Children's / Teenage reference: Subject-specific reference

  • Graphic novel builder

    £12.99

    A comic book?about making comic books!

    The perfect gift for budding artists and aspiring storytellers. Written and illustrated by comic artist Edward Ross with an introduction by Alice Oseman, creator of the best-selling Heartstopper series.

  • Explore

    £20.00

    Maps can help you find your way around more than just places, and knowledge can be shared using more than just words. Inside these pages you will discover maps of science, history, nature, and space. Find a new way into fascinating topics with this unique book. Follow the routes of animals as they embark on migrations and of seeds as they leave their parent plants. Discover maps to guide you around hidden spaces, like the inside of a beehive, and places as distant as the outer reaches of the solar system. Explore the depths of the ocean, a single cell, a car engine, the human brain, a medieval castle, and much more. This book features an encyclopaedic range of subjects for children who want to find out everything there is to know about the world.

  • Fantastic Fearsome Sharks

    £16.99

    Build your own original model of the most deadly predator to ever swim the oceans – prehistoric Megalodon. Then dive into the accompanying book to discover over 100 bite-size facts about the awesome sharks that swim in our oceans today. With seek-and-find fun in every scene, this book and model kit will ignite a lifelong love of the natural world.

  • Doctor Who

    £20.00

    With exclusive content from Ncuti Gatwa’s first outing as the Fifteenth Doctor, discover more about the Time Lord who has been keeping the Earth safe for over 60 years. This is the ultimate guide to all of the Doctor’s fifteen incarnations – from William Hartnell to Tom Baker and including both of David Tennant’s eras – you will learn fascinating facts from all of space and time.

  • Spill the beans

    £12.99

    Discover 100 silly sayings and peculiar phrases in this illustrated book for curious kids!

    • ?What does it mean to spill the beans?
    • Why does it rain cats and dogs?
    • Who is the early bird and why do they catch the worm?
  • Creaturepedia

    £12.99

    Discover the animal kingdom’s greatest talents in this encyclopedia of curious creatures.

  • Pokemon beginners guide

    £9.99

    Whether you’re yet to catch your first Pokémon or have been training for a while. This Beginners Guide is the perfect starting point on your Pokémon journey.

  • Cloudspotting for beginners

    £20.00

    Have you ever watched a cloud being born? Clouds come in all manner of shapes and sizes. From low-lying stratus to high-flying cirrus via sun dogs and tornados, this beautifully illustrated guide reveals the facts, secrets and stories of all the major cloud types, and how they change the weather around them. We learn their fancy Latin names, explore the parts of the sky where they like to hang out, watch their amazing light shows – and even visit them on other planets, where they are made of acid (among other things). ‘Cloudspotting for Beginners’ will inspire curious minds with a lifelong sense of meteorological wonder.

  • Welcome to AI

    £14.99

    Welcome to AI is an introduction to artificial intelligence for curious youngsters. Learn all about the history, science and technology behind the world of AI.

  • Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie

    £9.99
    Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Agatha Christie tells the story of the most famous crime writer of all time.