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Fully-illustrated and filled with real-world examples, this book explains the basics of psychology, from how people think, feel and behave to how scientists can study and be sure about what is actually going on in other people's brains.

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Climate change is having an enormous impact on the world around us - it has become a Climate Crisis. This book uses simple language and vivid illustrations to explain complex questions clearly. How does the climate work? What are we doing to change it? What can we do differently to avoid the worst outcomes? Why do we all find change so hard? The Climate Crisis is a troubling and sensitive topic, especially for children, so the book includes vital tips on how to set realistic goals and not get overwhelmed by bad news.

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Join Poppy and Sam as they follow their new friend the bunny around Apple Tree Farm in this adorable finger puppet book. Push your finger through the hole to bring the bunny to life and make simple actions from sniffing the flowers to nibbling a carrot. With charming illustrations, and of course, the little yellow duck to spot on every page.

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Meet Scamp the squirrel and her woodland friends in this puzzle-packed activity book. Use the special pen provided to join the dots, solve mazes, spot differences and trace the dotted lines, then wipe the pages clean and repeat. This is the perfect way for young children to develop the vital fine motor skills they need for learning to write letters and numbers.

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See how nature changes with the seasons, find out which creatures live in the garden and learn how flowers grow in this beautifully illustrated introduction to nature, with over 80 flaps to lift. There are counting and matching activities, and lots of things to look at and talk about on every page.

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A fabulous overview of what happens to our waste, from stinking problems and hi tech sorting systems to the importance of make less rubbish in the first place. Includes top tips on how we can reduce and re-use.

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Discover the magical world of nature in this information book for young children, with over 80 flaps to lift. There are woods, rivers and ponds to explore, and animals to discover under the ground, hiding in trees and rustling in the bushes. There’s information on how plants grow, habitats and nature spotting and links to websites to find out more.

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Five delightful traditional tales from around the world, specially selected and retold for younger children - from a little pony who wants to be all grown up, to three wild horses who outwit a hungry wolf.

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Decorate the pages of this elegantly illustrated book with transfers and crayons to create beautiful scenes of flowers around the word. Each double page has delicate drawings to colour in and a detailed scene to fill with over 1,000 rub-down floral transfers. The transfers are stored in a wallet inside the front cover to keep them safe.

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Meet five adorable penguins that waddle through the pages in this delightful board book. Babies and toddlers will love touching the tactile patches and looking for the familiar little white mouse.

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From shells and sandcastles to crabs and fish, little children will love the seashore scenes in this early years colouring book. Bold, simple outlines and large areas to colour are ideal for developing pencil control skills.

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Six of Rudyard Kipling's famous 'Just So Stories', carefully selected and retold for younger children. Includes: How the Elephant got his Trunk, How the Crab got her Claws, How the Rhinoceros got his Skin, How the Whale got his Throat, How the Camel got his Hump and Why the Kangaroo Jumps.

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"I loved this brave, hilarious, impossibly tender book with my whole zombie heart." Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda"Blisteringly funny, joyous and smart, with such a big, beautiful heart." Simon James Green, author of Gay Club!A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com with Heart: Sex Education meets Love, Simon - with fake zombies - in this savagely funny gay YA romance about body image, self-acceptance and falling in love.Jesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he'll require major surgery to repair it - which means he only has a month to accomplish two almost-impossible tasks.1) Shoot his epic zombie movie on a shoestring budget if he has any hope of getting into film school.2) Fall in love before this surgery lands him with a huge scar - because how will anyone ever fancy him after that?

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You'll never guess where Tyrannosaurus rexes lived, what a Spinosaurus could do with its nose, why the head of a Parasaurolophus was like a trombone or how very heavy dinosaurs sat on their eggs without crushing them! All is revealed in this delightful information book, filled with quirky and surprising things to know about all kinds of dinosaurs.

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In this thrilling sticker book, the lines between science fiction and reality blur as you build awe-inspiring futuristic metropolises - from giant space stations and colonies on Mars to underwater worlds and cyberpunk cities full of androids. Add the right stickers to complete your cities, then read their description and statistics to find out all about them.

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Become a zoo keeper for the day, and discover all the things that go on behind the scenes at a zoo. Prepare food for hundreds of animals, clean out their enclosures, take them to the zoo vet for a check up and even watch brand new baby animals being born. With lots of flaps to lift and gorgeous illustrations, this is the perfect introduction to life in a zoo for young readers.

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Understanding money today is so much more than learning about notes and coins. Where does money come from? Why do I have to save? What happens if I click BUY NOW? Find answers to important money questions, and some silly ones too in this friendly and useful book.- The question and answer lift-the-flat format is a perfect reading tool for curious kids- Written in consultation with money management expert Bobby Seagull - TV and radio presenter, teacher and ambassador for the National Numeracy charity- Early learning about money is key to building good money habits

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Little children and their grown-ups can stick their fingers through the holes to become the arms of little octopus as she meets her undersea friends, decorates her den and hides from a hungry shark. Simple rhyming text and delightful illustrations combine perfectly in an engaging interactive board book.

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Lift the lily pads and peep under the water to discover what's in a pond. From tadpoles hatching and turning into frogs, to diving beetles and even dragonfly larvae transforming into adults, this book has so much information for curious young children. Find out which fish has a nest for his babies, meet a sleepy newt and peep under a swan's wing to see her fluffy cygnets hitching a ride on her back.

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Get the lowdown on these sneaky, microscopic intruders, from how they infect us to how our bodies fight them off. Meet the germ detectives who have managed to track them down. And spare a thought for the zillions of other microbes who are perfectly harmless - or may even be super helpful. Using authentic kids' questions, carefully considered answers and quirky, characterful illustrations, this book provides an excellent introduction to our invisible enemies.

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Garden spaces can be havens for wildlife, and this beautifully illustrated book will help children explore nature on their own doorsteps. They can have fun spotting 60 different kinds of animals, birds, plants, trees and bugs and using the sticker chart at the back of the book to keep track of the things they've seen. Each entry has fascinating facts and spotting tips, as well as an enchanting illustration by Stephanie Fizer Coleman.

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Each time you move one of the sliders in this unique novelty book, a jungle animal springs into view and makes a fun sound. But there's more! Move the same slider back again, and you'll see and hear a completely different animal. Babies and toddlers will love moving the sliders back and forth to enjoy all the jungle animals in this delightfully illustrated book - the first in an exciting new series.

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Help toddlers learn some of their very first words by exploring some of the activities they love best playground equipment! From swings to slides to roundabouts and rockers, this book combines clear, simple illustrations with large type so kids can easily practise sounding out and saying the names. Little peep-through holes also show off different animals you can find in playgrounds, too.

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Bob the water beetle has a nice life in his cosy home. There's only one thing missing - someone to give him a hug! Join him as he sets out to find a friend in this charming tale of funny little bugs. A QR code provides a link to an audio recording of the story.

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With flaps to lift on every page, this delightful book answers the questions that all young children ask about the weather, from Where does wind come from? to Why is it colder in winter? With surprising facts and weather forecasting tips, it makes a brilliant introduction to weather, which is a UK National Curriculum topic for Years 1 and 2.

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Meet five mischievous squirrels in this exciting addition to the much-loved That's not my... series. With bold illustrations, patches to stroke and the familiar mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.

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A pocket-sized book packed full of fun word puzzles and games. Puzzles include finding the missing letter, figuring out a hidden code and matching words together to reinforce vocabulary and test spelling skills. Full of colourful illustrations and space to draw, colour and complete the puzzles, this book is perfect for long journeys and other quiet times. Includes answers at the back of the book so children can practise alone or with a friend.

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Children can explore the jungles of the world and meet the plants, animals and insects that live there in this colourful lift-the-flap book. Peep under the flaps to discover iguanas warming themselves in the sun in the Amazon, orangutans swinging through the trees in Borneo, forest buffaloes crossing a river in West Africa, and fruit bats flitting over the treetops in South East Asia. With over 80 flaps to lift, this is an exciting introduction to rainforests and rainforest wildlife.

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A very simple non-fiction, lift-the-flap book for small children. Packed with holes to peep through, flaps to look beneath and snippets of factual information. A brilliant introduction to an amazing variety of animal homes, including nests, warrens, hives, dens and dams.

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Kasia Dudziuk is a member of both the Association of Illustrators and House of Illustration. She has worked on a prestigious list of internationally acclaimed children's brands, such as Barbie, Thomas the Tank Engine, Mr Men and Little Miss and Winnie-the-Pooh. Her clients include Egmont, Usborne, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's.

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Simon Tudhope (Author) Before joining Usborne, Simon worked in Moscow as sports editor for a local paper. These days he writes about things that aren't actually real, but are very important nevertheless. Mysteries and monsters and impossible quests in faraway realms that you won't find on any map. All the sort of stuff he loved as a child, basically. (And still does.)

