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Remember Prague for ever with this beautifully illustrated pocket guide. This cut-paper guide unfolds to a length of 1.5-metres and features the most important sites in Prague, including Prague Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Petrin Hill, Wallenstein Palace, Charles Bridge, Old-New Synagogue, Golden Lane, Old Town Square, Astronomical Clock, Municipal House, Wenceslas Square, National Theatre and Dancing House. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, this is the perfect gift or souvenir for anyone wishing to remember a trip to Prague. It can be sold in gift, novelty or travel sections. Great for counter displays as it makes the perfect impulse purchase. Presented in a stylish slipcase, it would make a great alternative to a postcard.

Learn how to make stop-motion videos like a professional. Using tips and tricks from the experts, discover 2-D and 3-D techniques with puppets, clay-modelling, morphing and pixilation. From storyboarding to the editing suite, you'll find everything you need to know inside this mini stage set box. Includes gadgets to make, double-sided fold-out stage set, press-out props and 32-page director's handbook.

This is a gorgeous box set of the first three books in "The Mortal Instruments" series. Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love. Box set contains paperback B-format editions of "City of Bones", "City of Ashes" and "City of Glass". "The Mortal Instruments" series has over one million books in print. It has been on the "New York Times" bestseller list for six months straight. The books have been translated into 19 languages and have also appeared on bestseller lists in Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching adulthood, Vango decides to follow in Zefiro's steps, but at the moment he is taking his holy orders at Notre Dame in Paris, he is falsely accused of a crime and has to go on the run. This is a breathless and highly cinematic story that follows Vango travelling by Zeppelin across Europe from Stromboli to Nazi Germany, from Scotland to the Soviet Union, climbing the rooftops of Paris, crossing the paths of arms traffickers, crooked policemen, Russian spies and even Stalin.

30 full-colour postcards featuring quotes from the script of this summer's blockbuster movie, alongside glossy photos of the cast. Send them to friends - or keep them for yourself!

This is a bold and stylish reissue of the groundbreaking and hugely popular graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's very first mission. Forcibly recruited into MI6 after the mysterious death of his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex is sent to infiltrate the organization of a sinister billionaire. Within days he's gone from schoolboy to superspy - and it looks like his first assignment may be his last...This is a slick, clean, stylishly crafted and coloured graphic adaptation bringing to life all the adventure, thrills and spills of this bestselling story. Following the triumphant, international publication of "Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel", the whole graphic novel series has gained wide recognition among reviewers, fans and literacy experts. Recent government initiatives encourage us to examine the reading habits of boys - with literacy levels among children in the UK lower than ever. This is a series of books that may offer an accessible and compelling alternative for otherwise reluctant readers.

A colourful baby board book from a beloved author/illustrator with charming animals and a novelty surprise. "Heehaw," says the donkey. "Miaow," says the cat. Turn the pages and learn all the animal sounds in this fun and lively board book from multi-award-winning author/illustrator Petr Horacek. Part of the Baby Walker series of books for babies, the shaped pages build to a special animal ending. You're in safe hands with Baby Walker.

Learn about endangered animals with this pocket pop-up guide. Discover more about the world's most endangered animals was this expanding pocket pop-up. This fun and informative cut-paper guide features twelve different animals such as the polar bear, red wolf, Iberian lynx, North Atlantic Right whale, giant panda, mountain gorilla, Siberian tiger, Asian elephant, leatherback turtle, black rhino, Sumatran orang-utan and Hector's dolphin. A map shows the different location of the animals around the world and a glossary explains key terms. The guide has its own map and glossary, making it the perfect way to discover more about endangered animals. Presented in a slipcase, it is a ideal gift or impulse purchase.

The award-winning debut title from Chris Haughton, the acclaimed author-illustrator of Oh No, George! and Shh! We Have a Plan, this is the heart-warming story of Little Owl - who must be more careful when he is sleeping...Uh-oh! He has fallen from his nest, and with a bump he lands on the ground. Where is his mummy? With the earnest assistance of his new friend Squirrel, Little Owl sets off in search of her, and meets a sequence of other animals. Yet while one might have his mummy's big eyes, and another her pointy ears, they are simply not her. Chris Haughton's striking colour illustrations follow Little Owl on his quest. Which of his new friends will lead him back to his mummy? In a gorgeous board book edition, this is the perfect read-aloud book for little hands to hold.

