Usborne

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.

Notre merveilleuse planète regorge de beaux bâtiments, d'animaux exotiques et de sites fabuleux. Pour savoir où ils se trouvent dans le monde, examine les cartes et soulève les rabats de ce passionnant atlas illustré.

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

This is a reduced format edition of this comprehensive geography title, placing the world at the reader's fingertips while explaining key topics in a lively and accessible way. Evocative photographs convey the extraordinary visual variety of the world around us. A bright, modern map section, with over 30 double-page maps and a detailed country-by-country gazetteer, makes this the ultimate geography reference tool. Hundreds of recommended websites take readers on a journey around the world to learn languages, watch hurricanes, download flags or look at animals via live webcams, plus much more.

This is a fantastical treasury filled with magical tales, perfect for young children. It contains five stories adapted from the First Reading series: The Magic Pear Tree, The Golden Goose, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Wish Fish and The Three Wishes. Each tale is beautifully illustrated and perfect for storytime, either for reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone.

There are dozens of planes and trucks to discover and colour at the busy airport in this fun and lively book. Each airport scene has a pre-coloured background and fun stickers to add to every page to make them easy for young children to complete.

Suitable for reading aloud to the very young, and for beginner readers to share with an adult or read by themselves, this title tells the Christmas story.

This is a wonderful new edition of the popular festive sticker book full of yuletide scenes to fill with stickers. It is perfect for keeping children occupied when waiting for Christmas to arrive. It is full of fun scenes including Christmas bears making tasty treats, ice-skating penguins and decorating a Christmas tree with baubles. It features over 800 stickers to choose from.

Containing over 300 stickers, this sticker book features football scenes including a crowd of supporters, a corner kick, team training and the victory parade.

This is a new title in this exciting and informative series of books containing over 100 full-colour stickers that children can match to the illustrations. This is a beautifully illustrated sticker book that doubles as a spotters' guide, with accurate and simple descriptions that allow children to seek out and identify a plethora of species and learn all about key aspects of natural history. Space is allocated to each illustration so that details of when and where each butterfly was spotted can be inserted. It also contains a glossary of relevant words. Small size allows the books to fit neatly into a pocket so children can spot on the go.

This work includes a useful set of cards for anyone looking to improve their spelling. With three words on each side of a card and three wipe-clean spaces above them, children can look at the words, cover them up and then try to write each one correctly. It features 300 tricky words to learn. In it, words with similar spellings are grouped together to make learning easier. It presents a fun and simple way to improve your spelling.

Offering an introduction to the world of art for young children, this title features simple art activities which enable children to follow the great artists and create some masterpieces of their very own.

This is a fantastic new coloring book filled with picture puzzles and busy scenes which children can color as little or as much as they choose. The activities encourage children to find the hidden animals and objects in a busy scene and color them in. Other activities include matching pairs, spot the difference, counting and copying with coloring in as the solution.

This is a delightful new addition to the best-selling Picture Books series. When Jack's father is arrested by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, Jack seeks the help of the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood. This is a perfect present, which will capture inquisitive imaginations. It is publishing in time for the May release of the new Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe.