Children's / Teenage general interest: Work & industry / world of work

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  • Shirley vs Seven Deadly Dangers

    £8.99

    Come with Shirley as she falls down a hole into the Under-Under-Underworld. Shirley and her cockroach companion George must venture into the Under-Under-Underworld to track down George’s missing cockroach sisters. Their quest takes them through seven deadly dangers, deeper and deeper into the Underworld. But will they ever come out the other side?

  • Stylist-Ing and Other Jobs

    £6.99

    Indie is a little girl with a big personality – and quite the flair for the dramatics! What job will she roleplay today? In these four stories, Indie takes on four very important jobs: a librarian, a cleaner, a dentist, and even a stylist – star-shaped sunglasses at the ready! But these jobs are never easy. Indie’s dentist chair (balanced backwards on a skateboard) isn’t particularly stable, and when Mum doesn’t look like Mum anymore in her big floppy hat and fur-trim gloves, Fashionista Indie ponders. Is there such a thing as too much style?

  • When I Grow Up I’d Like to Be…

    £7.99

    Dream big with bestselling author Rob Biddulph in this wonderful exploration of jobs and the world of work

  • Engineer

    £7.99

    I love to build things! Discover what a day in the life of an engineer is like in this sweet board book for little future builders everywhere. Simple text and sweet illustrations on every page take you out from constructing houses, to laying roads and railways, perfect for building vocabulary and encouraging imaginative play.

  • Footballer

    £7.99

    I love football! Discover what a day in the life of a footballer is like in this sweet book for little football fans everywhere. Simple text and sweet illustrations on every page take you from training to game day, and scoring a goal, perfect for building vocabulary and encouraging imaginative play.

  • Future Me: Vet

    £7.99
  • Train Driver

    £7.99

    Discover what a day in the life of a train driver is like with this inspiring book for early readers.

  • Ballet Dancer

    £7.99

    Discover what a day in the life of a ballet dancer is like with this inspiring book for early readers.

  • Astronaut

    £7.99

    Discover what a day in the life of an astronaut is like with this inspiring book for early readers.

  • Garage

    £10.99

    With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones can have hands-on fun finding out about what goes on at the garage. They will enjoy lifting up the bonnet, recognising each familiar machine from car jacks to power tools and finding out what all the different people at the mechanics do. Meet a tyre technician, an electric vehicles mechanic and a roadside recovery driver, watch a car get squeaky clean in an automatic car wash and find out how all vehicles – big and small – get repaired.

  • Museum

    £10.99

    With sturdy flaps to lift on every page, little ones can have hands-on fun finding out about what goes on at the museum. They will enjoy opening doors and walking through each familiar area, from the art and sculptures exhibit to the café and gift shop, and finding out what all the different people at the museum do. Meet a curator, an invigilator and an art restorer, watch a new dinosaur skeleton go on display and find out all the skills each person needs to do their job.

  • Boss of the underworld: Shirley vs the Huge Beast

    £7.99

    Shirley follows her cockroach companion George into the Under-Underworld and finds herself immediately crowned as queen. With Peels, a banana-skin royalist, Shirley travels across the junkyard of this new world to rescue George and confront the Giant Beast who has been terrorising the land.

  • The World’s First Human Cannonball

    £10.99

    Ever wondered what it would be like to be an Incan runner, carrying messages across the ancient Andes at lightning speed? Or perhaps a jester, keeping the royal courts in stitches with your hilarious antics? What about a stage farter? A poo collector? A body double? All these jobs are yours for the taking in history’s line-up of the world’s oddest jobs. In this book, you’ll encounter a colourful cast of characters who embraced the quirkiest of professions, including the legendary Harry Houdini who defied the laws of nature with his mind-bending magic tricks; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American stunt-pilot; Marie Tussaud who fled the French Revolution and came to London to create wax sculptures; Zazel, a Victorian daredevil who became the first human cannonball; and the amazing story of Samuel Sorensen Adams, inventor of many of the most famous joke shop gags.