Here are traditional tales from every corner of the globe, all featuring bold and clever heroines who battle dragons, fight sea serpents or save their village from monstrous thieves. This is a sequel to the best-selling title Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls. Diverse range of characters. Lively retellings for a modern audience.

Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World

Rachel Firth

Sarah Hull

Lan Cook

EDC Publishing/UBAM

Never Get Bored In a Car

Tom Mumbray

Illustrated Stories of Mermaids

An eye-catching information book filled with one hundred quirky and surprising facts about the seas and oceans. Do fish wear pyjamas? What's the sound of an iceberg melting? How many sheep did it take to launch a Viking longship? Which is faster - a tsunami or a bullet train? Find the answers to these and many more questions in a book that explores the history, science, environment and art of our planet's seas and oceans. Richly illustrated and perfect for broadening children's knowledge of an essential subject, away from the classroom. Part of the popular '100 Things to Know' series, ideal gifts for fact-hungry children. Each page features a new fact supported by clear, comprehensible explanations and bold illustrations, maps and infographics. Perfect to dip in and out of, alone or with friends and family.

100 Things to Know about the Oceans

Children's Books

Alex Frith

Jérôme Martin

MINNA LACEY

Alice James

Animals

USBORNE CAT ANG

How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste? Can a river be given human rights? Could we generate all the power we need from the sun and the wind? How do woolly sweaters help penguins in peril? Would building a giant sunshade in space stop the world from overheating? Find the answers to these questions and more in this bold, graphic and exciting book, full of big, small and unexpected ways to save the planet.

100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet

Darran Stobbart

Eddie Reynolds

Rose Hall

Science, Nature & How It Works

Usborne Publishing, Ltd.

Keep children occupied and entertained in the car with this write-in activity book's impressive variety of puzzles and games. There are amazing mazes, things to spot, challenges of logic, engaging word puzzles, and inventive games for one or more players. This book will keep boredom at bay - no matter how long the journey - and make the question "Are we nearly there yet?" a thing of the past.

Never Get Bored in a Car Puzzles & Games

Activities, Crafts & Games

A colourful information book filled with 100 fascinating and surprising facts. Which tunes could save a life, and which should come with a health warning? How do talking drums tell the history of Africa? What happens in your brain when you listen to music? Find the answers to these questions and more in this exciting book exploring all corners of the diverse world of music.

100 Things to Know About Music

Usborne Books

Join a brother and sister in Borneo as they help their mother and other scientists with their work in the jungle, and encounter orangutans, a very stinky flower and a cloud leopard. Find out what makes the jungle and the wildlife that lives there so special, and learn about the work being done to protect it.

24 Hours in the Jungle

Humor

100 Things to Know About the Unknown

Micaela Tapsell

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