Activity books and kits
Scribe Publications Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines: adventures in
Book SynopsisTransform and recycle household objects into your very own home-made toys and machines! Learn about the centre of gravity by making a balancing bird, create a toroidal vortex with a smoke-ring machine, and turn a spoon into an electromagnet. Chances are you won’t need to buy the materials required for these machines because they’re all in your house right now. Every child can be an engineer with the help of Mr Shaha and his marvellous machines. Written by a science teacher and dad, Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines is the highly anticipated sequel to Mr Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder. This book gives clear, step-by-step instructions for over 15 projects. Whether you’re a master engineer or a total beginner, it will spark inspiration for fun activities to engage young people in the marvels of machinery.Trade Review‘With recycling-bin materials, and step-by-step instructions, this gorgeous book celebrates the sense of accomplishment found in making something for yourself.’ -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *‘Perfect for young engineers and artists. With stunning art from Emily Robertson ... it’s incredible! ... It explains the science in such accessible and exciting way[s] and leaves space for the reader to add their own spin and improvements too. It’s an invitation to make and discover. And it is packed with activities ... All using things you probably already have in your house ... A delight of a book. Extraordinary. It absolutely needs to be in every home and classroom and library.’ -- Rashmi Sirdeshpande‘Sprinkled with fascinating fun facts about the history of some of the world’s most astounding inventions, Shaha’s book is sure to kindle inquisitiveness and delight in young creators and will have them busy crafting and building for hours on end … Emily Robertson’s bright and colourful illustrations add to the charm of this book and give clear and accessible demonstrations to help with each project. A wonderful book that encourages crafting, recycling, creating, and learning through amusing and exciting projects.’ -- Fiona Buckley * Irish Examiner *‘Perfect boredom-busting activities for the long summer holidays.’ -- Sara Keating * The Sunday Business Post *Accessible, with easy-to-follow instructions … The science behind each idea is explained brilliantly and this would be a perfect book to give you inspiration for a rainy-day project.’ * Primary Times *‘My children are loving Alom Shaha’s new book. Packed full of wonderful machines and sci-craft to make at home.’ -- Professor Alice Roberts‘We suspect Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines will prove a lifeline for parents of children who love to learn and who may otherwise become restless during the holidays. The author’s gently encouraging voice is sure to nurture the creativity and scientific curiosity in young minds everywhere. There is a lot of enjoyment for families to have together within these pages.’ -- Greg Jameson * Entertainment Focus *‘The best way to learn about science is by doing it, and that’s what makes this activity book so great.’ * Science + Nature (The Week Junior) *‘A great book for children who enjoy making things.’ * The Green Parent *‘Whether you're a master engineer or a total beginner, it will spark inspiration for fun activities to engage young people in the marvels of machinery.’ * Primary Times (North and West Kent) *‘If you run a science club or have children at home this book ... could be a useful resource.’ * Physics Education Journal *‘Alom’s science lessons are always a lot more than just science, or just for those kids who already love science, and with Marvellous Machines in particular he's keen readers don't just play around with engineering ideas, but learn to make toys for themselves and their siblings and friends too. A perfect Christmas gift.’ -- Alice Bell * Smart Thinking Books *‘Clear and informative.’ * Sew *
£11.69
Magic Cat Publishing Twas the Night Before Christmas: Wind and Play!
Book SynopsisBring the magic of music into your home with this interactive book, which features a wind-up mechanism that sounds just like a musical jewellery box. Wind and play the nostalgic carol Deck the Halls as you settle down to share Clement C. Moore's classic story 'Twas Night Before Christmas. The holidays never sounded so magical.
£17.00
Magic Cat Publishing Three Step Stories: In the Garden: Lift the Flaps
Book SynopsisUncover five nature stories in a single garden. Watch a bug turn into a ladybird and a honeybee store nectar in her hive as you lift the double-layer lift flaps in 1... 2... 3! With read-aloud rhyming texts and first words to see and say, this book reinforces early language skills.Trade ReviewPraise for Three Step Stories: "This gorgeous board book is a lovely introduction to pond life" - Big Issue 'The illustrations are soft and dreamy and will make you want to go on a sunny-day adventure to find a pond and celebrate all this wonderful wildlife together.' - Booktrust
£7.59
CLEARWAY-PHASE 3 Roarsome Dinosaurs Annual 2024
Book SynopsisJoin a prehistoric adventure with the Roarsome Dinosaurs!Bursting with puzzles, games and amazing dinosaur facts, there's lots of dino-tastic fun waiting inside.
