Dorling Kindersley

What will life on Earth be like in one hundred years? Which species will be extinct and what new species will we discover? Could Jurassic Park really be created? Animals Alive has the answers to these questions and more as it takes you on a journey through the animal kingdom. Explore some of the most exciting and diverse habitats, from rainforests to coral reefs and see amazing animal events like the monarch butterfly migration. Uncover stories of survival & tales of extinction: from the woolly mammoth to the sabre-toothed tiger. Animals Alive explains the science of animal survival. You'll come face to face with some incredible species that have been saved through successful conservation efforts. From the Giant Panda to the Black Rhionocerous and the Albatross.

Get all the facts! First Facts is a early learning series that explains to young readers everything they want to know about exciting topics like the natural world, history, science, and machines. Fitting perfectly between preschool and elementary school levels, this series boasts visually exciting spreads that encourage children to flip through regardless of whether they can read yet. The text offers a basic foundation on the subject and is full of fascinating facts and figures — perfect for reading aloud, or for kids to decipher on their own when they're learning to read.

Fun first books to pick up and carry around, for toddlers on the go! Featuring easy-grip, die-cut handles, these all-new board books are just the right size for toddlers' hands. Innovative carry handle promotes book-handling skills and manual dexterity Informative rhyming text builds language and encourages reading readiness Educational subjects enhance early learning

Play i-spy with your toddler and they'll learn all about first animals. Hunt for favourite pets, farm animals and many more with your toddler in Little Hide and Seek Animals. Your child will want to return to the book again and again, as they try to spot all the different things from a lamb, puppy or polar bear club, looking for its mummy in every scene. Help your child to turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and a puppy hiding on each one, your toddler will love learning about first animals. The final page has one big, extra-detailed i-spy scene. Look, learn and play together.

Meet the Disney Pixar Cars in this fact-filled character encyclopedia. The Cars Character Encyclopedia is an incredible guide to more than 250 Mattel die-cast models from Cars, Cars 2 and Cars Toons. If your child loves Cars, this book will introduce them to all the characters from their favourite Disney Pixar movie, from Lightning McQueen and Luigi, to Mater and Everett. Plus, there's an exclusive Lightning McQueen die-cast car to collect and a double-sided checklist poster featuring all the models. This chunky, chock-full-of-info encyclopedia will take your child on a trip from Radiator Springs to the World Grand Prix, including all their favourite movie moments.

Enter a magical world with Disney's Princesses. From Belle and Snow White to brand new heroines Tiana and Rapunzel, now your child can get to know all about their favourite Disney Princesses with Disney Princess Essential Guide. Read together and you'll meet each Princess, get to know their friends, family and enemies, find out about their favourite hobbies and enjoy special moments from their stories. You can explore the wonderful worlds where the Disney Princesses live through fantastic maps and pictures from the movies. There are spectacular views of Snow White's land, a special map of Belle's town and a birds-eye view of Jasmine's Palace in Agrabah. With 32 sparkling new pages of Disney Princess info, pictures and stories, the beautiful updated version of Disney Princess Essential Guide will whisk you and your child to a magical land far away. It is a book to treasure with your own little princess.

Sharpen your pencil as well as your brain with this interactive colour-in doodle book, Doodlepedia. Once you've taken out your pens and pencils, you won't want to put Doodlepedia down. Add your own drawings and scribbles to the amazing designs and images, and learn as you doodle. Each subject is brought to life with original photography and images on every page, from the wings of symmetry on a butterfly to what's on your TV. Doodlepedia is a fact-packed drawing and colouring book that you will love, so use your imagination and get doodling.

This title encourages a life-long love of reading whilst learning about the lives of special and unique horses. In this reissue of bestselling Level 4 DK Reader, meet special horses like Trigger, who can write his name! His is just one of the real-life stories in Horse Heroes. Level 4 readers have fascinating stories that will capture the interest of the increasingly proficient reader range. From true tales of the bravest ponies to some very clever horses, side panels packed with extra background information and fascinating fun facts bring these amazing stories to life. Introducing a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure, Horse Heroes will delight young bookworms who are just getting started.

