Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Kids City Trails - Singapore
Book SynopsisGet ready for a walking tour like no other! This seriously streetwise guide is packed with themed trails, from history and skyscrapers to food, nature and spooky stuff, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales you won’t find on the tourist routes. In City Trails: Singapore, join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as they hunt for more secrets, stories and surprises in another of the world’s great cities. You’ll discover a wobbly rainforest walkway, a rainbow-coloured school, racing dragons, the world’s longest rooftop swimming pool, and lots more! Themed trails include: Head in the Clouds Get a Piece of the Action Back to its Roots Shop Til You Drop Great Shapes Crossing Continents Shelter From the Storm ...And Relax Rainbow City Water Way to Go Choose Your Island The Dark Side Not Just Noodles Singapore Style Go Wild in the City Up All Night Also available: City Trails – London, Paris, New York City, Rome, Tokyo, Sydney, Washington DC and Barcelona About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids – an imprint of the world’s leading travel authority Lonely Planet – published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
£8.54
Ruby Tuesday Books Ltd Celebrations and Special Days
Book SynopsisIn this book young readers will join children around the world as they celebrate religious festivals and special times of year. From Holi to Chinese New Year, Eid al-Fitr to the Viking festival of Up Helly Aa, readers will discover how families take part in the special days that shape our lives.
£6.99
Ruby Tuesday Books Ltd Everybody Needs Water
Book SynopsisWhen we turn on a tap, we expect to see clean, safe water pour out. This is not how everyone around the world gets their water, of course. Some children must walk miles each day to collect water for their families, while others have a bath or help do their family's laundry in a river. In this title, young readers will find out how families around the world obtain and use this precious resource.
£10.44
Tourbillon Do You Know Farm Animals Work and Life
Book SynopsisWhat do farmers do? How are plants grown? Where do the animals live? The Do You Know? series provides an in-depth look at a wide range of popular subjects. Appealing to children who want to know everything, each thought-provoking book features: • 80 or more pages of engaging and educational answers to many popular questions • Hundreds of labeled, full-color illustrations • Educational content reviewed by experts Fans of this book will also enjoy others in the same series, including Polar Animals, Boats, Music, Jobs, Trains, Dinosaurs, Oceans, Space, Vehicles, Eart
£11.69
Helvetiq My Life on the Mountain
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£999.99
Die Gestalten Verlag Explore the World
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£12.71
Die Gestalten Verlag Exploring Space
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£15.26
Juggernaut Publications India Ultimate Indian Cricket Champions
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£13.76
Westland Publications Limited Indias Nobel Laureates
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£12.00
Callisto Publishing Spooky Silly Halloween Jokes
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£999.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Period.: The Quick Guide to Every Uterus
Book SynopsisBacked by the experts at Mayo Clinic, PERIOD. is the no-nonsense guide kids and caregivers alike can trust to navigate menstruation, period. Periods. Every person who menstruates has a different relationship with their "Aunt Flow": some good, and some...not so good. This 4-color graphic novel guide embraces all the icky, all the sticky, and all the confusing aspects of the monthly cycle, acknowledging that there's no cookie cutter way to manage the physical and emotional mayhem. Filled with bite-sized tips, tricks, and "inside" medical information, this humorous, character-driven guide is the best friend you never knew you needed. And with its fully gender-, body-, and sexuality-inclusive content, this is the no-judgement zone. Whether you're dreading your first period or can't wait to throw a Period Party, you'll find all the answers you need right here.Mayo Clinic Press Kids creates empowering health and wellness content in partnership with pediatric experts. Proceeds from the sale of every book go to benefit important medical research and education and Mayo Clinic.Trade Review"This primer on all things period is as delightful as it is informative. Presented in comics format, this accessible and inclusive volume strikes the right balance between snark and earnestness to make it just right for a middle school audience. . . . A nonjudgmental, conversational guide to menstrual cycles that is essential for all collections -serving middle schoolers." ★ SLJ Starred Review
£10.44
North Star Editions India
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£10.44
Penguin Young Readers Group Angélica y la güira Angélica and la Güira Spanish
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£12.44
Andrews McMeel Publishing You Can Change the World The Kids Guide to a
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£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc America the Beautiful to Color Road Trip
Book SynopsisAmerica the Beautiful to Color features gorgeous designs of the sights and scenes for an epic American road trip.Perfect for armchair travelers and experienced explorers alike, America the Beautiful to Color is 96 pages, and in a big 10x10 format.
£11.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc LaughOutLoud Halloween Jokes LifttheFlap
Book SynopsisThe #1 bestselling Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids series is bringing giggles to a whole new age group!
