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This is an easy and accessible sticker book filled with opportunities to dress the children in their fancy-dress costumes. Using over 130 big stickers of clothes and accessories, children can dress the boy and girl characters for various party themes. Costumes include mermaids, pirates, princesses, knights, firefighters, astronauts, cowgirls, superheroes, ballerinas, robots and fairies, though children are allowed to let their imaginations run wild and mix and match as they please.

Tracing the history from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century, this comprehensive encyclopedia includes all the major civilizations, rulers and events in world history, and paints a picture of everyday life over thousands of years. Fabulous illustrations, photos, maps and a 12,000 year timechart and over 200 links to recommended websites this a valuable resource tool that is guaranteed to add an extra dimension to school work.

Includes various nursery rhymes such as Humpty Dumpty, Mary had a Little Lamb, Jack and Jill, Hey Diddle, Diddle and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

A sticker book that features busy and lively scenes. It includes scenes such as the sights of the zoo; the penguins and seals, the aquarium, a reptile house and the lions and tigers. It contains over 100 stickers.

This is a wonderful collection of stories from the famous collectors of fairytales, The Brothers Grimm. Stories include: The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, The Bremen Town Musicians, Tom Thumb, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Rumpelstiltskin, The Goose Girl, The Bear and the Wren, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Snow White and Rose Red. It also includes a short biography of the brothers themselves.

This is a new title in the groundbreaking That's not my... series, which is an award winning series shortlisted for the British Book Industry Stora Enso Award for Design and Production. It combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page. It helps very young children develop important language and sensory skills. The series awarded 'Best Buy' by the readers of Prima Baby magazine.

Carries EU Toy Safety Directive 'CE' logo. This is a fresh new edition of a classic title in the bestselling «That's not my...» series. Series awarded 'Best Buy' by the readers of «Prima Baby» magazine. This title combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page. It helps very young children develop important language and sensory skills.

This title offers a clear and informative account of how the Second World War began, the infamous battles and the conclusion and aftermath of the war. It is illustrated with maps, evocative archive photographs and illustrations. It includes descriptions of the most famous events including Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, D-Day and the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part of series three of the Usborne Reading Programme for children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex information. Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, London.

From the age of the dinosaurs to the Roman invasion, this book tells the story of life in Britain during a vast and exciting period. Find out when and how people first came to Britain, discover the secrets of making bronze and iron, and explore the mystery of stonehenge in this prehistoric addition to Usborne's History of Britain series. Illustrated with a combination of cartoons, photos of artwork from the period and photographs of cultural artefacts and reconstructions, the world of the early Britons is brought to life.

Children will be fascinated to learn about every King and Queen of Britain from the Norman conquest to the present day by matching the stickers of important artefacts to their frames on each page. Each frame is accompanied by fascinating historical facts. Each illustrated double spread is based upon the different royal dynasties, including the plantagenets, the Tudors, the Stuarts and the Windsors. It contains over 100 stickers.

This is a new title in Young Reading, Series Three. Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. This is a fascinating look at The Great War and its causes and effects both at home and in the trenches. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in Education from Roehampton University and an early reading specialist. It is beautifully produced in hardback with ribbon marker.

This is a luxury edition combining two popular titles from the «Young Reading» series: «Stories of Santa» and «Stories of Snowmen». It contains six original festive stories guaranteed to excite, engage and entertain children in the run-up to Christmas. It is colourfully illustrated by Philip Webb. Picture book-sized, this book is perfect for sharing with young children and also for children who are just beginning to read alone.

The third title in the new «Usborne Very First Reading» series, designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents and children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) and as the books progress in the series the adults read less and less and the child more and more. There are puzzles at the end to check the child's understanding of the text and guidance notes for the parents. Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers.

This is a stylish new addition in the «History of Britain» series, chronicling the story of Britain from 1945 to the turn of the millennium. It covers some of the most important aspects of the mid to late Twentieth Century including The Cold War, the end of the Empire, Multi-cultural Britain, Thatcherism and the advances in science, technology and communications. Illustrated with a wide variety of contemporary photographs, posters and cartoons, it also features maps, timelines and quotes from major figures and popular songs. It comes with internet-links to recommended websites with photos, quizzes, case studies and film footage.

This title tells the story of how Britain emerged from the Dark Ages, from bloodshed on the battlefield and kings in crisis, to monks and murder. It is full of intriguing facts, illustrations, photographs, detailed reconstructions, paintings, maps and timelines. It features internet links to websites to find out more, and lists of places to visit throughout Britain. It also includes information on the 'Mercian treasure trove' — a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold recently discovered in Staffordshire.

WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking Hazard Children will love this great book filled with dozens of festive scenes to cover in stickers. With no text on the pages telling children how to fill a scene, young imaginations are allowed to run wild. Scenes include a busy high-street, building snowmen, Santa's workshop, decorating the Christmas tree and winter fun on a frozen lake. Extra stickers can be used on Christmas cards and decorations.

Containing 200 simple words, this title features illustrated flashcards that make learning a new language easy and fun. Each card has a simple illustration and the word underneath with the translation in smaller type at the bottom on one side.

Containing 200 simple words, this title features illustrated flashcards that makes learning a new language easy and fun. Each card has a simple illustration and the word underneath with the translation in smaller type at the bottom on one side.

Cette jolie encyclopédie illustrée répondra à la curiosité de tous les jeunes enfants qui commencent à découvrir le monde qui les entoure.

A pack of pocket-sized cards to help recognise and learn about fifty of London's famous landmarks. Each card has a detailed illustration of a landmark, with information, facts and statistics on the reverse.

This is a wonderful collection of six retellings of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays — a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance, retold for younger readers. It is full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the plays: A Midummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night. It also includes a section at the back on the life and times of Shakespeare.

This is a wonderful treasury of tales ideal for young children. It contains seven stories from the Picture Books series: Pinocchio, The Gingerbread Man, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, The Snow Queen and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Each tale is beautifully illustrated and perfect for storytime, either for reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone.

This is a bold, bright new book for babies containing beautifully designed high-contrast images that are easy for babies to focus on and touchy-feely patches to bring the pictures to life. Each picture contains a tactile element to help very young children develop important sensory skills. The padded 'soft touch' hardback format is perfect for sharing or can be propped up for babies to see by themselves.

This is a bold, bright new book for babies containing beautifully designed high-contrast images that are easy for babies to focus on and touchy-feely patches to bring the pictures to life. Each picture contains a tactile element to help very young children develop important sensory skills. The padded 'soft touch' hardback format is perfect for sharing or can be propped up for babies to see by themselves.