£5.99
iSeek Ltd Twisters Numbers
Book SynopsisA fun way for children aged 2 plus to learn their numbers from 1 to 10. Each sturdy page has a picture that can be turned 360 degrees and matched to a correct number. So children can turn a picture of a ladybird with two spots to either the numbers 1 or 2. Pre-schoolers can learn key concepts through simple text, develop their dexterity and enjoy multi-sensory learning. So why buy this book? •Promotes learning of first concepts in an interactive way. •Fun to use. •Helps children develop sequencing skills. •Great to use with a child to link concepts to words. •Hardback format makes these books lovely gifts for pre-schoolers.
£8.54
Jake Island Ltd The Cornwall Sticker Book: The Wildlife of
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£7.50
Magic Cat Publishing Minibeasts Under the Magnifying Glass
Book SynopsisPut the natural world under the microscope and get up close to all kinds of creepy crawlies. This stunningly-illustrated book explores tiny animal life in huge detail. Meet more than 70 bugs, bees and butterflies from all over the world, and all drawn in fabulous detail. Look at them up close under the lens... then head outside to examine critters in your own back yard. Budding entomologists aged 5+ will learn about: - Insect anatomy - Lifecycles - Colonies - Habitats and homes - Attack and defence mechanisms - Camouflage and colour - How to be a friend to bugs
£14.24
Noodle Juice Ltd Fantastic Puzzles For Five Year Olds
Book SynopsisPerplexing puzzles to feed hungry young brains. Packed with puzzles, mazes, hidden objects, matching, word searches, crosswords, search and find activities and plenty more, this puzzle book will keep your five year old occupied for hours. Checked by an educational consultant, Fantastic Puzzles will stretch and challenge your Clever Cog!
£7.59
The Curious Dragons Adding & Subtracting
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£6.23
Priddy Books My Best Friend is a Reindeer
Book SynopsisRoger Priddy's passion for educating children through fun, informative, and engaging books has led him to create some of publishing's most enduring and successful non-fiction early learning books. Roger lives in London and has three children, who have been the inspiration behind many of his best publishing ideas.
£7.59
Priddy Books Farm Slide Surprise
Book SynopsisPull the tab for a fun pop-out surprise with Slide & Surprise Farm from Priddy Books!This fun series from the renowned early-learning publisher, Priddy Books, is bound to excite and engage any inquisitive toddler. Each double-page has a tab to pull which reveals a picture at the top and bottom of the page.Farm focuses on different farm animals, with fascinating photographs to introduce young children to the world around them. Each image is clearly labelled to also encourage picture-word recognition as well as improving vocabulary and speaking skills. Each spread categories different areas about the farm such as animals, vehicles, food and more.With its innovative interactive features, bright images and questions to answer, toddlers will love to discover the world of farm! Publishing alongside Slide & Surprise Animals.
£8.54
Priddy Books Animals Slide Surprise
Book SynopsisPull the tab for a fun pop-out surprise with Slide & Surprise Animals from Priddy Books!This fun series from the renowned early-learning publisher, Priddy Books, is bound to excite and engage any inquisitive toddler. Each double-page has a tab to pull which reveals a picture at the top and bottom of the page.Animals focuses on different wild animals, with fascinating photographs to introduce young children to the world around them. Each image is clearly labelled to also encourage picture-word recognition as well as improving vocabulary and speaking skills. Each spread categorises animals into habitats such as safari, jungle and more.With its innovative interactive features, bright images and questions to answer, toddlers will love to discover the world of animals! Publishing alongside Slide & Surprise Farm.
£8.54
NQ Publishers Leonardo Da Vinci
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£11.69
Gemini Books Group Ltd Magic Searchlight Sharks
Book SynopsisDiscover over 200 fin-tastic shark facts and reveal amazing hidden pictures! Seek and find incredible sharks by lifting the flaps and using the magic card searchlight to discover hidden pictures and learn hundreds of fascinating facts. Features lift-the-flaps, over 200 facts and three magic searchlight seek and find scenes.
