Big Book Of Birds
£14.99The newest book in Yuval Zommer’s highly popular ‘Big Book’ series introduces young children to some of the world’s most colourful, magnificent, silly and surprising feathered creatures.
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Happy Prince
£7.99In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late ‘Happy Prince’, who in reality has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow isn’t allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor.
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Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership
£9.99An original and revealing series of essays on couples who shared both sexual and artistic bonds.
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If I had a dinosaur
£7.99A witty and charmingly illustrated bedtime story about a little girl who imagines what it would be like to have a dinosaur of her very own.
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Plant Style: How to greenify your space
£14.95Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and you don’t have to look far to see a devil’s ivy hanging from a ceiling. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are also a stylist’s best friend. However, it’s their power to transform a sterile space into an urban sanctuary that makes them more than just an inanimate prop – all you need to know is how to use them. From the founders of Australian plant-wares label, Ivy Muse, comes this charming guide on how to turn your home into a jungle-like retreat. With design-savvy tips and expert advice, you’ll learn all there is to know about decorating with plants and botanical styling plus the necessities like light requirements and when to water and feed.
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Archaeology: The Whole Story
£24.95A comprehensive guide through our whole human past that takes the reader on a tour through time and across the globe to every site of archaeological importance.
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This Book Thinks You’re a Maths Genius
£9.99This Book Thinks You’re a Maths Genius explores seven key areas of maths: geometry, space and volume, statistics, numbers and number patterns, codes and ciphers and the concept of infinity. Each spread centres on an open-ended question that introduces a key mathematical concept and suggests activities that engage the child in a fun and entertaining way. Activities include predicting the trajectory of a Malteser; building loo roll skyscrapers; mind-reading magic tricks; devising your own spy code; and working out the physical correlations between your dad and Usain Bolt. The end of the book includes a section of paper-based crafts including the kit to make a cardboard football and a data log for family quirks.
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Battle for Home: The Memoir of a Syrian Architect
£16.95Drawing on the author’s personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country’s bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it.