A bear searches for his missing hat in the bestselling, multiple award-winning picture book debut of Jon Klassen. In his bestselling debut picture book, the multiple award-winning Jon Klassen, illustrator of This Is Not My Hat and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, tells the story of a bear who's hat has gone. And he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no (some more elaborately than others). But just as it he begins to lose hope, lying flat on his back in despair, a deer comes by and asks a rather obvious question that suddenly sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance... Told completely in dialogue, this quirky, hilarious, read-aloud tale plays out in sly illustrations brimming with visual humour and winks at the reader who will be thrilled to be in on the joke.

This is a beautifully illustrated cut-paper souvenir, featuring twelve of Berlin's most important sights. Bring Berlin to life with this amazing three-dimensional expanding city skyline. The unfolding guide features twelve of the city's most important sights: the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Alexanderplatz, Checkpoint Charlie, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Gendarmenmarkt, Museum Island, Eastside Gallery, Charlottenburg Palace, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Siegessaule and the Berlin Zoo. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, this is the perfect souvenir for anyone wishing to remember a trip to Germany's capital. The skyline is presented in a beautiful slipcase and unfolds to a length of 1.5 metres. Featuring twelve different sights in Berlin and a map showing their locations around the city, this is the perfect alternative to a postcard. It is an ideal souvenir or gift. It is part of a series of city skylines. Previous titles include "London", "New York", "Paris" and "Rome".

This title includes simple pop-up counting from one spotty giraffe to ten swimming fish. Turn the pages, lift the flaps and see animals of all shapes and sizes bring the numbers one to ten to life. This bright, simple first numbers pop-up book is perfect for helping to develop early numeracy with its interactive. It includes pages and fun illustrations by award-winning artist Petr Horacek. Interactive pops encourage first numeracy in the youngest of children. Petr Horacek's original and award-winning art uses stunning techniques including collage.

This is a reissue of the first major YA steampunk anthology; fourteen top storytellers push the genre's mix of sci-fi, fantasy, history, and adventure in fascinating new directions. Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Here, fourteen masters of speculative fiction, including two graphic storytellers, embrace the steampunk genre's established themes and refashion them in surprising ways and settings as diverse as Appalachia, Ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California. The result is an anthology that defies its genre even as it defines it. This is the first YA anthology to focus exclusively on steampunk; genre defining and genre defying - with steampunk settings as diverse as Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Ancient Rome, future Australia and alternate California. This title features a top contributor line-up and editors with established adult/YA/cult following. This title includes a B-format edition of this first-rate literary sci-fi/fantasy with crossover appeal.

Peep through holes with Lucy to discover all the coloured insects in the garden in this radiant picture book with a pop-up surprise! In this inventive peep-through-the-holes picture book from an award-winning children's book creator, Lucy searches for a butterfly in her garden. Follow her as she meets a pink earthworm, a brown spider, a red ladybird and many more creatures, and get ready for a delightful surprise - a stunning 3-D butterfly!

Unearth twelve of the world's favourite dinosaurs with this impressive cut-paper pocket guide. Presented in a slipcase the perfect size for small hands and for carrying in pockets, this guide to creatures from the Mesozoic era takes you on an unfolding journey detailing discoveries, spectacular traits and habitats of the world's top ten dinosaurs - Plateosaurus, Diplodocus, Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Iguanodon, Tyrannosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops and Baryonyx - and two intriguing prehistoric animals - Plesiosaurus and Pteranodon. With striking illustrations and folding out to a length of 150 cm, this is a perfect gift for any dinosaur enthusiast. Great things come in small packages, and buyers will be amazed at how many dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures are folded into this petite box. Printed front and back, twelve creatures are featured along with brief descriptions/histories in a concertina. Fully extended, this pocket guide is almost 5 feet long.

This is a brilliant coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Cold War and events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norlfolk countryside. Clem's life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and experiences first love, in all its pain and glory. The story is told in flashback by Clem when he is living and working in New York City as a designer, and moves from the past of his parents and grandmother to his own teenage years. Not only the threat of explosions, but actual ones as well, feature throughout in this latest novel from one of the finest writers working today.