£11.69
Gemini Books Group Ltd Shark Hunter of the Deep
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£15.29
Gemini Books Group Ltd Can you tickle a bear
Book SynopsisTouch, feel and tickle the friendly bears in this interactive book that is full of bear-y playful fun!There are four friendly bears for you to tickle on each page as you follow the felt trails with your finger. Die-cuts in the pages reveal bright felt finger trails to touch, feel and tickle each animal!
£9.49
Gemini Books Group Ltd Stickerverse My First Sticker Book Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisThis fun-filled activity book features over 250 colourful dinosaurs stickers! Perfect for day-bags, vacations, travel, and sticker fun on the go, this high-quality sticker book has full-colour pages and neat reference prompts to help children create unique dinosaur Stickerverse scenes.
£7.13
You Are Here Books The Bellingham Puzzle Book: 90 Word Searches,
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£13.49
Lake 7 Creative What Will the Dolphin Do
Book SynopsisBecome a bottlenose dolphin in this interactive picture book that encourages movement, creativity, and decision-making. Have you ever dreamed of swimming through the ocean like a dolphin? In this interactive picture book, you get to experience life from a bottlenose dolphin’s point of view. Catch fish. Make squeaking and clicking sounds. Use your blowhole to take a breath. The entertaining, educational story allows readers to make life choices to survive throughout a dolphin’s life cycle—it’s like playing a game and reading a book at the same time! As the adventure begins, you’re a new calf, nestled beside your mother underwater. You’ll become strong as you grow, but when are you old enough to hunt for food? Experience growing up in a pod of dolphins, playing games, staying safe from sharks, and starting a family. Written by award-winning teacher Darcy Halverson, with illustrations by Narek Saroyan, What Will the Dolphin Do? encourages movement and imagination, as readers pretend to be a beloved marine mammal. Active children especially appreciate the opportunity to wiggle and move with the story. Kids love picture books and are fascinated by dolphins. This book serves as a wonderful introduction to bottlenose dolphin facts for kids. The interactive picture book encourages: Imagination: Pretend to be a bottlenose dolphin Decision-making: Make life choices to survive Activity: Wiggle and move with the story
£12.34
Auzou Eveil The Most Beautiful Pieces of Classical Music
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£21.25
Phidal Publishing Learning series: Nickelodeon PAW Patrol
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£9.99
Phidal Publishing Jurassic World Dominion Tattle Tales
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£7.99
Prestel Coloring Book Matisse
Book SynopsisBig art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world’s masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines.
£6.99
Die Gestalten Verlag The Acrobat Family
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£13.46
Die Gestalten Verlag Let's Play Outdoors!: Exploring Nature for
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£9.71
Artbooks Pip and Posy Stickerbook Outdoor Explorers
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£7.69
Artbooks FORTNITE Official. Where did Jonesy go Search and
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£11.61
Albatros nakladatelstvi as What Things Come From Nature
Book SynopsisLook under the flaps and find out what does nature give us. Have you ever wondered, how long does a tree grow before it becomes the chair you’re now sitting on? Or how did cow’s milk turn into the ice cream that cools you off in summer? Explore the origin of things we use in everyday life. Have you ever wondered how many of the things around us come from nature? There are so many things, including wooden furniture, metal utensils, beeswax, and bread. We rarely—if ever—think about how diffi cult all this was to make. How long did a tree grow before it became the chair you’re now sitting on? How did a cow’s milk turn into the ice cream that cools you off in summertime? This book will show you which materials go into making the stuff we use in our everyday lives. Look beneath the fl aps and fi nd out what we’re sourcing from the natural world around us.
