Dorling Kindersley

From the quintessentially Irish Guinness Factory tour to the charming St Stephen’s Green, all the must-sees are covered in trouble-free Top 10 lists. This full-colour and richly illustrated guide is both detailed and pocket-sized – and with a free pull-out map, it is the ideal travel companion. There are dozens of Top 10 lists: from Dublin’s Top 10 venues for Irish music to the Top 10 unmissable museums and galleries, Top 10 fun places for children, and the best restaurants, bars and hotels in Dublin, for every taste and budget. And to save you time and money, there’s even the Top 10 things to avoid! Your guide to the 10 best of everything.

From the home of Real Madrid to the charms of the 16th century old town, all the must-sees are covered in trouble-free Top 10 lists. This full-colour and richly illustrated guide is both detailed and pocket-sized – and with a free pull-out map, it is the ideal travel companion. There are accommodation and restaurant reviews for every budget and neighbourhood, from first-class resorts, to family-friendly camping grounds. There are dozens of Top 10 lists: the Top 10 unmissable museums and galleries, to the Top 10 finest tapas and local delicacies, greatest paintings, best restaurants, bars and cafes, and most fun places for children. And to save you time and money, there’s even a list of the Top 10 Things to Avoid. Your guide to the 10 best of everything.

Whether you wish to explore the enchanting metropolis of Prague, view the magnificent Gothic, Medieval and Baroque architecture, take a scenic walk or drive through the stunning landscapes and spectacular mountain scenery or discover the best of the local beer halls; this comprehensive guide is packed with the insider tips every visitor needs to make the most of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Fully illustrated with hundreds of photographs, cutaways and detailed Czech and Slovak Republic maps, you’ll find detailed background information on all the fascinating attractions the Czech and Slovak Republics have to offer. This travel guide also comes complete with reviews and recommendations for hotels and restaurants in the Czech and Slovak republics, for every budget. Fully updated and expanded, the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Czech and Slovak Republics explores the Czech and Slovak Republic’s nightlife, colourful festivals, relaxing retail therapy, stunning cathedrals, and provides tips for hiking and skiing in the High Tatras of this glorious region. Don’t miss a thing on your holiday with the DK Eyewitness Guide to Czech and Slovak Republics!

You’ll find detailed background information on the best things to do in Japan region by region; from exploring the bustling streets of Tokyo to climbing Mount Fuji. Packed with cutaways and floor plans of all Japan’s major sights, as well as 3D aerial views of stunning shrines and street-by-street maps of Japan’s most exciting neighbourhoods. Fully updated and expanded, features include everything from a visual guide to Japan’s traditional arts and crafts, to Japan’s amazing history and cuisine. The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan includes a comprehensive list of hotel reviews, recommended restaurants and first-class tips for shopping and entertainment, whatever your budget. Don't miss a thing with the DK Eyewitness Guide to Japan.

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

The Christmas Book — a book of approximately 80-90 self-contained craft, food, and gardening projects aimed at helping people escape the modern-day commercial Christmas and enjoy a simpler, more home-spun way of celebrating.

This title offers an explosive look at the biggest and best battles from Star Wars The Clone Wars. If your child loves Star Wars The Clone Wars then send them behind-the-scenes of the TV series. They'll find out everything there is to know about the Clone's most exciting battles and conflicts and pick up out-of-this-world facts about characters, vehicles and more. This title is packed with incredible photos and stills.

Hints, tips and tricks to learning your times tables with Carol Vorderman. If your child finds times tables a little testing then here's the answer: straightforward, easy-to-follow tips, hints and advice from Carol Vorderman that will help them remember their tables for ever. There are fun illustrations, shortcuts, clever ways to make some or the harder times tables simpler to learn (and even some harmless cheats that their teacher will approve of).

Help your baby discover all about wild animals with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about wild animals. Let their little hands roam and feel how furry the tigers are and how scaly the crocodiles 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 bath time with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about bath time. Let their little hands roam and feel how shiny the bath ducks are and how soft the fleecy towels 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 bath time develop.

Help your baby discover all about bedtime with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about bedtime. Let their little hands roam and feel how fluffy the bedtime toys are and how smooth and shiny the stars feel. They'll learn as you play. This title includes 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.

This is an inside-out celebration of Halloween for kids! Trick or treat! Open up the front cover, shaped like a jack-o'-lantern to reveal creepy crawlies, frogs and toads, pumpkins with lights and ghosts of the night. Read it together with your child — the lively and engaging words are perfect for reading aloud to young children.

Get your child eating all the colors of the rainbow with Annabel Karmel From juicy red apples to bright green broccoli your pre-schooler will love this fun look at healthy fruit and vegetables from Annabel Karmel. Read it together and meet the colorful fruit and vegetable characters on each chunky tabbed page. Simple text will encourage them to try new foods, from yummy orange and delicious yellow to scrumptious purple and tasty blue food too! Parent notes give lots of nutritional facts and helpful advice on encouraging healthy eating. Perfect for turning fussy eaters into healthy eaters!

This title helps you to be an eyewitness to the life of a knight. Did you know caltrops — nasty spiked objects — were scattered over the ground before battle to injure animals or men who trod on them? Take a look at a knight's life, from young squires learning the trade to weaponry, armour and battle. You can get the picture using the clip-art CD with over 100 amazing images to download. Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate your room. Great for projects or just for fun, this fact-packed guide and CD shows and tells you everything you need to know about knights. I am a big fan of these...They are brilliantly visual. There isn't a child that would be able to resist picking that up — Reader Reviews.

There are lots of surprises and very noisy animals inside this perfect pop-up book for toddlers. Read this together with your child and discover who goes 'Woof', who goes 'Grrr' and who goes 'ROOOOARRR!' They'll love the five photographic pop-up scenes introducing them to noisy animals from cute cats and playful dogs to proud lions. Bold type and simple text encourage early vocabulary and memory skills, and the sturdy design is tough enough for any toddler.

There are lots of surprises and very wild animals inside this perfect pop-up book for toddlers. Read this together with your child and discover who makes a noise like a trumpet, who goes 'Hisss' and who goes 'Growwwwwl!' They'll love the five photographic pop-up scenes introducing them to wild animals from hopping frogs and swinging monkeys to fluttering butterflies. Bold type and simple text encourage early vocabulary and memory skills, and the sturdy design is tough enough for any toddler.

This book features a fun game to develop early reading and grammar skills. Learning basic language and literacy skills to give children a head start as they start school is as easy as A, B, C with this fun game. Colour-coded cards will help your child learn parts of speech and sentence construction with hilarious consequences. The banana jumped over the tree, the cow ate the alarm clock. No sentence is too silly in this addictive game for the whole family. Perfect for 2 to 4 players, and includes one game board and spinner, 4 sentence game boards, 36 word and picture cards, 4 counters and 1 twelve-sided die. It complements the first three years of the National Curriculum.

Teach your baby all about puppies and kittens with touch and feel textures. Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about puppies and kittens. Let their little hands roam and feel how fluffy the tails are but how rough the padded paw feels. 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.

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

With more than 50 easy recipes for kids and parents to enjoy, this cookbook serves up a taste of world culture alongside delicious dishes. Arranged by region, it covers a wide variety of countries and encourages kids to try out new dishes.

Get your child hooked on reading as they meet the Jedi Knight Anakin from the new Star Wars Clone Wars series. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Clone Wars Reader is all about your child's favorite hero, Jedi Knight Anakin. Watch as your child meets Anakin and his young apprentice Ahsoko. They'll find out all about their dangerous missions battling fearsome foes from battle droids to the Sith Assassin, Ventress. Plus, they'll meet the Jedi, the clone soldiers who fight alongside them and check out the Clone Wars vehicles, spaceships and much more. Packed with pictures from the Clone Wars series, it's an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy-full of DK Star Wars books to collect.

Get your child hooked on reading as they meet the characters from the new Star Wars Clone Wars series. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Clone Wars Reader is a first introduction to the characters from the new Star Wars Clone Wars animated film and TV series. From Jabba the Hutt and his son 'Stinky' to R2-D2 and C-3PO, your child will meet their favourite creatures, species, aliens, monsters and droids. Packed with pictures from the Clone Wars series, 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 definitive compact guide to rocks, minerals, crystals and gemstones — for every rockhound and budding gemologist! From primeval origins to their astonishing modern-day uses and appeal, this is the ultimate portrait of Earth's buried treasures — rocks, minerals, crystals and gems — produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Learn how to identify more than 450 rock and mineral specimens through stunning photographs and detailed characteristics. Discover more about your finds through folklore and historical artifacts, and find out the fascinating stories behind the world's natural treasures; from the Hope diamond to the Great Mogul emerald. Plus, pick up practical advice on rock and mineral collecting, including how to cut, polish and display your finds.

Help your child get to the top of the class fast with this Eyewitness Project Book on Stars and Planets. Watch your child take their knowledge of Stars and Planets to the next level using this fill-in home-study workbook. They'll test their knowledge and train their brains with hands-on activities, amazing stickers and quick-fire quiz pages. Then turn the special wheel and pick up 100s of amazing facts fast. Do the activities together and encourage your child to practise essential skills at home to keep them one step ahead of the class. Fun-filled curriculum based exercises will help them progress with confidence. Reward stickers, a progress chart and pull-out certificate make learning about Stars and Planets fun and easy!