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Discover over thirty of the world’s most famous pictures in this fascinating introduction to art, with paintings by Van Gogh, Munch, Rousseau, Klimt and more. Each page is filled with fascinating facts about the artists, their lives and how they created their work. Includes a glossary, index and links to websites for more information.

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In a world of dragons, song-spells, pipers and battles...Patch Brightwater is in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth - the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff, Patch must stop the Piper sparking the biggest battle of them all.Three accidental heroes versus one legendary villain...an epic adventure is born.A perfectly pitched fantasy adventure for readers aged 9+ and for fans of The Hobbit and How to Train Your Dragon. It was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month in 2018.

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What happens when you fall asleep? Why do we need sleep? And what are dreams? Curious little children can lift over 30 flaps to find the answers to these questions and many more in this delightful introduction to sleep, with simple explanations and gorgeous illustrations on every page.

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The magical story of Cinderella comes to life in this beautifully illustrated pop-up book. Marvel as the pumpkin becomes a fabulous golden carriage, see Cinderella's glass slipper sparkling on the palace steps and enjoy the moment her rags transform into a glittering ballgown. A pleasure to share with little children, and a wonderful gift. With free online audio to listen to the story.

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Relax on a cruise ship, catch a flight at the airport or travel on a canalboat in this sticker book full of bustling travel scenes. There are over 150 stickers to bring each scene to life, from cars, buses, planes and trains to tourists, passengers and much more. A perfect activity for a journey or holiday.

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How are you feeling today? This fun, friendly and reassuring introduction to feelings is designed to help young children recognise, understand and name how they’re feeling and learn to talk about and manage their emotions in helpful ways.

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Little children will love hearing the woods come to life as they press the pages of this enchanting book. Each beautifully illustrated scene has simple text and cut-out shapes to discover, and a sound button to press to hear woodland sounds including an owl, cuckoo and woodpecker, rustling leaves and rippling streams.

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A spooktacular activity book packed with Halloween-themed activities, including puzzles, things to spot, drawing, doodling and colouring. Little children can use the stickers to create creepy Halloween monsters, learn how to draw a witch and wizard, match vampires with their shadows and much more. Puzzle answers are at the back of the book.

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Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch the prehistoric scenes burst into colour! There are 16 scenes with velociraptors hunting for food, pterodactyls flying high in the sky, baby dinosaurs being born and much more. The back cover folds out so you can place it between the pages and prevent colours running onto the page beneath.

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It’s Christmas time and Santa is very busy! This bumper activity book is filled with festive scenes to colour and decorate with stickers, including Santa’s workshop, delivering presents and Christmas Day. With over 200 stickers of busy elves, stockings, toys and gifts, this book is guaranteed to keep children busy in the run-up to Christmas.

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When Zoe discovers that Unicorn Island is flooding, she knows she has to stop the waters - and fast. Is there any way for Zoe and her best friend Astra, the fairy unicorn, to save the island from disaster? A magical and exciting chapter book in the hugely popular Fairy Unicorns series.

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A tear-out book with 100 colourful, bird-themed sheets to fold into super-fast darters, soaring gliders, stunning swoopers and graceful drifters. Includes detailed folding instructions for the four different designs, plus tips on folding, launching flying and looking after your flock of paper birds.

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Cricket fans will love to dress the bowler, batsman, wicket keeper and fielders in their cricket gear, organise the players on the pitch and place their team in the perfect position to score a century in this brilliant sticker book. With over 450 stickers, including pages on the rules of cricket, this is a great way to learn all about cricket.

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Why do we need bees? How do they make honey? And who’s who in a beehive? Children can find the answers to these questions and many more in this informative lift-the-flap book. With colourful illustrations, simple text and chunky flaps to lift, young children can discover lots of amazing facts about bees and why they need our help.

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An action-packed book filled with building sites to explore, construction machines to learn about and a demolition site in action. Lift the flaps to discover the work that goes into building a house, a bridge, a skyscraper and more, the jobs people do and the machines that are used. An exciting introduction to how buildings go up – and come down.

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There are over 2,000 words and phrases, each illustrated with amusing pictures of busy everyday scenes, in this colourful dictionary. Words are arranged thematically, with topics including buying food, at work, travel and more. Children can hear every word read aloud by a native Spanish speaker, via the Usborne Quicklinks website

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Teva's life seems normal: school, friends, boyfriend. But at home she hides an impossible secret. Eleven other Tevas.Because once a year, Teva separates into two, leaving a younger version of herself stuck at the same age, in the same house... watching the new Teva live the life that she'd been living. But as her seventeenth birthday rolls around, Teva is determined not to let it happen again. She's going to fight for her future. Even if that means fighting herself.

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Everything a good spy needs to know about secret codes, disguises, shadowing and observation skills. This essential guide to spying is packed with useful skills and tips, such as shaking off a trail, scrambling secret messages and creating amazing disguises. Spies in training can use the activity pages to create camouflage headbands, decode messages and spot enemy spies in crowds of people. A brand new edition of a much-loved Usborne classic, sure to entertain and delight a brand new generation of spies.

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A lift-the-flap book packed with information about life from the Stone Age to the start of farming, early metal working and the Iron Age. Flaps to lift on every page reveal why prehistoric people made cave paintings, how they made their tools and where they lived. A fun and informative first look at a key UK curriculum topic.

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A pocket-sized sticker book guide to one of the most recognisable cities in the world. Includes fifty of London’s best-known landmarks such as the Tower of London, Big Ben and Kensington Palace. With stickers to add to the pages after spotting each building or place. Full of famous landmarks, fascinating facts and colourful illustrations, this is an informative guide to the city or a lovely souvenir to take home.

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The story of D-Day - the Normandy beach landings which saw the start of the Allies' major offensive against German forces - specially written for readers of 9 and up. Published in association with the Imperial War Museums and full of photographs, maps and full-colour illustrations, this is a great introduction to the story of D-Day. Includes internet links to specially selected websites where children can access additional information and resources. Ideal for those who prefer history to fiction.

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A fun flap book that shows young children what goes on at major sporting events and introduces them to a range of different sports. Scenes include a professional swimming pool, an athletics stadium, a ski slope, and a cycling velodrome. With over 60 flaps to lift, there’s lots to discover on each brightly coloured page and plenty to keep enquiring minds occupied, including flaps hidden beneath flaps.

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A Latin word book, illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Latin vocabulary. Contemporary scenes introduce the Latin words for many modern-day objects, bringing the classical language to life. Includes a Latin/English word list and a pronunciation guide to ensure effective, long-term learning.

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See behind the scenes at a bustling airport, as planes speed along the runway and soar into the sky in this fascinating book with over 50 flaps to lift. Young children will be fascinated to find out how an airport works, and see the equipment and machines, vehicles and passengers, all colourfully illustrated. Scenes include ‘Handling baggage’, ‘Preparing the plane’, ‘Taking off’ and ‘Carrying cargo’. Richly informative and full of surprises, this book is perfect for little fingers and curious minds.

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A simple but entertaining rhyming story with delightful illustrations, perfect for sharing with young children, or for children who are starting to read alone. Specially written with simple rhymes and phonic repetition to help develop essential language and reading skills. Includes guidance notes for parents at the back of the book.

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With stunning illustrations and over 60 flaps to lift, children can explore plague-ridden London, the British Empire, a Victorian factory and other key events in Britain’s incredible history. Scenes include “The Middle Ages”, “Tudor Times” and “Britain at War”. A “Famous People” section at the back of the book features Britons of note such as Oliver Cromwell, Emmeline Pankhurst and The Beatles.

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A charming and comical story told with simple text and delightful illustrations sure to entertain young children. Sid likes scaring his friends with his mighty roar, but when Sid loses his voice, will his friends wish he hadn’t? With rhyming text that children will love to join in with time and time again.

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A fun way to familiarise young children with all the things they will need to know and be able to do when they start school. Following a typical day at school, children will enjoy using the stickers to help the characters in the book get dressed, pack bags, hang up coats, change for PE, and participate in art class, lunchtime, playtime, story time and home time. With over 100 stickers, this is sure to keep little children occupied for hours.

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Why do stars shine? And how was the moon made? Children can blast off into space with this fantastic interactive flap book revealing the secrets of the Universe. Vibrant illustrations and simple explanations combined with over 70 flaps to lift. Each double page covers a different topic, including ‘Glittering galaxies’, ‘On the Moon’ and ‘Space Station’.

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Thirty illustrated cards full of interesting facts about some of the world’s most beloved paintings. Each card has an image of a famous painting on one side and fascinating facts on the reverse, including the story behind the painting, when, where and by whom it was painted and interesting details. Includes paintings by da Vinci, Vermeer, Kandinsky, Pollock, Rousseau, Monet, van Gogh, Renoir, Picasso, Dali and Matisse.

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A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonecutter, Dick Whittington, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Pear Tree and Genie in the Bottle. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by artists from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.

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The stories of six of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, beautifully retold and illustrated for children growing in reading confidence. Includes Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself. Each story is introduced with a summary and pictures of the characters. With internet links to websites where children can listen to extracts from the plays and find out more about William Shakespeare.

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Delightful board book with a sound panel and high contrast illustrations specially designed to appeal to the very young. With each picture, there is an onomatopoeic word, such as "woof" and "quack", and babies can press the buttons on the sound panel to make the appropriate noises.

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When Tom makes a cat of ice and snow, it comes to life at night: roaming the streets, prowling his dreams. What can it be looking for? Curl up with Cat Tales from award-winning and enchanting storyteller, Linda Newbery.

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The classic tale of adventure and revenge by Alexandre Dumas retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Who is the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo and how did he acquire his magnificent wealth? A rip-roaring tale of adventure – from a daring prison escape to a hunt for hidden treasure and a duel at dawn. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.

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A flap book of astronomical proportions, packed with facts and information about the stars, planets and galaxies. Fabulous fold-outs reveal our solar system, and the universe and there's a little book of star maps tucked in on the last page. Explore how scientists made their amazing space discoveries and the latest space travel technology. Includes internet links to websites with the latest space information, games and photos.

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Three original stories for children who have just started reading on their own. Stories feature wrestling raptors, a hilarious tale of vegetarian dinosaurs and a prehistoric egg hatching in a modern museum. Includes a pronunciation guide to help young readers say the dinosaur names. Humorously illustrated by Cynthia Decker. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.

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Three original mermaid tales for children who are just beginning to learn how to read. Meet a scheming mermaid lurking to sabotage the Great Seahorse Race, a mermaid on a journey to the spooky Pirates' Graveyard and a mermaid who just loves to dance! Delicately illustrated by Desideria Guicciardini. Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University.

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Machines cause mayhem in these hi-tech tales with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading on their own. Robot racers fight to reach the finish line, the Tidybot goes out of control and a sneaky thief plans a robot robbery. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Also available with an audio CD with a dramatic listen-along recording with music and sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns.

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Each card shows a picture of a familiar word, its alphabetical spelling and breakdown of its phonetic components, with one card for each of the 44 basic phonemes in English. Synthetic phonic learning is the process of reading by sounding the individual sounds of a word and then blending them together to read the word as a whole. Featuring the much-loved illustrations of Stephen Cartwright.

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A fun festive card game for the whole family to enjoy. Contains 26 pairs of cards featuring vibrant illustrations of festive objects such as snowmen, reindeer, and stockings to match and win the game. A great way for young children to develop word and picture matching skills.

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A fantastic treasury of traditional stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes lively retellings of ten classic fairy tales by authors such as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, including The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. All stories feature charming and vivid illustrations. A wonderful giftbook with an attractive hardback cover and a ribbon marker.

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Three new and original stories about Crystal, Poppy and Lily, three fairies in a flap over stolen wands, flying lessons and fairy balls. Vibrant illustrations evoke the magical world of Fairyland. Part of Young Reading Series 1 for readers just starting to read alone. Developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University.

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Usborne Spotters Guides are perfect companions for enthusiasts of the natural world. Each title includes detailed full-colour illustrations, plus short descriptions and essential details. Internet links to recommended websites to find out more about each subject. A classic Usborne series reissued using the latest reproduction technology for accuracy of colour and detail. Perfect for both children and adults and incredible value for money.

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Thoughtful introduction to the extraordinary life of Martin Luther King for young readers. Lively narrative text, colourful illustrations and photographs bring the subject alive. Includes essential facts and insightful details to help the reader understand Martin Luther King's life and times, and links to recommended websites with video clips and activities. Part of Young Reading Series 3 for fully confident readers.

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Sam Taplin (Author) Sam Taplin grew up in a beautiful valley in Yorkshire, where he dreamed of being a writer, and after three years reading other people's books at university he started writing his own for Usborne. He's been doing it ever since. When he's not writing about lonely rabbits or inquisitive bears, he likes doing card tricks, writing songs and playing long games of chess by the fire.

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Watch the seaside scenes burst into beautiful colour as you brush water over the black and white illustrations! Scenes include sandcastles, crabs, seals and lots more, and there’s a handy fold-out back cover to prevent colours running through to the page beneath. Part of a range of pocket-sized paperbacks that are perfect for holidays and journeys.

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A fun and interactive way for children to listen to and learn 120 everyday words spoken by a native English speaker. Each of the four double-sided topic cards has sixteen words and pictures about letters, numbers and being at school. Slot the card into the book’s special frame and press the pictures to hear the words read aloud.

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