£4.74
HarperCollins Publishers Inc We Are a Song
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA sweet celebration of the different notes that create the song of family. — Kirkus Reviews An uplifting celebration of diversity and family. — School Library Journal
£12.99
Penguin Random House India Mother Teresa Apostle of Love
Book SynopsisMother Teresa devoted her life to serving the poor in Calcutta, founding the Missionaries of Charity. Known for her compassion and care, she won the Nobel Peace Prize and was beatified. Rukmini Chawla's biography offers insight into her remarkable life.
£5.99
Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd Shivaji Maharaj Junior Lives
£7.16
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Jonny Lamberts Bear and Bird Make Friends
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£9.49
Penguin Random House Children's UK One Hundred Reasons To Hope True stories of
Book SynopsisDanielle Brown MBE (Author)Danielle is a two-times gold medal-winning Paralympian, and the first Paralympic athlete to compete on the England able-bodied team. She's now turned her talents to writing children's books, and she created this non-fiction book with the support of Captain Sir Tom's family. Adam Larkum (Illustrator)Adam studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art. As a student he won a competition to create a short film for MOMI and Channel 4, and once his career producing animated commercials was under way, he became an illustrator as well. He has regular columns in the UK and the US.Captain Sir Tom Moore Captain Sir Tom Moore was born in Yorkshire in 1920. With the outbreak of World War Two he enlisted in the British Army and served throughout the war. He held two Guinness World Records, for the largest sum ever raised by an individual charity walk, and for be
£14.24
Little, Brown & Company Tessa Miyata Is No Hero
Book SynopsisThis thrilling and charming middle grade fantasy steeped in Japanese lore and mythology follows Tessa after she breaks a precious family heirloom, sending her on a wild adventure to save herself, her family—and all of Tokyo. Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Her hopes are quickly dashed when, all too soon, she realizes that life in Japan is just like being in California: her sisters are old enough to go into Tokyo, while she can’t even go to the corner store by herself. Plus, her grandparents want her to stay home with the neighbor kid, thirteen-year-old Jin Uehara, who’s made it clear he’s too cool to spend time with a weirdo like her. When Tessa is fina
£12.34
Clarion Books no Alimentes A Los Gecos
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£10.41
Random House USA Inc Babe Ruth Saves Baseball Step Into Reading 3 Step
Book SynopsisBatter up! It’s 1919 and baseball is in trouble! All across the country, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America’s national pastime. It’s up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out?
£8.06
Houghton Mifflin Sea Turtle Scientist
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£11.89
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Grandfathers Journey
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The immigrant experience has rarely been so poignantly evoked as it is in this direct, lyrical narrative that is able to stir emotions through the sheer simplicity of its telling." Horn Book, Starred Library Media Connection —
£9.28
Random House USA Inc Watched
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary and timely novel, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, examines what it’s like to grow up under surveillance in America. Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher. Naeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice: spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero—a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? Inspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos’s extraordinary and timely novel examines what it’s like to grow up with Big Brother always watching. Naeem’s riveting
£999.99
Random House USA Inc Hoppy Easter Blue Blues Clues You
Book SynopsisA sturdy Easter board book starring all your favorite characters from Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues & You!What does Blue want to do with you on this beautiful Easter day? Find out in this adorably illustrated board book with sturdy pages, starring Blue, Josh, and the rest of the Blue's Clues gang. Girls and boys ages 0 to 3 who love Nickelodeon will love this sweet story! Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues & You combines engaging interactive and educational elements with an adorable puppy and her fun friend Josh, perfect for hours of preschool fun!
£7.59
Random House USA Inc Cookie Queen
Book SynopsisPerfect for dessert lovers and budding bakers, this is the true story of a girl who followed her dream to make the perfect chocolate-chip cookie--and, one day, founded world-renowned TATE'S BAKE SHOP®. Original cookie recipe included!Eleven-year-old Kathleen King was positively obsessed with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie. She experimented over and over and over with different recipes--less flour, more butter, longer baking time--until she got it just right.Customers flocked to her family's farm stand on Long Island for Kathleen's enormous, buttery chocolate chip cookies. And when she grew up, Kathleen started a cookie company called TATE'S BAKE SHOP®. TATE'S grew into a multi-million-dollar empire and, today, they are a household name and their cookies are sold all over the country! Cookie Queen is the delicious true story of how a little girl's dream turned into an enormous cookie empire.
