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The Boy and the Flame is a magical and heart-warming adventure about change, resilience, and the beauty of the world around us – from internationally bestseller Beatrice Blue. Lucien has always been wary of change – whether it’s trying new foods, moving to a new home, or making new friends. He prefers the comfort of the familiar. But one stormy night, a gust of wind blows open his window and extinguishes his fire, leaving only a single ember still glowing. To his amazement, the ember transforms into a playful, dancing flame – a glowing boy who whisks him away on an extraordinary journey through all four seasons in a single day. As Lucien explores sunlit meadows, autumn forests, icy lakes, and blooming spring landscapes, he meets new animal friends and begins to see the magic in the ever-changing world around him. Through this breath-taking adventure, he discovers that change isn’t something to fear – it’s a natural, beautiful part of life, full of exciting possibilities. With its rich, immersive storytelling and luminous artwork, The Boy and the Flame is a stunningly imaginative picture book that encourages young readers to embrace life’s transitions with courage and wonder. A timeless tale filled with warmth and adventure, this is a story to be cherished and shared. 

What’s behind the eerie St Elmo’s Fire phenomenon? What was the mysterious explosion that tore through a Siberian forest in the early 1900s? And can fish and frogs really rain from the sky?Travel around the globe and even into space with this dazzling natural history book, discovering the stories of nature’s rarest events and best-kept secrets.From strange marvels of the night sky to the world’s weirdest weather events; from the most peculiar plants to rare and elusive animals; this book gathers together a jaw-dropping collection of natural wonders. Eclipses, ball lightning, pizzly bears . . . each stunningly illustrated spread explores a different phenomenon, including those that have baffled scientists through the centuries. Presented in five chapters – Amazing Space, Peculiar Plants, Unusual Animals, Weird Weather and Unique Wild Places – this is a celebration of nature at its quirkiest and most wonderful. Written by best-selling author Emily Hawkins and brought to life in glorious detail by illustrator Vlad Stankovic, this spectacular collection is the perfect title to gift, share and treasure for years to come.

Bask in Formula One glory with this 75th Anniversary edition of The Champions, featuring exhilarating photography and expert commentary.Since the Grand Prix’s start in 1950, just 34 men have achieved the accolade of F1 World Champion. For the first time, legendary F1 commentator Maurice Hamilton and award-winning photographers Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier bring the heroes of this iconic sport together, in a stunning photographic portrayal of the poise, skill and winning mindset that separates the fast from the furious, the elite from the talented.Formula One and its champions are brought to life with:An exquisitely written profile of each of the 34 F1 World Champions, with key details from the driver’s life and F1 careerStunning photography of the drivers and their cars, both on and off the trackHistoric interviews with the sport’s lost heroes, including James Hunt and Ayrton SennaExclusive quotes from icons such as Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Nico RosbergA brand new foreword by Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion.Debate has raged over which driver is the best of the best. It is impossible to say. But that will not deter energetic and informed discussion, usually predicated on a personal preference swayed by affection. Each of these champions will have experienced and delivered pulse-raising performances many times over. Fully revised and updated for the 75th Anniversary and with a new foreword by F1 legend Damon Hill, with this handsome homage to the most ferocious of sports and the incredible sportsmen who drive at the edge in pursuit of greatness, it is time to choose your favourite F1 Champion.

Discover the meaning of Dia de Muertos and learn how children all around the world celebrate this festival.Pancho and his family are inviting you to celebrate with them! Join in as they prepare in the lead-up to the festival, setting up the ofrendas, finding photographs of beloved family members, decorating with flowers, cutting out skull patterns, cooking tamales and enjoying a wonderful day with all the family. Along the way, you’ll learn all about the significance and history of the festival, brought to even more life with:Instructions to make your own papel picadoA recipe to make delicious pan de muerto A fun quiz to try out all your knowledge In this immersive exploration of Dia de Muertos, kids join a family as they celebrate. Seen through the eyes of young children celebrating themselves, this is a simple and exciting way to introduce little ones to this special period.In the Celebrations & Festivals series, you are invited into a family''s celebrations as you explore the magic and excitement of religious and cultural festivals around the world.

Celebrate the gorgeousness of all things Gothic, with over 400 vintage art stickers, perfect for decorating, scrapbooking, crafting, and collecting. Explore the gloriously spooky world of vintage Gothic art, the inspiration behind characters from Dracula to Wednesday Addams. Over 400 high-quality art stickers cover popular Gothic themes, from fashion to architecture, animals andplants, as well as skeletons and mystic symbols. Use the stickers to personalize bags, laptops, and accessories, to bring your own spooky style everywhere you go. Add them to scrapbooks or journals. Or simply leave them in the book to enjoy as a treasured keepsake. Packed to the belfry with stunning vintage art, Stickertopium: Gorgeous Gothic is perfect for a horror-themed art project, a Halloween gift, or a treat for that special spooky someone. 

