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A luxurious A5 notebook featuring Katie Scott’s stunning illustrations from the bestselling Botanicum, created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.With a foiled paperback cover, lay-flat binding and 160 pages of creamy lined notepaper with gilded edges, this beautiful notebook makes the perfect gift for nature lovers, writers, diarists and students.
A luxurious A5 notebook featuring Katie Scott’s stunning illustrations from the bestselling Fungarium, created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. With a foiled paperback cover, lay-flat binding and 160 pages of creamy lined notepaper with gilded edges, this beautiful notebook makes the perfect gift for nature lovers, writers, diarists and students.
This family cookbook is a celebration of all things food – and the joy of eating. From global recipes to tips on sourcing fresh ingredients and how different foods can be prepared and enjoyed, this beautifully illustrated cookbook is a visual feast and a delight to the senses. Learn how to make dumplings, apple turnovers, spiced fish fingers and other delicious dishes from around the world with fun and encouraging text by award-winning cook Lizzie Mabbott.
From the birth of the first ocean to the rise of life, from fiery volcanic eruptions to icy glacial ages, this picture book brings Earth’s 4.5-billion-year story to life in a way that’s vivid, accessible and awe-inspiring. Young readers will meet microscopic creatures, towering dinosaurs and witness the dramatic transformations that shaped the world we know today.
This bright and busy book tours 12 cities around the world: London, Tokyo, Paris, New York, Seoul, Istanbul, Mexico City, Budapest, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona and Rome. The detailed illustrations will take you right to the heart of some of the world’s most exciting and magical cities. Learn how to say new words and phrases in different languages, whilst also meeting characters, discovering new foods and spotting historical landmarks along the way. With fun characters and surprises to spot throughout, this book provides hours of fun for little ones, and is an ideal first introduction to foreign languages.
Insects are essential for life as we know it. There are at least one million species of insects, together making up over 80 per cent of all living species on Earth. Around 10,000 new species of insects are discovered every year. In ‘Insectarium’, learn about the secret world thriving right underneath your feet. How did insects evolve into what they are today? How do they work together and how do they defend themselves? Explore the rooms of ‘Insectarium’ and meet the beautiful demoiselle and the gigantic goliath beetle. Learn why these small creatures have such a huge impact on the world around us, and why we should be protecting them.
This fascinating and funny comic book collection is the perfect introduction to the world of the ancient Romans. Including six mythical tales retold in comic strips, readers will learn about the founding of Rome in ‘Romulus and Remus’, meet a callous cyclops in ‘Polyphemus and Ulysses’, and much more. Each myth is told in engaging modern language, which is easy for children to understand yet still retains the humour and intrigue of the original tales.
Travel along the story path and discover an enchanted world where fairy princes battle with monsters from the deep and vampire cats zoom through the galaxy on unicorns.
Blending lyrical poetry with non-fiction, this illustrated book celebrates the city of Paris. Readers are introduced to iconic landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre, as well as hidden corners of the city, including a charming Parisian café and a magical night along the River Seine. It includes 18 poems, and each text is paired with a beautifully immersive watercolour scene.
The ancient Egyptian myths are some of the oldest and most famous stories in the world. This comic book collection will be the perfect introduction to the world of the ancient Egyptians – containing six tales full of mythical creatures, gods, pharaohs and adventure.
A stunningly illustrated tribute to all things aeroplane, ‘Aviation’ celebrates the ingenuity of aeroplanes, biplanes, monoplanes and helicopters past, present and future. From the first hot air balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers, through to the the legendary Wright Flyer and the revolutionary Concorde, this book by the award-winning artist Dieter Braun is the perfect gift for lovers of all things plane.
‘Locomotion’ celebrates the ingenuity and usability of trains past, present and future. From early steam engines through to the modern high-speed trains of today, ‘Locomotion’ is a spectacular look at the history of trains throughout the world, and the wonder and escapism they evoke. Packed full of iconic trains including the famous Flying Scotsman and the grand Orient Express as well as encompassing scenic journeys like the majestic Trans-Siberian railway, ‘Locomotion’ makes a stunning gift or reference book for train lovers of all ages.