The only guide to the best places to visit and the best things to do, season by season. Loaded with practical advice on everything from transport to restaurants. With regional listings and practical advice on local transport, hotel and restaurant options, finding an ideal getaway is made simple.

This title lets you discover the world of dangerous dinosaurs and begin a wonderful reading adventure. Large text, simple sentences and lots of pictures make it easy and fun to help your child start reading confidently. Help your child to learn about dinosaurs with visual clues, picture word strips, and labels to introduce and reinforce vocabulary. Pre-Level 1 readers offer delightful narratives for young children to encourage an interest and desire to learn to read. Simple sentences with an emphasis on frequently used words, strong visual clues, picture word strips and labels all work to introduce and reinforce vocabulary.

Meet the monkeys and help your child learn to read with DK Readers. Encourage a life-long love of reading and help your child find out all about our close relatives, monkeys. This title includes coverage that ranges from big and small ones, to the mischievous and meek monkeys. DK Readers are part of a five-level, highly pictorial reading scheme, with lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Pre-Level 1 Readers have simple sentences, limited vocabulary, word repetition, picture word strips and large type — read them together with children who are just beginning to learn and with early or reluctant readers.

DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide New York City is your essential guide to one of the world's most famous cities. The book divides New York City into fifteen areas and covers the city area by area. Packed with beautiful illustrations and providing information on all the highlights, it includes a survival guide, a day trip section to plan your visits to the major sites and practical information on getting around the city. Explore New York City effortlessly using the detailed pull-out map. This handy guide to the major sights of New York City serves a perfect companion to the Eyewitness travel guide. Plan your perfect day out in New York City with DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide.

Join Chewbacca and the Wookie Warriors on this all-new Level 2 Clone Wars adventure. Find out why Chewbacca, the wild and woolly Wookiee who fought at Han Solo's side in three original Star Wars movies, teams up with Jedi Ahsoka. Watch as they try to smash and bash their way out of a planet-wide Trandoshan hunting party with the help of marooned Jedi younglings. Designed to engage even the most reluctant reader, this fun-packed Star Wars Reader is an out-of-this-world read. And don't forget, there's a galaxy full of DK Star Wars books to collect.

Uncover the surprise with DK Readers. In this reissue of bestselling Level 1 DK Reader, Surprise Puppy, Jessica and Sam are thrilled to look after a friend's puppy. Is there a bigger surprise to come? Level 1 Readers are read-together stories for children just beginning to learn. Follow the story of Jessica, Sam and their puppy with simple sentences, picture dictionary boxes that show the meaning of words and picture clues. This title is perfect for early readers.

This title presents tricky trivia to challenge you and your friends. Do you know your stars from your Mars? Your red dwarves from your supernovas? Are There Cars on Mars is a new quiz book that will launch you into space on an intergalactic voyage. Your mission: to discover all the secrets of the universe. With this stunning and stimulating new quiz book, the whole family will soon be hooked on the mysteries of the Milky Way. Grab your spacesuit and your thinking cap and test each other: gorgeous graphics and numbered quizzes make learning a pleasure, and extra information spreads mean aspiring astronauts can go from small steps to giant leaps. To infinity and beyond.

Teach your child all about animal families in Touch and Feel: Baby Animals. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package will help your child discover all about baby animals. From soft rabbits to tiny chicks. Let their little hands roam and feel how smooth and velvety the calves are, but how rough the baby elephant's ears feel. Read it together — they'll learn as you play. These Touch and Feel chunky padded board books will help encourage your child's early learning and language. This is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and great for sensory development.