From Children’s Laureate (2022–2024), Joseph Coelho, comes a giggling and ghoulish compendium of 25 spooky poems to perform.With a delightful blend of giggles and ghouls, this collection is designed for young readers and budding performers.Within these pages, you''ll discover poems that can be recited loudly, softly, or in a ghostly whisper, offering a diverse range of performances. Some poems are meant to make your audience jump or send shivers down their spine, while others weave spell-poems that can enchant a witch''s cat or cast a spell of laughter. There are even poems that will tickle your funny bones.Spooky Poems Aloud is the perfect collection of Halloween-themed poems for children to build confidence in reading aloud and nurture their speech and drama skills. Joseph Coelho''s imaginative words will transport young readers into the world of whimsical and eerie tales, making this book a treasure trove for children of all ages and reading abilities.

All too often, we regard poo as simply disgusting OR as an endless source of humour. But poo is a necessary part of a healthy body and the wider cycle of life, and it is vital to the functioning of nature on our planet. In Poo: A (Very) Natural History and a Powerful Future, discover the science of poo, how our bodies produce it and where it goes – as well as the many vital and astonishing uses for poo to help protect our environment, to generate our energy and even to use in our medical treatments. You will also discover the different ways that animals, from ants to whales, use poo for feeding, defence, camouflage, communication or nest-making. Intriguing and snigger-free, this highly digestible title is written with charm, wit and sophistication. It seeks to bust plenty of myths while providing exciting insights into how poo can be part of our bright future with breakthroughs in everything from human health and sustainable lifestyles to energy generation and space travel.

There’s nothing funny about bums. Nothing funny at all!They come in all shapes and sizes, the big, the wobbly the small…... insists a teacher, reading from a book called The Book of Things That Are Definitely Not Funny. In this hilarious picture book, join a class of children as they attempt to keep a straight face while learning about bottoms. But after the teacher has described ants in pants, ninja farts and torpedoes in the bath everyone is rolling around laughing. What will the headteacher say?!A fabulously silly story with hilarious illustrations – children and their grown-ups will love reading and giggling along.

This richly illustrated concertina book takes the reader from below the forest floor, through shrubs, branches and leaves into the emergent layer, following a forest ecosystem from the base of a tree to its very top. Exploring a rainforest on one side of the concertina, and a temperate forest on the other side, The Forest That Grows Around Me celebrates the importance of forest ecosystems around the world.A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book explores the plants and animals that live at every layer of the forest in both tropical and temperate climates, from the fungal networks and burrows deep below the soil, to shrubs, bugs and mammals living on the forest floor, to the lizards, vines and beetles that call the trunk and branches home, all the way up to the birds that soar above the tree tops. For example, on your journey, you will meet:Squirrels and chipmunksBlack bears and batsArmadillos and slothsGreen anacondas and hummingbirdsJaguars and spider monkeysWith a primary focus on the conservation of these important ecosystems The Forest That Grounds Around Me explores how these forest environments survive and thrive, and what we need to do to protect them. The beauty and variety of forest life are brought to life by Vuon Illustration''s rich illustrations. This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.

Little Snail loves her big snail family, but sometimes she feels so different to them. She craves something more exciting... a new house. A house that’s interesting, fun and unusual – just like her.Follow a little snail on her thoughtful and amusing quest to find a new house. Little Snail tries out a hilarious array of unexpected homes, completely unlike a snail shell! She tries hanging upside down with bats – a little uncomfortable ­– and a busy burrow packed with many, many rabbit roommates! Children will love Bia Melo’s beautiful, vibrant illustrations just as much as Little Snail’s quirky, bright personality. Will Little Snail find her perfect home? Perhaps it’s closer than she thinks...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The founder of the awards says: “The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people’s interest in science, medicine and technology”. In this brilliantly funny, fully illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including:•    the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and why that almost caused a world war!) •    research into the chemical compounds responsible for smelly feet •    a rigorous analysis of soggy breakfast cereal •    an automatic dog-to-human language translation device •    the invention of fart-proof underwear •    a method of collecting whale snot using remote-control helicopters.Each entry includes a Top Trumps-style card with ratings such as “silliness factor”, “usefulness”, “gross factor”, and more. Kids and grown-ups alike will love sharing the amazing facts they’ve discovered.

Pamela Colman Smith: artist, occultist, true bohemian. Her illustrations defined the iconography of the classic tarot deck, but she is all too often forgotten.Born in London in 1878, Pamela moved to Jamaica with her parents at the age of eleven and then to New York to study art. She dropped out of college following her mother''s death in 1896, and after her father died in 1899 she found herself back in London, joining the infamous Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society dedicated to the study of occultism. It was there that she met Arthur Edward Waite, with whom she created the classic Rider-Waite Tarot deck that is still in print today.This beautifully illustrated graphic history tells the tale of Pamela''s life and relates it to the iconic cards she helped to create, from the Fool, the beginning of every new adventure, to the Magician, who focusses energy, to the Hanged Man, who helps us see things from a different perspective, until finally we embrace the World and fulfil our destinies. With tarot expertise and a foreword from Lindsay Squire, The Witch of the Forest, this is a unique take on a perennially popular subject. You''ll never look at a tarot deck in the same way again.