£11.39
Albatros Media The Spooky Halloween Book
£9.27
Authentic Media Children's Activity Bible: For Children Ages 4-7
Book SynopsisCombining fun, puzzles and learning, this activity Bible will help young children engage with Scripture. Each Bible story is accompanied by activities such as word searches, puzzles, crosswords, and other entertaining and challenging games. Beautiful colour illustrations help engage the child’s interest. Tracing the story from Adam and Eve right through to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, children will learn about God’s enduring love for his people. Content Benefits: The Children’s Activity Bible teaches kids about the Word of God while engaging them in fun and challenging activities. • Enables children to learn Bible truths while having fun • Includes over 100 stories and activities • Bible references included with every story for further study • Perfect gift idea • Ideal resource for anyone working in a church or Sunday School setting • Suitable for Sunday School prizes • Perfect for parents of young children • Suitable for children 4 to 7 years
£12.34
White Star Cooking by Numbers
Book SynopsisLet's go on an adventure! Inside a busy restaurant kitchen, we'll need to use multiplication and division to uncover a much-needed secret recipe! Through the visual language of math, this book teaches readers to interpret and translate quantities and dimensions through easy-to-understand suggestions and methodologies for using multiplication tables, solving mathematical problems and seeing their relevance in everyday life. Each chapter begins with a short story to introduce a new mathematical exercise cleverly crafted to stimulate irresistible curiosity and foster a love for math in any young reader! Ages 8-9
£9.49
White Star Bugs
Book SynopsisInsects have been around for over 400 million years! These incredible creatures are as varied as they are small - from those with 6 legs to those with 1,000. Learn about how they work and how they live. Then, switch to another edition of Mad for Science to learn about organic chemistry and the fundamental building blocks of all living beings. Each book contains 56 packed pages of games and activities, including instructions for executing your own, easy-to-do experiments with household items! Ages 6-7
£9.49
White Star Oceans White Noise
Book SynopsisThis white noise sound book provides mindful exploration for toddlers with ocean waves. Includes Spotify playlist for calming experiences together. Ages 3 plus.
£12.34
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd Introduction to Robotics
£11.12
Yoyo Books World Flag Sticker Book
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£5.99
Yoyo Books My Cuddly Puppy
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£13.49
Yoyo Books Little Sheep (Little Soft Sleeper)
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£11.69
Yoyo Books Little Bear
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£11.69
Yoyo Books Who is Number 1?
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£7.59
Yoyo Books Baby Animals (Soft Animals to Mix & Match)
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£11.69
Yoyo Books Dinosaurs
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£8.54
Yoyo Books Animals
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£11.69
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Coronavirus: An Activity Book On How To Stay
Book SynopsisDecode a secret message, unscramble virus patterns, wind your way through a food maze, colour in safe distancing scenes, learn how to wear a mask properly, and more with Coronavirus: An Activity Book on How to Stay Healthy and Strong!When coronavirus hit the world in 2020, life as we knew it was turned upside down. Sudden new changes to our way of life were introduced. However, young children may not yet understand how coronavirus affects them. This activity book was created to help them to understand what is happening in the world by presenting the coronavirus and its effects in a child-friendly way. Through various fun activities, children can learn what the virus is, and how they can protect themselves against it.Coronavirus: An Activity Book on How to Stay Healthy and Strong features 35 activities for children. The book explores the topic of staying healthy and strong through literacy, numeracy, and arts and crafts activities. Let it spark useful conversations about the pandemic and viruses, and more importantly, how to build healthy habits and stay safe!Coronavirus: An Activity Book on How to Stay Healthy and Strong was awarded the Finalist Award for 'Activity Books (all Ages)' for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021.
£6.23
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd The Wonderful World of Words Volume 3: Queen
Book SynopsisA collection of 10 full-colour activity books that will make English language learning fun as children acquire grammar systematically through stories. The Wonderful World of Words (WOW) teaches children about the different word classes as the first step to building a good foundation in grammar. Each of these word classes in the WOW Kingdom is represented by a royal character so children learn how the different classes of words are used and how they interact with other words. Linked to the story set in the WOW kingdom is another story about the animals in the forest of WOW, to reinforce the concepts covered in each volume. Volume 3 - Queen Veronica Vanderbilt Verb Focus: The different ways verbs are used to name actions. Word order — how words must be used in the correct position in a sentence.
£5.99
Tourbillon Magnetology: Animals
Book SynopsisForty-five magnetic pieces featuring all kinds of animals - including penguins, elephants, giraffes, fish, and birds - provide kids with hours of fun as they fill the five dramatic oversize scenes in this engaging playset. An all-in-one-package with exceptional play value, the book has magnetized pages and fascinating tidbits of information, just right for its audience, about the animals that live in the rain forest, savanna, coral reef, and ice sheets.
£16.19
Tourbillon Animals Everywhere A Lift Look and Find Book
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£14.32
Auzou In Space
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£6.99
Auzou Animals (Search and Find)
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£9.49