Help your baby discover all about tractors, trucks and rockets with touch and feel textures. Baby Touch and Feel Beep! Beep! is full of twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package. Encourage your baby to learn early concepts such as colours, shapes and patterns as they turn each page. See the big strong bulldozer at work, the long arm of the digger and high in the sky — it's a plane! This title is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and young minds to develop. Sturdy pages with rounded corners mean Baby Touch and Feel Beep! Beep! will provide years of enjoyment.

This title offers a dazzling introduction to the world of dance. From ballet to breaking, tap to the tango, The Book of Dance takes a unique look at a huge variety of international dance styles to excite any young wannabe dancer. Top tips, techniques and step-by-step guides to basic dance moves are included, so you can even have a go yourself. The Book of Dance includes beautiful images from popular productions of classical favourites such as The Nutcracker, Broadway show stoppers and Bollywood routines. With features on Michael Jackson, Fred Astaire and some of the greatest ballerinas to tread the boards, you can read all about your dance heroes; and the dances that inspired them, with sections on the history of styles and techniques. Whether you love to bodypop, shake your stuff in the salsa or pas-de-deux across your bedroom floor, The Book of Dance is the ultimate guide to dance.

This title helps you introduce your baby to cute bouncy Bunny with touch and feel textures. Tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and introduce them to Bunny. There are all sorts of textures for baby to explore in this safe, padded book. Let their little hands roam to find fluffy bunny tails, a bumpy hutch, bunnies playing with a sparkly pet toy, and sticky paw prints. Twinkly, fluffy and fuzzy textures in a chunky package are perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds develop. Sturdy pages with tactile covers and rounded corners mean these books will last years of reading.

Teach your child all about animal families in Touch and Feel Dinosaurs. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package will help your child discover all about Dinosaurs. From a bumpy Giganotosaurus, a smooth horned Triceratops to a knobbly Stegosaurus and a sticky-tongued T-rex! Read it together — they'll learn as you play. DK's Touch and Feel chunky padded board books will help encourage your child's early learning and language. This title is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and great for sensory development.

This title helps you introduce your baby to farm animals with touch and feel textures. You can tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and watch them discover their favourite Farm Animals. You can encourage your baby to learn early concepts such as colours, shapes and patterns as they turn each page. You can let their little hands roam to find a velvety cow, a woolly sheep, a feathery cockerel, and a cuddly kid. Twinkly, fluffy and fuzzy textures in a chunky package are perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds develop. Sturdy pages with tactile covers and rounded corners mean these books will last years of reading.

Introduce your child to fire-fighting heroes in Touch and Feel: Fire Engine. Twinkly, bumpy, hard, soft, silky and shiny touch and feel textures in a chunky package will help your child learn all about puppies. How scratchy is the engine grille? Can you see the fire man? From rubbery tyres to shiny bumpers, let their little hands roam and discover all about Fire Engines. Read it together — they'll learn as you play. These Touch and Feel chunky padded board books will help encourage your child's early learning and language. It is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and great for sensory development.

Teach your child all about furry felines in Touch and Feel: Kittens. Twinkly, bumpy, hard, soft, silky and shiny touch and feel textures in a chunky package will help your child learn all about kittens. How soft is a kitten's fur? How rough is her pink tongue? From soft kitten fur to scratchy cat baskets, let their little hands roam and discover how a kitten feels. Read it together — they'll learn as you play. These Touch and Feel chunky padded board books will help encourage your child's early learning and language. It is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and great for sensory development.

Bake, make and decorate this Christmas. My Best Ever Christmas Activity Book is a festive feast of funky gifts, tasty treats and yuletide projects, plus it has over 300 jolly Christmas stickers to play with! The ultimate bumper collection of Jane Bull Christmas projects, My Best Ever Christmas Activity Book is perfect for children who love to create, and they can make, bake and get crafty through the Christmas holidays. Sparkling decorations, glittery gifts and yummy eats are all covered in the 3 sections of the book — from merry mobiles to a meringue mountain; and glowing light jars to stocking-shaped presents — it's the ultimate Christmas activity book. Have fun this festive season with My Best Ever Christmas Activity Book.