Science is all about figuring out how things work. It means asking questions and conducting experiments to discover and test possible answers. Science affects every aspect of life, from what you’re wearing and what you had for breakfast, to the weather outside.Through science, you can examine the smallest atoms to the largest galaxies – and get to know the universe just a little bit better. But how much do you really know about science?For example, we all know that . . . Moons are smaller than their planetSummer is caused by Earth being closer to the SunWater is an element Tectonic plates don''t move that much anymore AND that engineers are people who fix things Do we . . . ? Because . . . OH NO THEY AREN''T!Misconceptions about our world are everywhere, but none of them are true! In Oh No They Aren''t: Science myths are busted about science from chemistry to geology, engineering, astronomy and even technology.In this fresh and funny guide learn about how our world works from atoms and molecules to volcanoes and solar systems, or even artificially intelligent robots. Stylishly designed and humorously illustrated by Sam Caldwell, Oh No They Aren''t: Science brings important STEM topics to life for kids, uncovering how our world works and making science FUN accessible for everyone. In the Oh No They Aren''t . . . series popular misconceptions in science and nature are dispelled. Check out the Oh No They Didn''t . . . companion series for hilarious history and popular culture myth-busting. 

Trailblazers have done extraordinary things throughout history. They’ve made incredible contributions to the world, from inventing common household objects we take for granted every day to breaking barriers in sports or medicine. But how much do you really know about the innovators who’ve shaped our world?Everyone knows that. . . Martin Luther King Jr. used every means possible to fight for civil rightsRuth Handler set up the toy company Mattel to createBarbie dollsWilliam Shakespeare came up with the story of Romeo and JulietAND that Florence Nightingale''s family supported her dream of becoming a nurseOr did they. . . ? Because. . . OH NO THEY DIDN''T!Misconceptions about famous figures from the past and present are everywhere, but none of them are true! In Oh No They Didn''t: Trailblazers myths are busted about over 50 trailblazers from politicians to legends, athletes, activists, scientists, company owners, creatives and more.In this fresh and funny guide written by Eric Huang, learn about inspiring innovators from all over the world as well as their influence on history and popular culture. Stylishly designed and humorously illustrated by Sam Caldwell, Oh No They Didn''t: Trailblazers makes learning fun with unexpected facts and a playful, upbeat approach to non-fiction.Oh No They Didn''t: Trailblazers is the perfect inspiring guide for ALL young people to learn about influential innovators, including the parts of their story that may have been left out of traditional history books or media. In this easy-to-read book, you''re sure to discover lesser-known pioneers who deserve to be celebrated, too!

Be guided by the magic of charms: Gain insight and guidance about the future through the simple, intuitive method of casting charmsGet clear answers to your questions: No more trying to remember complex tarot meanings or decipher obscure astrological charts! Charms draw on folklore and natural magick for clear, instinctive reading and straight answers to life’s questionsGift box contains: Charm casting board, 25 thick card charms with foil details, a velvet bag to draw charms from, and a guidebook that teaches the basics of charm casting as well as detailing the stories behind all the charmsBuild your intuition with this starter kit. Find out how to host readings for friends and family, and you will soon learn to add your own unique charms as you progressAnswer life’s burning questions with help from folkloric meaning and natural magick, distilled into simple charm symbols by Witch of the Forest, Lindsay Squire.Charm casting is a divination tool like runes, oracle cards, tarot cards, pendulums, astrology dice, or cards where users create their own meaning system using charm symbols. Lindsay’s starter kit for charm casting uses popular, memorable symbols—such as pentacles for protection, a crescent moon for new beginnings, and Venus for love—to set you out on your journey of divining using charms. The booklet explains the folklore and magick behind the charm symbols so you can interpret them with confidence. Once you gain more experience, you can begin hosting group readings, developing deeper meanings, and adding more of your own charms.

Burp! A-a-a-choo! PARP! Hic, hic, hiccup! COUGH! PARDON YOU!What’s going on? How come our body makes noises without us telling it to?In Snore, Sneeze, Burp, meet some kids and their brainy dog, Charlie. They’re here to help you find out why humans (and other animals) are sometimes accidentally noisy. This brilliantly funny, fact-filled book is full of body noises, including:Stinky, noisy fartsGurgling tummiesSnorty snores Hic, hic, hiccupsSecret sounds inside you... and many more This new playful, energetic non-fiction series (A Book Full of...) from Moira Butterfield looks at familiar questions from children about the world around them, and with the help of child characters and their clever dog, they discover the answers they need.Snore, Sneeze, Burp helps children become body noise experts while assuring them that these noises are natural and nothing to be worried about!