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A beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap book about the wildlife that can be found in and around rivers, written by conservation scientist Dr Charles van Rees. Rivers support life in their depths, on their banks, and in the sky above them. The River of Life highlights some of the most fascinating river habitats in the world, with plenty of fun things for young readers to spot in each stunning illustration by Marc Pattenden. After spying a creature hidden in the scene, little hands they can lift a flap to learn more about it, from snapping alligators in China's Yangtze River to cute capybaras around the Amazon River. The book introduces famous rivers around the world, including the Mississippi and the otters that roam its banks, and the endangered dolphins that call the River Ganges home. Readers will also meet the birds that rely on rivers for food during their epic migrations and discover the significance of the Nile River in Ancient Egyptian mythology. By the end of the book kids will have a new-found appreciation for the role rivers play in ecosystems all over the world. Discover more fascinating facts in the Amazing Habitats series with The Tree of Life.

A compassionate guide to understanding cancer, written by a medical oncologist for children aged 10-14. This is a book for children affected by the Big C. Whether they have cancer, or they know someone with cancer, they will have a lot of questions. And even for adults cancer is a really hard thing to talk about! Luckily Dr Sanjay Juneja is an expert at having these tricky conversations. In this book, featuring sensitive illustrations by Anna Shepeta, readers will get the answers to questions such as: Why does some people’s hair fall out when they have cancer? How can I support someone with cancer? What can I expect in hospita? aking a fact-based approach, the book will explain what cancer is, highlight the different types of cancer, introduce the medical staff that help patients on their journey, and look at different types of treatment. This honest and reassuring resource helps kids and families navigate cancer diagnosis and treatment together. It's also made by experts. Author Dr Sanjay Juneja takes care of people with blood diseases and cancer. Dr Ben Pickwell-Smith, the consultant on this book, is a Clinical Lecturer and Medical Oncology Registrar at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Also available in this critically-acclaimed series: We Need to Talk About Vaginas, We Need to Talk About Divorce, We Need to Talk About Death

Dive to the depths of our oceans and spot over 150 incredible sea creatures in this search-and-find book by marine biologist Carlee Jackson. There are millions of creatures hiding in the depths of our oceans! In this beautiful search-and-find book, kids will snorkel around a coral reef, swim along a mangrove, and explore a shipwreck as they have fun for hours searching for sea creatures. Vibrant illustrations by Hannah Abbo make for beautiful underwater scenes. As kids pore over the details, they'll dive deeper and deeper within our oceans and discover habitats from around the world. Will they be able to spot the sea turtle hatchlings making a dash for the sea? Or the nurse shark having a snooze in the coral reef? How about the narwhals peeking through ice in the Arctic? Discover that epaulette sharks can "walk", how a rainbow sea slug defends itself against predators, and why honeycomb eels have two sets of jaws!

Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the wiggly worms!In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure with a worm as it wiggles and waggles underground. Discover how worms keep their ecosystem healthy, and learn about their superpower of creating soil and recycling nutrients. Peek-through holes in the pages invite little ones to engage with the book. The organically shaped edges are also perfect for small hands. Stunning and adorable illustrations by Moesha Kellaway make this cute board book the perfect gift for toddlers who love the outdoors and are curious about nature. Have more fun learning about nature with: Fungi Friends, Brilliant Bugs, Busy Bees.

Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the busy bees!In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure with a bee as it pollinates flowers. Discover how bees keep their environment healthy, and why they do a funny dance to communicate with other bees back in the hive. Peek-through holes in the pages invite little ones to engage with the book. The organically shaped edges are also perfect for small hands. Stunning and adorable illustrations by Moesha Kellaway make this cute board book the perfect gift for toddlers who love the outdoors and are curious about nature. Have more fun learning about nature with: Fungi Friends, Brilliant Bugs, Wiggly Worms.

Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the brilliant bugs!In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure with a ladybug, a grasshopper, a dragonfly, and an ant. Discover how these little creatures keep their ecosystem healthy and how they are super important in habitats around the world. Peek-through holes in the pages invite little ones to engage with the book. The organically shaped edges are also perfect for small hands. Stunning and adorable illustrations by Tinna Guo make this cute board book the perfect gift for toddlers who love the outdoors and are curious about nature. Have more fun learning about nature with: Fungi Friends, Wiggly Worms, Busy Bees.

Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the fungi friends!In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure through a forest and discover how brilliant and diverse mushrooms and fungi are. Discover how these organisms keep their ecosystem healthy and how they can even clean up pollution!Peek-through holes in the pages invite little ones to engage with the book. The organically shaped edges are also perfect for small hands. Stunning and adorable illustrations by Moesha Kellaway make this cute board book the perfect gift for toddlers who love the outdoors and are curious about nature. Have more fun learning about nature with: Brilliant Bugs, Wiggly Worms, Busy Bees.

No one takes pride in it, but it is funny to see others fail. Take an educational and entertaining tour through history with An Epic History of Failure by Natalie Younger, visiting some of humankind's silliest decisions and the lessons we've learned (or not) from them. From the sinking of the HMS Titanic, to the many, MANY missteps of Christopher Columbus, to the wonky construction of the Tower of Pisa, young readers will discover some of the epic fails that have changed our world or simply left us wondering "what were they thinking?!". Everybody gets things wrong sometimes and this book demonstrates how we can often learn something from failure – or as Thomas Edison put it: “I’ve not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”Each tale is accompanied by wacky illustrations from Ella Kasperowicz, ideal for engaging reluctant readers. This is the third title in Neon Squid's Wacky Histories series, following A Stinky History of Toilets and A Sick History of Medicine, and is perfect for curious kids with a fondness for the darker side of history.

Find out what goes on behind the scenes at a zoo in this illustrated non-fiction story by zookeeper and TikTok sensation Jawnie Payne.This gentle story is a perfect gift for kids who love animals or are going on a trip to the zoo. It follows the exploits of several characters over the course of a busy day – including zookeepers, a school trip, and some very mischievous animals! Along the way readers will discover how the creatures are fed and kept entertained, as well as what goes on once the zoo shuts for the day!Stunning illustrations by Susan Deming bring the world of a zoo to life – from the big cat enclosure to the penguin pool – with plenty of things to spot in the illustrations for eagle-eyed readers.By the end of the book kids will have a newfound respect for all of the work that goes on to make every zoo experience memorable.

Would you know what to do if there was an AI takeover or an asteroid hit Earth? If not, don’t worry. In How to Survive an Apocalypse, preppers and podcast hosts Cam and Coby have got your back!In this fun and practical guide, you’ll learn prepping 101, from basic first aid and water purification to packing auseful emergency kit and how to communicate during a tech outage. Then you’ll discover how to survive all kinds of disasters, including a zombie apocalypse, a supernatural takeover, and an alien invasion. Packed with useful tips, tricks, and strategies, this laugh-out-loud handbook will have you hoping for the worst!

<p><b>A beautifully illustrated collection of 5-minute bedtime stories about the wildlife that comes out at night.</b><br><br>Every night reveals a thousand secrets… In this charming anthology of children’s stories by Alicia Klepeis readers will be guided under the light of the moon to meet the amazing animals that come out when we’re all asleep. In one story a lost wolf pup has to find its way back to its pack, while another looks at a flying fox as it goes for a midnight swim. Kids will be thrilled by the pineapplefish who has a torch built into its mouth, and marvel at a dung beetle that navigates by looking at the stars!<br><br>Other stories feature American alligators, Fennec foxes, wombats, snowy owls, bushbabies, flying frogs, luna moths and even a rat making its way across a sleeping city. All of these nighttime animals and their habitats are brought to life with impressive skill by illustrator Jennifer Falkner.<br><br>Each story in <i>Secrets of the Stars</i> is based on the real biology and behaviour of these amazing wild animals, and at the end of each tale readers will find out more about the science that inspired the story. So as they drift off to sleep, they will know a little bit more about the animals that are waking up and beginning their day.<br><br>The cover features a timeless design with silver foil and a cloth texture, making this book the perfect gift.</p>

