Lizzie Munsey

Did you know that there may be 5 million species of insects in the world? And that there are over a billion insects for every human on our planet? With nearly 1,000 stunning images of insects from around the world, Our World in Pictures: Bugs, Butterflies, Beetles, and Bees takes a fun look at this gigantic group of tiny animals. This colourful bug book for kids aged 8-12 years is filled with galleries of stunning photographs that bring to life a huge variety of bugs – including insects that glow in the dark, the honeybees that pollinate our food, and bugs that live in our backyards. This guide to the insect kingdom helps you: • See the unseen details of hairy legs and shimmering wings through galleries of high-definition photography. • Read your way through complex science broken down into bite-sized captions that keep even reluctant readers turning pages. • Understand nature and the vital jobs insects do to keep our planet alive and our food growing. • Trust the facts written and checked by experts, including well-known, award-winning entomologist Adam Hart You'll also discover insect habitats, learn about their bodies, and see how they communicate, hunt, and look after their young. Prepare to be amazed by the spectacular stories of these creatures that play a vital role in Earth's ecosystems. Learn all about the world one picture at a time!

This book of maps helps you navigate the big topics that explain the world: science, history, nature, and space. Maps can help you find your way around more than just places, and knowledge can be shared using more than just words. Using maps, children aged 7-9 will be introduced to need-to-know topics in an inviting and visual way. Explore is a new and exciting style of reference that’s packed with diagrams and information to explain each map to inquisitive children. Inside, you’ll find a whole collection of maps to pore over on subjects you’d never expect, from cells and our planet to amphibians and microscopic life. This all-encompassing maps book for children offers: - An all-new visual approach to learning core subjects, as part of a brand new exciting reference series. - A combination of maps and other diagrams that break down important topics, combined with stats, facts, figures, and explanations. - Bright and stand-out illustrations from the award-winning Studio Muti that explore each topic. 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 unique book features an encyclopedic range of subjects for children who want to find out everything there is to know about the world.