Usborne

Les jeunes enfants découvriront dans ce livre une foule de camions et d'engins de toutes sortes. Il y a plus de 3oo autocollants à a jouter aux illustrations.

Bienvenue dans l'univers trépidant des attaques de pirates, des trésors cachés et des tempêtes en mer. Amuse-toi à placer plus de 450 autocollants pour donner vie à chaque scène de ce livre.

This is a fantastic new title with wipe-clean pages and a special pen, loaded with special activities to help children learn their first ABCs. This title includes each activity that is specially designed to help children learn to read and write either by themselves or with the help of a parent or carer. Activities include tracing the letters to help improve handwriting and doodling to complete the simple letter-themed scenes. Each brightly-illustrated page is wipe-clean so that children can write on them with the special pen over and over again.

The perfect present and a wonderful addition to the popular Illustrated Stories Collections, this title has something for everyone. Eight of the best-loved classics — The Railway Children, The Wizard of Oz, Black Beauty, The Canterville Ghost, The Secret Garden, Around the World in Eighty Days and Heidi and Moonfleet — are brought together in one volume, enchantingly illustrated and beautifully retold for younger readers.

This is a pack of 50 cards crammed with information of some of Britain's most prominent and important sovereigns throughout history, from the time of the Anglo-Saxons to the present day. Each card focuses on a King or Queen with a photograph or portrait on one side and lots of information on the other, including the dates of their reign, some of the main events of their life and a few 'did-you-know' facts. It is presented with illustrations by Ian McNee.

D'un festin à une bataille, en passant par la foire du village, ce livre plein d'aventures te plongera dans vie au Moyen Âge. Suis les vaillants chevaliers dans leurs quêtes, découvre des écuyers qui apprennent à devenir des chevaliers et observe ce qui se passe à l'intérieur d'un château fort.

This is a lively, hands-on look at what art is all about. Lift the flaps to find out more about different works of art, with step-by-steps on how the art is made and close-up details that reveal a painting's secrets. The art is arranged by themes to help children gain a glimpse into the world of painting and sculpture. This title contains reproductions of works by famous artists — from Vermeer and Van Gogh to Monet and Matisse — accompanied by light-hearted cartoon illustrations.

Ce recueil, magnifiquement illustré, contient quinze des contes captivants rassemblés par les frères Grimm. Tu y trouveras des châteaux enchantés, des forêts sombres et inquiétantes, et tout un éventail de personnages extraordinaires pour rêver ou pour frissonner de peur.

This is a beautifully illustrated collection of over 100 traditional nursery rhymes. Padded cover, stylish design and enchanting illustrations combine to make this a perfect and enduring gift for any baby or young child. It also includes well-known tongue-twisters, sayings and lullabies.

This is a brand new retelling of Homer's Odyssey, the story of a clever but unlucky Greek hero who just wants to get home... but fate has other ideas. It is a new title in Young Reading Series Three, part of the Usborne Reading Programme. It is aimed at fully confident readers who can manage sub-plots and complex sentence structure but don't have the stamina for standard-length books. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a Principal Lecturer in Education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University.

This is a brand new retelling of the action-packed story of Heracles as he completes his most famous set of challenges: the Twelve Tasks. It is a new title in Young Reading Series Two, part of the Usborne Reading Programme. Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University.

This is an excellent reference for school projects. All major topics are explored. It includes free downloadable pictures. Why do things float? What happens to the food you eat? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this lively book that introduces young readers to the wonders of science. It comes with simple text, amazing photographs and illustrations, fun science activities and exciting recommended Web sites.

This title features charmingly illustrated scenes and familiar characters from Usborne's Farmyard Tales series. Children will have lots of fun practising their ABC by searching for words hidden under the flaps.

This is an original write-in activity book packed full of tricky puzzles, doodling, ideas for things to make and do, stories, facts, jokes and word games — all brightly and stylishly illustrated. There's a wide variety of mazes and puzzles to solve, codes to crack, things to spot, pictures and stories to complete, easy-to-follow instructions for making balloon rockets, green slime and a bubbling potion, faking cuts and dusting for fingerprints — and lots, lots more. It includes engaging cover-to-cover, with lots of 'dip in and out' appeal that will keep the reader coming back again and again. This book would make the ideal Christmas gift for any boy, but its lively and diverse content will delight all year round.

This is an original write-in activity book packed full of tricky puzzles, doodling, ideas for things to make and do, stories, facts, jokes and word games — all brightly and stylishly illustrated. There's a wide variety of mazes and puzzles to solve, codes to crack, things to spot, pictures and stories to complete, easy-to-follow instructions for making balloon rockets, green slime and a bubbling potion, faking cuts and dusting for fingerprints — and lots, lots more. It includes engaging cover-to-cover, with lots of 'dip in and out' appeal that will keep the reader coming back again and again. This book would make the ideal Christmas gift for any boy, but its lively and diverse content will delight all year round.

A pocket-sized book that is packed with Christmas-themed doodling and colouring activities to keep children (or adults!) busy for hours. It features snowflakes, ice skaters, reindeers and penguins to doodle, as well as stockings, decorations, and baubles to colour.

This title contains lots of different Christmas-themed activities including colouring, doodling, dot-to-dot and stickers. It is charmingly illustrated and full of opportunities for children to create their own Christmas scenes. It also contains First Sticker Book: Christmas and First Colouring Book: Christmas as well as new doodling and dot-to-dot activities.

This is a new title in the delightful extension of the best-selling That's Not My... series which gives children the opportunity to colour in the well-known illustrations of Rachel Wells. With a coloured-in picture to act as a guide, and a black and white outline to colour on the opposite page, children can follow the colours as closely (or as loosely!) as they like. Children can complete the simple phrase That's my — at the bottom of the colour-in page as an aid to learning their first letters. Colourful stickers encourage creativity.

A box of festive stencils specially designed for little children to use. It includes simple cut-out shapes, such as a snowman, a Christmas tree, a snowflake and a bauble, that are very easy to draw around. Suitable for making home-made Christmas cards or gift tags, it features cards that are strong and durable, and can be used over and over again.

Bah Humbug! That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas — until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is reminded of what it means to have love in his heart, and what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. A timeless story the whole family will enjoy!

From aardvarks to zebras, this pack of cards includes all sorts of exotic animals with hundreds of fascinating facts and statistics. Each card boasts vibrant and accurate illustrations alongside simple annotations pointing out key characteristics. The reverse side holds essential information such as the animal's habitat, size, lifespan, diet and natural predators as well as some interesting 'did-you-know' facts to impress your friends.

This book is bustling with busy Christmas-themed pictures with lots of hidden things to spot and colour in, such as skating penguins, dancing elves, presents, snowflakes, decorations and of course, Santa. This is an ideal book for keeping children busy in the exciting run-up to Christmas. The picture puzzles also include mazes, matching pairs, odd-ones-out and lots and lots of colouring opportunities.

Seven titles in the popular First Reading series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making the book and CD easy to store together. The Young Reading series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.

This title features twenty beautifully designed pop-up Christmas cards for children to colour and send to friends and family. It features two each of ten festive designs, with stylish rounded corners and Christmassy patterned envelopes. The pop-ups come ready assembled and each fun picture to colour has a coloured background making the cards easy for young children to complete.