<p><b>An epic guide to the history and mythology of dragons from around the world for fantasy-mad kids by medieval historian Dr Cait Stevenson.</b><br><br>For thousands of years humans have feared or revered dragons, be they winged fire-breathing monsters from Europe or slithering water gods from Asia. In this book, featuring beautiful illustrations courtesy of Cinthya Alvarez, readers will be charmed by ancient myths and learn about the cultures that gave birth to these legendary monsters. Includes the stories of:<br><br> Fáfnir, a dragon from Norse mythology whose greed gets the better of him<br> The female dragon-slayer from the Arabic folktales <i>One Thousand and One Nights</i><br> Apophis, the dragon god of ancient Egyptian myth who stalks the underworld<br><br>Readers will also learn about the link between dragons and dinosaurs, meet real-life dragons such as Komodo dragons and bearded dragons, study dragon constellations, encounter the dragons of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and wonder at the popularity of games such as Dungeons & Dragons.<br><br>It’s everything kids who love dragons could ever want to know!</p>

<p><b>Set sail on the seven seas with this book about the most fearsome pirates the world has ever seen from Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle.</b><br><br>In this collection of daring deeds and awesome adventures from history prepare to be flabbergasted by:<br><br> The time Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates<br> Ching Shih, the Chinese woman who was the most successful pirate of all time<br> The Russian river pirates who lay siege to medieval towns!<br><br><i>Tales of Pirates</i> includes sagas of famous pirates like Blackbeard, Ching Shih and Francis Drake, as well as stories of buccaneers you might not have heard of, such as Grace O’Malley, who went to sea disguised as a boy and Sayyida al Hurra, a Moroccan queen turned privateer.<br><br>Alongside the gripping stories you’ll also learn about pieces of eight, different pirate flags, and even spend some time in Nassau in the Caribbean, the short-lived capital of the Republic of Pirates!<br><br>You’d better read it, or you’ll be walking the plank…</p>

<p><b>An illustrated guide to some of the most bizarre objects from history by archaeologist Anna Goldfield, including a guessing game for kids to play!</b><br><br>Each page contains a mystery item from the past, with a set of clues as to what it was used for. Readers can take a guess before unfolding a giant flap to reveal the answer. Without giving too much away, the book contains Inuit snow goggles, designed to protect eyes from the blinding glare of the ice, an ancient Chinese earthquake detector featuring several metal frogs, and err.. the Royal fistula – an item used to perform delicate surgery on the rear end of King Louis XIV of France.<br><br>Kids will delight in trying to work out the purpose of the beautiful objects, brought to life by Mexican illustrator Paula Zamudio, and will learn a lot about the cultures that created them – from ancient Rome to Polynesia, and Mesopotamia to Viking Scandinavia.</p>

Discover more about the adorable pygmy hippo in this illustrated guide from London Zoo's conservation manager Dr Fiona Sach. With gorgeous Illustrations by Lisa Maria, this is the perfect introduction to these cut creatures for budding zoologists and young animal lovers!You've probably heard of Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo in Thailand who went viral on social media for her sassy antics, but there’s so much more to learn about these elusive creatures. In Pygmy Hippo you'll find out:-why the pygmy hippo’s skin is always shiny- the surprising aquatic mammals that they’re closely related to- how their unusual toilet habits help support the ecosystem- the threats they face in their natural habitat and how you can help. Filled with simple science and plenty of animal facts, it’s a must for all pygmy hippo fans! Learn about even more amazing animals in the Young Zoologist series with Giant Panda, Emperor Penguin, and Honey Bee.

A human body book with a twist – discover the science behind the weird and unusual stuff our bodies can do from Dr Azmain Chowdhury, with illustrations from Daniel Nelson.You know your heart is always beating, your intestines digest your food, and even that your brain is still awake when you’re asleep – that’s no mystery. But why do we get "brain freeze" if we eat ice cream too quickly? And why on earth do we get butterflies in our stomach when we’re nervous? And is it true we can squirt milk from our eyes?!This book focuses on the bizarre things all of our bodies do – including things we don’t understand (looking at you, appendix). Dr Azmain also asks the burning medical questions we’ve all been wondering about: Why does coriander taste like soap to some people? How long can we stay awake for? Can our hearts actually break after a romantic break-up? (Asking for a friend).Filled with gross, surprising, and downright terrifying facts, it’s bloated with cool science to impress your friends.