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Lisa Regan is the author of more than 200 published titles, including puzzle books, children's reference, licensed characters and curriculum-linked workbooks. She lives in Colchester with her husband and two sons. Jenny Wren has created illustrations for various book publishers including Usborne publishing, Paragon, Caterpillar books, Igloo books and Lake press. As well as producing artwork for book projects, Jenny also designs decorative greetings cards. She loves to illustrate maps, buildings, and animals. Jenny works from home in city of Lichfield in Staffordshire, UK.

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'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan EllenbergMatt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. And always with something for you to make or do along the way. 'The book oozes with sheer joy' New Scientist'Matt Parker is some sort of unholy fusion of a prankster, wizard and brilliant nerd - clever, funny and ever so slightly naughty' Adam Rutherford, author of Creation'Matt Parker never got the memo about maths being boring ... he seeks to reconnect us to the numbers around us' Simon Usborne, Independent'Essential reading' Observer

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In Wodehouse’s final novel, unfinished at his death, the author returns to his favourite part of England for one last time. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiancé, Jeff Bennison, which means that her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, has to engineer a complicated plot to bring them back together. Many old friends reappear to take their last bow: the Earl of Emsworth, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Beach the butler, the Empress of Blandings (Lord Emsworth’s prize pig), Freddie Threepwood (his son), G. Ovens, innkeeper, and an array of the earl’s formidable sisters. There may be trouble in the air, but at Blandings Castle it is always summer, always quiet and sunlit - and the powers of darkness are always ultimately defeated. Just how that defeat would have been brought about, had Wodehouse completed his story, is shown in the copious notes he made for it. These are included in this volume, together with commentary by Richard Usborne, Tony Ring and Norman Murphy.

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An immersive story of daily life in ancient Egypt. This extraordinary translation of a tale by Michael Hoffen, a 16-year-old young author, will acquaint readers with the life of a teenage boy in ancient Egypt and show readers that working for a living has never been easy! Sail up the Nile with an ancient Egyptian father and son and discover what daily life was like along the way. Experience the wonderful world of ancient Egypt with the help of countless artificats and paintings. Delight in four-thousand-year-old humor and immerse yourself in the choices facing a teenage boy in Egypt then. 'Few visitors to the British Museum can actually read the ancient words on the artefacts but one teenager has turned an object's script into a book. . . Michael, who comes from New York, is the recipient of the Emerson prize for outstanding promise in history. His passion for the subject was fired as a young boy by Usborne and Dorling Kindersley booksand he now has his own title, Be A Scribe.' - T

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This fact-filled guide for kids 7 to 17 explores the world of architecture as you’ve never seen it before, from tiny shacks to vast palaces – and everything in between! Praise for Atlas of Amazing Architecture ''Given the global spread of coverage and the unusual buildings chosen, this is a must for children’s history, art, and architecture collections''.-- Booklist Starred Review ''A delightful and informative trip around the globe''. -- School Library Journal ''Peter Allen has written and illustrated a book that is stunning. I am sure there will be many, like me, who will revisit it time and time again and still find out something new and interesting''. -- Just Imagine ''A vibrant, wonderful journey across the world and will open the eyes of young readers to the awe-inspiring architecture all around us''. -- The BookActivist ''Both young and older readers will be drawn in, delighting in a wide-ranging exploration of fascinating buildings who are now getting a bit more exposure thanks to this fun and informative book''. -- The AOI ''Bursting with fascinating detail, this book is ideal for any budding young architect''. -- BookTrust ''A wonderful book to generate interest in the built environment''. -- Goodreads This atlas of architectural wonders eschews the classic children’s book fare of the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, and instead takes a broader view of what constitutes amazing architecture. Buildings include: the Jameh mosque of Isfahan in Iran, Native American plank houses in New Mexico, Stave Churches in Norway, The Djinguereber Mosque in Mali, and extraordinary 18th century wooden churches on Kizhi Island, Russia. Over 50 buildings span all the continents equally throughout history. Each of these buildings is visually striking and architecturally noteworthy; they introduce new engineering technologies or define a movement or capture the essence of a moment in human history. However, despite their significance, they are, for the most part, not part of the main Western architectural canon. This book seeks out a more diverse, inclusive approach to what constitutes amazing architecture, and presents it with fresh illustration and clear, punchy text. Established illustrator Peter Allen, whose work has been published extensively by Usborne and Walker, brings the illustrations alive in his typical playful and dynamic style.

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