Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)

  • My first journey around planet Earth

    £10.99

    A unique and playful first introduction to Earth’s ecosystems for early years’ children with giant flaps to lift and peepholes to explore.

  • Our nipa hut

    £7.99

    Yelena and Papa take care of their nipa hut – and it takes care of them. But when a typhoon roars towards the Philippines, their preparation will be put to the test.

  • The bee connection

    £12.99

    Mason B. Chandler is a detective and solitary bee on a mission, and she needs your help to solve a mystery in Bug Borough. As Mason follows clues through Bug Borough, you’ll discover everything there is to know about bees! Learn all about the different types of bees, their homes, how they communicate and what you can do to help look after them.

  • Bee

    £6.99

    From Bee pollinating plants and bringing nectar back to the hive in the spring to the busy and bustling hive in the height of summer, join Bee on this amazing journey. Follow the peep-through holes on every page to discover each stage of a honeybee’s life. After a long, cold winter, Bee sets off in search of some delicious nectar. Bee also works hard to carry pollen between plants and crops. Back at the hive, the Queen must lay lots of tiny eggs to help grow her colony. Before long, the hive is filled with new bees and lots of honey. At the end of the summer, Bee gets ready to start the cycle all over again.

  • Explanatorium of science

    £20.00

    The only science encyclopedia for children you’ll ever need, with amazing photography that shows and explains how chemistry, physics, and biology work. Watch as mixtures merge and matter changes state. Discover how some chemical changes can be reversed, yet others can’t, and why some reactions go with a bang! See bacteria at work in the world around us, and even inside the human digestive system. Understand the tricks that light plays and unlock the secrets of electricity to find out how it powers the bulbs in your home. Whether it’s elements, evolution, or energy, the world of science is brought to life by stunning photographic explanations that answer the biggest and smallest questions about our Universe.

  • The fossil hunter

    £8.99

    Have you ever found something mysterious? Something you had no idea what it was but you had this feeling it was important, that it held a secret? Mary Anning was a fossil hunter, scouring the cliffs and seashores of Lyme Regis for strange rocks and shells. Monstrous marine reptiles and dinosaurs had once reigned the land and seas here millions of years ago, disappearing only to leave mysterious traces for humans to puzzle over. Mary’s fossils paved the way for modern palaeontology and helped to piece together a picture of how the dinosaurs lived and evolved. Little did she know that 200 years later we would still be talking about her amazing discoveries and how she influenced our understanding of the history of the Earth.

  • Izzy the Inventor and the Time Travelling Gnome

    £5.99

    Meet Izzy the Inventor in a laugh-out-loud fiction series that brings together science, magic and a very lovable unicorn. Packed full of illustrations and easy-to-read text, this series is perfect for beginner readers and fans of Isadora Moon and the Kitty books.Henry the unicorn is trapped in a tall tower in Fairytale Land and it’s up to Izzy to save him. She’s come with all her latest inventions – water balloons, catapults, musical instruments – but this time, her inventions alone can’t save Henry. She’s going to have to learn how to travel through time with the help of a bad-tempered gnome! Every book contains ideas for science experiments and a QR code with links for more to try at home.Other titles in the series:Izzy the Inventor and the Unexpected UnicornIzzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom.

  • How to solve the Rubik’s Cube

    £8.99

    The Rubik’s Cube is the world’s best-known puzzle, a magical object that has baffled and fascinated the world for over fifty years. This clearly-illustrated step-by-step guide teaches you a foolproof beginners’ method for solving the Cube, plus advanced techniques if you want to learn to solve it in seconds.

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