Recommended Books
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Smart About Sharks
It’s time to learn about the sea’s most feared (and most misunderstood) residents: sharks!
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British Museum: Around the World Colouring: Ancient Egypt
Bring ancient Egypt to life with 20 brilliantly busy black-and-white scenes and patterns to colour – before sticking in fun photographic object stickers from the British Museum’s collection!
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National Trust: Out and About: Tree Explorer: A children’s guide to 60 different trees
The 60 trees in this book are grouped by size to help children (and grown-ups) identify them easily and quickly, with beautifully illustrated flowers, fruits and berries to show you what they might look like at any time of the year.
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National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Farm
Explore the big outdoors in these action-packed animal board books with sliders on every page.
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Special Delivery: A BookÂ’s Journey Around the World
Special Delivery: A Book’s Journey Around the World is a beautifully illustrated guide following the journey of one book across the globe, from a printing press in a factory far, far away, over land and across the sea, to the hands of a young boy.
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National Trust: Tilly Plants a Tree
Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust
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National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: River
In this first river book, there are ducks floating on the river, beavers building dams, frogs catching insects and many more river creatures to bring to life with the moving parts.
Other titles in the series include: Countryside, Seaside and Woods
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National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Seaside
Explore the big outdoors in these action-packed animal board books with sliders on every page.
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How to be a Detective and Other Crime-Fighting Jobs
A friendly, fascinating book about how to work in the crime-fighting industry, written by Detective Constable Alexandra Beever. Now available in paperback.
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The WorldÂ’s First Rollercoaster: and Other Amazing Inventions
Or that Lonnie Johnson invented the Nerf Super Soaker while working on a NASA mission to Saturn?
Blue Peter Award-winner Mike Barfield tells the fascinating true stories behind an amazing range of inventions and innovations.
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Oceanarium Activity
Informative, imaginative and artistic activities for nature lovers everywhere.
Following the incredible Oceanarium, illustrator Teagan White returns with a companion activity book.
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Incredible Jobs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
Why not work as a babysitter . From taste testers to dinosaur dusters, there are all kinds of incredible jobs that you’ve probably never heard of .
Discover all kinds of weird and wonderful jobs you never knew existed in this incredible picture book brimming with wit and wow-factor, from fresh new author-illustrator talent, Natalie Labarre.
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How to Be a Vet and Other Animal Jobs
A friendly and fascinating book about how to work with animals, for children from 6+, written by vet and CBeebies presenter Dr Jess French
Do you have what it takes to become a vet, a horse trainer or to work at a nature reserve?
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How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs
Find out all about space and all the incredible space jobs you could do, from training to be a space chef or designing spacesuits to searching for new planets we could live on, or even blasting into space and living in the International Space Station.
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National Trust: Out and About Minibeast Explorer: A childrenÂ’s guide to over 60 different minibeasts
The perfect introduction to minibeasts for children aged 8-12!
Ideal for any budding wildlife explorers, this book encourages children to get outside and spot minibeasts in the wild!
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Dinosaurium (Junior Edition)
It will transport you millions of years back in time to discover the largest and most ferocious land animals that ever lived – the dinosaurs. Could dinosaurs swim and fly? And why did they die out?
With specially written text for younger readers, step inside to explore the incredible world of the dinosaurs.
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