek out the hidden gems of this gorgeous country.

This is a new edition of the clearest, most authoritative guide to mushrooms you will find. From the False Oyster to the Green Stain, discover over 500 species of mushrooms in the wild. 2,300 incredible photos, precise annotations and detailed descriptions, including everything from mushroom shapes to the color of their spores, will help you to identify different species quickly and easily. It covers every different type of habitat favoured by each mushroom variety and species, so you'll be able to plan your hunting in advance. It is perfect for nature lovers — pocket-sized so you can take it out in the wild searching for mushrooms.

Few European countries offer such diversity as Sweden, with its mountains, virgin forests and lakes, and the cosmopolitan cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. This expanded and updated edition in the award-winning «Eyewitness» series covers every aspect of this varied country, from the simplicity of world-famous Swedish design to the exuberant Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Full-colour maps and plans enable you to explore the country in depth, scenic routes and thematic tours will ensure you won't miss a thing, while features on aspects of Sweden's culture explain its folklore and traditions. Illustrated food features highlight regional specialities and you'll find an impressive selection of restaurants and hotels. Equipped with over 900 sumptuous photographs, take a tour of the waterways, sample the delights of the smorgasbord, or swim in lakes and rivers — this guide will lead the way.

Learn to bend it like Rooney and dribble like Torres with this ultimate visual guide to planet football — revised and updated to include details of the World Cup 2010. Completely up-to-date with the latest stats, goal tallies and cup wins — you'll relive the finest moments of the players, coaches and teams who have created football history and learn everything from match highlights to the inside stories on players, managers and fans. Plus find out about the laws, the tactics, the science, and the art of the beautiful game.

Look and learn to recall a wealth of everyday vocabulary in Portuguese with this intuitive easy-to-use visual language dictionary. Whether it's for business or pleasure, pick up 6,000 key Portuguese words and phrases on a range of subjects: from shopping and eating out, to sport and beyond quickly and easily. You can find every word you need to know fast using the clearly labelled colour illustrated scenes from everyday life. Plus, find helpful features on key Portuguese nouns, verbs and phrases to improve your understanding of the language. It is pocket-sized so you can take it wherever your travels take you.

Hands-on fun for you and your toddler as you learn about animals with this flaptastic board book. Elephant, butterfly, frog and cat, too. Your toddler will love learning about animals with this tactile lift-the-flap board book. Read it together and help them lift-the-flaps from all sorts of exciting angles — up, down and even across — it's a flaptastic way to teach your child first concepts.

Hands-on fun for you and your toddler as you learn about things that go with this flaptastic board book. Let's go, rocket, train, boat, car! Your toddler will love learning about things that go with this tactile lift-the-flap board book. Read it together and help them lift-the-flaps from all sorts of exciting angles — up, down and even across — it's a flaptastic way to teach your child first concepts.

This is a fantastic first library for every child. This is the perfect collection to encourage your child's developing mind and help them learn essential first concepts. The slipcase includes My First Word, My First ABC and My First Number and each book is packed with bright, bold photographs and clear word labels to encourage early learning.

Get your child hooked on reading as they discover all about Tony Stark — the Iron Man — and his friends and enemies. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Iron Man Reader is all about the life and times of Tony Stark. Watch as your child discovers more about this incredible super hero, from the allies who helped him become the man he is, to the enemies who seek to take him down. Packed with amazing pictures from Iron Man, learning to read has never been so much fun. And don't forget, there are even more DK Iron Man books to collect!

Get your child hooked on reading as they discover all about the rise of Iron Man. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Iron Man Reader is all about how this amazing super hero came to exist. Watch as your child discovers how a scientific genius overcame terrible injury to become the secret super-powered law enforcer he is today. Packed with amazing pictures from Iron Man, learning to read has never been so much fun. And don't forget, there are even more DK Iron Man books to collect!

Get your child hooked on reading as they meet the Jedi Heroes! Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this action-packed Star Wars Reader is all about your child's favourite characters. Filled with pictures of Star Wars Clone Wars characters, it's an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy-full of DK Star Wars books to collect.