£14.39
Penguin Young Readers Group Prodigal Tiger
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£16.99
Quarto Publishing PLC The United States in 100 Words
Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated and with easily digestible information, this book is a compilation of 100 words summing up the United States in a nut shell, with the intention of starting conversations and sparking exploration. Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Ancient Americas Atlantic Pacific Colony Flag Yellowstone Canyon Independence Liberty Exploration Big Plains Tribe Islands Borders Constitution Amendment States Pioneer Gold Silicon Neighborhood Pueblo Turkey Pumpkin Mississippi Bayou Barbecue Parade Bison Eagle Rodeo Baseball Hamburger Drive-through Texas Spanish Cotton Jeans Washington Protest Congress Presidency Lakes Mountains Secession Gettysburg Slavery Equality Justice Faith Immigrant Berlin Citizenship Rosa Moon Frontier Crisis Volunteer Vote Suffrage Labor Industry Conserve Oil Blues Nashville Disney Superhero War Woodstock Veteran Memorial Freedom Speech Bridges Railroad Road Automobile Prohibition Vegas Elvis Television Manhattan Skyscraper Soul Hip-hop School Library Press Pulitzer Hollywood Broadway Bowl Hoops Arts Revolution Opportunity Young Author's Note Timeline United States Map Glossary Index & Find Out More
£14.99
Hachette Children's Books Kate Duchess of Cambridge Reallife Stories
Book SynopsisA dip into the lives of today's celebrities! This series gets up-close and personal with the stars: musicians, TV presenters, royalty, leading lights and people who are too cool for school! We take a look at these stars' rise to fame, what their daily life is like, and how they inspire young people.
£11.69
Albert Whitman & Company Freddie Ramos Tracks Down a Drone 9 Zapato Power
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£14.99
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. To be a Kid 1 Global Fund for Children Books
Book SynopsisCelebrate the diversity and universality of childhood and the adventures of growing up around all the world. With a forward by Chris and Martin Kratt of PBS fame, To Be a Kid invites readers to share in the commonality of families, school, play, creativity, animals, and friends worldwide. Ajmera and Ivanko’s powerful text, paired with colorful and expressive photography, unites children as they play, learn, and spend time with family and friends. From Botswana to Haiti, Mongolia to Cuba, To Be a Kid, captures everyday moments across the globe. Kids, no matter where they are from, share these same wonderful adventures because at the heart of it a kid is just a kid.
£10.66
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Gifts of the Season Life Among the Northwest
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£15.19
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada QUEST FOR EMPIRE Sage of Russian America
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£12.34
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Emily Moonshine and Sister Goose
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£16.19
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Transformation Masks
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£7.99
Oratia Media Regions of New Zealand
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£21.59
Square and Circus The Kids Book of Great Cities
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£7.49
So It Is Written The Nyla Chronicles
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£12.60
Random House USA Inc Texas
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£9.79
Capstone Global Library Ltd Celebrations Around the World
Book SynopsisGet ready to celebrate! People around the world look forward to different holidays and honour them with special traditions. Learn about the many types of holidays and how they''re celebrated in this engaging series that develops kids'' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.
£13.99
Capstone Global Library Ltd Valleys
Book SynopsisAll valleys are long, low cuts in the earth, but there is more to these landforms than meets the eye! While rivers form most, glaciers and splits in the Earth''s crust can form others. Some are at the bottom of the sea! Give beginning readers all the need-to-know information about valleys, including their characteristics, how they form, and where they can be found around the world.
£10.66
Capstone Global Library Ltd Your Passport to Argentina
Book SynopsisWhat is it like to live in or visit Argentina? What makes Argentina's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions and daily lives of Argentinian people.
£999.99
Capstone Global Library Ltd Your Passport to Guatemala
Book SynopsisWhat is it like to live in or visit Guatemala? What makes Guatemala's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions and daily lives of Guatemalan people.
£13.99
Capstone Global Library Ltd This or That Questions About Antarctica
Book SynopsisWould you rather face a leopard seal or brave a snowstorm in an igloo? This fun-filled non-fiction title explores the depths of a frozen landscape. Young adventurers will sharpen their decision-making skills with more than a dozen thought-provoking questions about Antarctica. From scary to gross to just plain silly, this book generates discussion and promotes critical-thinking skills. Full-colour photographs and engaging easy-to-read facts invite readers to make informed decisions while also prompting further research.
£999.99
Capstone Global Library Ltd This or That Questions About the Desert
Book SynopsisWould you rather be lost in the Sahara or the Gobi Desert? In this fun-filled non-fiction title, young adventurers will face decisions about surviving in a sandy wasteland. Readers will sharpen their decision-making skills with more than a dozen thought-provoking questions about deserts. From scary to gross to just plain silly, this book generates discussion and promotes critical-thinking skills. Full-colour photographs and engaging easy-to-read facts invite readers to make informed decisions while also prompting further research.
£11.52
