Explore the woods with i-SPY – facts, photos and fantastic spots! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points outdoors with more than 140 things to find. From fungi to flowers, birds to badgers, they’ll learn all about nature along the way. And once they’ve scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge. With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there’s something for everyone! For even more fun outdoors check out i-SPY At the Park (ISBN 9780008529833).

The Number One New York Times Bestseller! Debut author Drew Daywalt and international bestseller Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful, imaginative story that will have children laughing and playing with their crayons in a whole new way. Poor Duncan just wants to colour in. But when he opens his box of crayons, he only finds letters, all saying the same thing: We quit! Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other. The battle lines have been drawn. What is Duncan to do?

"The cool on my toes felt kind of nice. As Mama held me tight, I thought: Maybe I'll go in next time." A child's first encounter with the sea leaves them feeling small and scared. What could be hiding in the dark depths below? When the family visits a lake and a river, the child's fear of water gradually starts to ebb as curiosity begins to flow. But playing in the water still doesn't feel right. Mama says there is no rush to try swimming, and that the water will wait. Maybe next time? This gently powerful story about taking your time and listening to yourself, with lyrical words from Emily Joof, reminds us that it's okay for progress to be gradual. Bold and dynamic illustrations from Matilda Ruta bring the journey to life with warmth and vibrancy. A perfect book for any child who is feeling nervous about new experiences.

Master the art of battling in Minecraft Don your armour, pick up your sword and charge headfirst into the Minecraft Combat Handbook – the only book you need to take your game to the next level. Read how to craft the deadliest weapons and enchant them with mystical powers, discover the vicious mobs that you’ll go toe-to-toe with, and learn crafty strategies that will help you best your friends in PVP. With so much to explore, there’s sure to be something for ‘crafters of every level. Try our indispensable handbooks for your Minecraft journey: Minecraft Redstone Handbook 978 0008495992 Minecraft Survival Handbook 978 0755503452 Minecraft Creative Handbook 978 0755500413 Minecraft Explorers Handbook 9780008608507 Minecraft Legends Handbook 978 0008595012 Brilliant books full of inspiration: Minecraft Bite Size Builds: 978 0755500406 Minecraft Amazing Bite Size Builds: 978 0008495954 Minecraft Super Bite Size Builds 978 0008534127 Minecraft Epic Inventions 978 0008496012 Minecraft Epic Bases: 978 1405296472 Perfect Gifts: Minecraft Maps 978 1405294546 Minecraft Blockopedia 978 0755500390 Sticker, humour and activity: Minecraft Survival Sticker Book 978 1405288552 Minecraft Sticker Adventure Treasure Hunt 978 0755503582 Minecraft Sticker Adventure Mobs Attack 978 0008533953 Minecraft Joke Book 978 1405295253 Minecraft How to Draw 978 0008534028 Minecraft Would You Rather 978 0008534028 Minecraft Catch the Creeper 978 0755503575

Unicorse joins Bluey's story time! Bluey is finding it hard to get to sleep so Mum reads one final story. Things are calming down until . . . UNICORSE ARRIVES! Whoo-whoo-whoo! Unicorse's bad behaviour causes mayhem for this bedtime story. How will Mum and Bluey handle the MOST annoying unicorn in the world? This hilarious new picture book is perfect for sharing with Bluey fans at story time and bedtime. What other adventures will you go on with Bluey? Also available: Bluey: Baby Race Bluey: Barky Boats Bluey: The Creek Bluey: Hammerbarn

Collins Explore English is a 6-level course which provides full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English as a Second Language curriculum framework (0057) from 2020. With a magazine-style Student’s Resource Book, comprehensive Student’s Coursebook, and supportive Teacher’s Guide, it offers clear progression within and across levels. Written with a range of international contexts in mind, this innovative course has been designed to encourage maximum enjoyment and engagement by young learners, providing them with a fun and colourful Resource Book packed full of texts and illustrations to stimulate language learning. The corresponding Student’s Coursebook contains the activities relating to this input material. The Student’s Resource Book and Student’s Coursebook are used together to provide the full learning package for the student. The Student’s Resource Books are visually appealing, with a magazine look and feel, and include a range of carefully selected fiction and non-fiction reading texts covering interesting topics for the age group. Designed to provide the stimulus materials for the course, they therefore don’t include any write-in activities, and instruction rubrics are kept short and simple allowing more space on the page for the visuals and text. The write-in exercises are all contained in the accompanying Student’s Coursebook, which leaves the Resource Books with a clean and engaging look. The course takes an integrated skills approach to developing language skills with an emphasis on practical communication. It is designed with interactive learning at its heart and has been created to offer flexibility where this is beneficial while following a consistent approach so the course is easy to deliver. It is fully supported by a comprehensive Teacher’s Guide with detailed lesson plans that provide step-by-step guidance. Audio files are available as a free download. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0057 from 2020.

  Keep your hands inside the boat at all times! Discover all the terrifying tales about the number one river in London with history's most horrible headlines: Terrible Thames edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the Thames. From gory stories of death, crime, creepy creatures and more to freezing Frost Fairs which included an elephant parade over the ice, it's all in Horrible Histories: Terrible Thames: fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with all the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019's brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie - Rotten Romans.   Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot. Read all about it!

A deeply moving, vitally important picture book encouraging empathy and kindness. Somewhere in this world, there is someone just like you, who finds the same things funny and who laughs the way you do. Have you ever stopped to think that there might be someone out there who is just like you? And if they needed you, would you help them? Helen Docherty’s lyrical rhyming text is perfectly matched by David Roberts’ stunning, thoughtful illustrations, as the two combine to make a picture book that is as necessary as it is beautiful.  

Filled with over 100 fun, Key Stage 2 curriculum-based exercises, this workbook is the perfect way for kids aged 7–9 to sharpen their problem-solving and reasoning skills and support their learning at home. The book features 12 sections, each one focusing on a different maths topic – from multiplication and fractions to geometry and statistics. Each section is filled with exercises to help children practise their problem-solving skills, such as fraction subtractions, co-ordinate grids, written equations and pictograms. Written by an experienced educational consultant and featuring engaging illustrations by artist Chris Dickason. The book also features a glossary of key maths terms at the back. Also available: 9781780559230 Times Tables Workbook for Clever Kids®

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points outdoors with more than 140 things to find. From basalt to sandstone, ammonites to shark teeth, they’ll learn all about their appearance, texture, uses and where to find them. And once they’ve scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge. With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there’s something for everyone! For even more fun outdoors check out i-SPY Nature (ISBN 9780008386467).

Can you help Dennis find his best pal in this amazing search and find? Dennis’s faithful companion, Gnasher, has gone missing! Join Dennis and the gang as they hunt around Beanotown looking for the cheeky sausage-snaffler. Can you help to reunite the pair?