This is a new edition of the clearest, most authoritative guide to rocks and minerals. 600 incredible photos, precise annotations and detailed descriptions — from the distinguishing features of rocks to which crystal system a mineral belongs to — will help you identify different rocks and minerals quickly and easily. It covers everything from what rocks or minerals are, how they are classified to how to start a collection. It is perfect for rocks and mineral lovers — a comprehensive guide for collectors.

This title provides everything you ever wanted to know about your favourite Star Wars The Clone Wars characters! If your child loves Star Wars The Clone Wars then let them meet the characters from their favourite TV series. From Anakin Skywalker to Ziro the Hutt, they'll learn the ins and outs, ups and downs and secret info on all their favourite characters. Focused entirely on the characters from the Star Wars The Clone Wars series, this chunky, chock-full-of-info encyclopedia will take them from A to Z in The Clone Wars universe. And don't forget, there's a galaxy full of other DK Star Wars books to collect.

Play I-spy with your toddler and they'll learn lots of first words. Hunt for hidden animals, vehicles, things from the home and much more with your toddler — they'll love playing I-spy and learning first words. Read it together and help them turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With over 300 fabulous objects to find your toddler will love learning their first words!

DK Readers will help your child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading whilst they learn about earthquakes and natural disasters. Encourage your child to read. They will come face-to-face with some of the deadliest natural disasters of all time, from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and learn about the scientific forces behind these incredible events. DK Readers are part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme, which uses lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 4 Readers have rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure, additional information, alphabetical glossary and index to help challenge growing readers and build literacy skills. Read them together with children who are reading alone and with reluctant readers. This title includes over 100 DK Readers in the series.

This title offers an interactive look at science for kids. This comprehensive look at science will teach your child all about twenty seven 'Big Ideas', from atoms to net force. These ideas will help them to connect the dots between what they observe and what they understand. Bursting with facts and close-up graphics, this title explains tricky concepts using accessible visuals. Learn about why energy can change but is never lost from looking at a visual of a hybrid car. Seeing is learning — special symbols direct children to over 200 specially created interactive online activities for hands on learning; from interactive art, to virtual labs where they can experiment combining chemicals. It's an incredible look at science.

Make all your fairy-tale dreams come true with more than 60 full-color reusable stickers featuring nine magical Disney Princesses.

Tread deep into the world of the Prince of Persia and beyond. Set in medieval Persia, the Prince of Persia is the incredible story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Packed with movie stills and shots of your favourite characters from Prince Dunstan to Princess Tamina, enter the medieval world of the Prince of Persia. You'll find fascinating insights into the characters from the movie and explore the themes and extraordinary locations through specially commissioned photography and artwork.

Design and make your own jewellery for a fraction of what it would cost in the shops. Common beading techniques are clearly explained, with information on which colours to choose, what equipment you will need and also how to find the best beads. This work features 18 simple step-by-step projects that you can easily do at home, including beginner, intermediate and advanced projects to suit all abilities. From high fashion to street chic, make jewellery to suit any style!

This title helps your baby discover all about colors and shapes with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about colors and shapes. Let their little hands roam and feel how silky the butterflies are and how bumpy the oranges feel. They'll learn as you play. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package: perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds to develop.

Help your baby discover all about baby animals with touch and feel textures Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about baby animals. Let their little hands roam and discover how fluffy the chicks are and how furry the seal pups feel. They'll learn as you play. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package: perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds to develop.

Help your baby discover all about things that go, with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about things that go. Let their little hands roam and feel how shiny the tractors are and how dusty the diggers feel. They'll learn as you play. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package: perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds to develop.

Help your child learn about football with the new edition of this fact-packed guide, giant wallchart, interactive clip-art CD and dedicated website. From why gloves make a goalkeepers job easier, to why heading a ball in the 1870s could be deadly; they'll become a footie afficianado with this premier guide to the world's favourite sport, it's history, tactics, teams, superstars and supporters. They'll discover more about football by downloading 100s of sporty images from the clip-art CD. Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate their room. Great for projects or just for fun, ensure your child learns everything they need to know about football. It comes with a dedicated website.