Usborne

The pages of this chunky storybook are filled with 17 delightful stories, both new and traditional, which have been specially written for reading out loud. With wonderfully entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright, these stories will delight adults and children alike.

- Packed with fun, facts and entertaining illustrations. — Contains links to recommended Web sites. — Published in association with English Heritage.

Full of familiar things to find and read, situations to talk about and chances to guess what will happen next, this sticker book has big, detailed pictures on each page that children can match the Spanish words to.

Five mini edition picture book guides to new words in foreign languages. There are Internet links with pronunciation advice. Colour illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. Readership level: 8+.

This box contains four double-sided boards and two sets of matching cards which can be used to play games of varied difficulty according to the age and ability of the child. It should be suitable for children who can't read yet and those who are becoming confident with reading their first words.

This is a talk-about book for children, who can match the stickers to the words on each page. It is intended to help children build their Spanish vocabulary. A full word list appears at the back that covers all the words used and has a pronunciation guide.

These Farmyard Tales flashcards are suitable for helping young children learn to read French. Each card has a word and picture on one side, and the word, alone, on the other. There is also a card with notes for parents and teachers that explains how the cards can be used.

This title has been revised, with Internet links offering opportunities to hear the language spoken by a native speaker. Grammar is clearly explained, and puzzles provide plenty of practice. This title is part of a series providing a thorough grounding in useful, basic foreign language skills.

- Fact-packed guide to oceans and underwater life — Ideal reference book for school projects — Free downloadable pictures

This reduced format book introduces the reader to world history from the first civilizations to the early 20th century, using short, visual chapters.

Providing snippets of history, entertaining anecdotes and information on London's most famous attractions, including the Millennium Dome, and the London Eye, this book with Internet links aims to add interest to visits to the capital.

Packed with facts, this miniature encyclopaedia is designed to be both fascinating and fun to use and covers a vast scope of information, from the Earth, its plants and animals, to its people and discoveries.

This collection of the best-known of the Greek myths has been carefully written to appeal to young children who will find these stories of gods, mortals and monsters irresistible. Beautiful illustrations by Linda Edwards bring the myths to life for children of all ages.

Part of the TIME TRAVELLERS series, an introduction to the Vikings which provides information about their homes, villages and way of life, such as war campaigns in longboats, raids on England, and eventual domesticity and acquiescence of trade. Illustrated in full colour, by Stephen Cartwright.

A collection of nursery rhymes. The book contains words and music for nearly 30 nursery rhymes, arranged with children's voices in mind. Easy-to-play music for piano and melody instruments is included along with guitar chords and other forms of accompaniment.

This book has large pictures for looking and talking, surrounded by small, labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things, to build up and practice German vocabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides.

This volume is designed to encourage early language learning and word recognition in French, while keeping children entertained. The illustrations are presented in everyday scenes so that each object is easily identifiable.

Latest in the series to help you build up and practise your foreign language vocabulary. Clear pictures are surrounded by labelled pictures of the most familiar things. Includes an alphabetic word list with pronunciation guides. Humorous and simple illustrations by Stephen Cartwright.

This title deals with everyday situations in which children may find themselves while abroad. Italian grammar is clearly explained, and puzzles provide plenty of practice. This title is part of a series providing a thorough grounding in useful, basic language skills.

This sumptuous book covers every era of visual art from ancient to modern. It includes works from every major genre, from Classical to Cubist; focuses on every major theme, from still-life to society; and contains works by the world's most renowned and influential artists. It offers over two hundred superb illustrations are combined with authoritative, informative and fascinating text, which brings the paintings and other artworks to life and also explains how to get the most out of looking at art. Key works, including the «Arnolfini Portrait», «Supper at Emmaus», and «Les Demoiselles d'Avignon», are explored in detail. It contains a timeline, biographical details about all the included artists, and an extensive glossary that explains key terms clearly and precisely. It includes approved Internet links, which can be accessed through the Usborne Quicklinks website, to lead the reader to hundreds more works of art, in addition to the masterpieces included in this wonderful and exciting book.

A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes ten classic fairytales from the collection of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and others, including The Elves and the Shoemaker, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. Perfect for reading aloud to younger children too. A brilliant gift that is sure to become a family heirloom. Beautifully bound in a traditional style with real cloth, head and tail bands, a ribbon marker and foil blocking. Shrink-wrapped for protection.

1000 Doodles Featuring over 1000 doodles, this title includes: hundreds of individual pictures to decorate; more than 20 full-page scenes to complete; for boys: racing cars and robots; for girls: flowers, bags and butterflies; and for everyone: all the rest. Full description.

Girls will adore this fantastic book filled with pretty stickers. There are colourful pictures to fill with which ever stickers the reader chooses to create delightful scenes of their own. Scenes include a ballroom in a castle to fill with dancing princesses, a moonlit forest to fill with unicorns, a stage for a girl band, and a flower garden for with fluttering butterflies. Extra stickers are included to be used to decorate letters, cards and envelopes.

This large board book contains one thousand pictures of vehicles, with their names. Children need to add lots of words to their spoken vocabularly and this fantastic look-and-talk book will provide them with plenty of opportunities to do so. Each double-page spread shows a wonderful array of trucks, tractors, diggers, cranes, cars, trains, ships, planes and more.