Plants may seem harmless but some of them have adapted to be ruthless predators. Find out how the corkscrew plant traps its prey, how the dodder plant kills the plants around it and how the angel's trumpet hides a deadly secret.

This fun-filled activity book is jam-packed with fantastic ideas to help kids connect with nature and the outdoors! Created with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading gardening charity. Bursting with fun things to make and do, this activity book is a great way to help kids explore nature in your very own garden. Take a tour through your garden with your favourite dragon friends! Make fiery dragon-egg cookies Create a glowing leaf lantern Grow your own chillies These dragons are off to discover more about plants, trees and wildlife. The dragons can't wait to get exploring - and you can join them! Filled with fun activities and gardening tips to help you become an expert gardener With step-by-step activities, this is the perfect book to enjoy nature as a family Easy-to-understand instructions to grow your own plants This wonderful activity book will inspire children with a love of nature.

This comical and heartfelt picture book is a winning celebration of invention, creativity, and friendship. With gorgeous underwater scenes and a crowd-pleasing tale, this is one little mermaid who is here to make a splash! New York Times bestselling author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator Raissa Figueroa would like to introduce Oona-the big wide sea's littlest mischief-maker. Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure...and often find trouble instead. Messy trouble. Tricky trouble. Even shark-related trouble. That's never stopped them before, though! After all, no proper treasure hunt is without some adventure. But when the grandest treasure yet is stuck in a deep, dark rift, Oona's not sure if she can dive right in. What might be waiting for her in those unknown waters?

People don't sleep standing up. But cows do! Why? You have questions, and this book has the answers. Find out all about cows and why they don't need to lie down to catch some Zzzzzs.

Filled with simple, stylish images designed to appeal to young children, showing well-loved sea creatures. Simply brush water over the bold black and white designs to watch them burst into vibrant colour.

Interactive and engaging, Ultimate Spotlight: Extraordinary Animals gives children a look at the incredible skills of animals. Discover their abilities: Pull a tab to observe how an octopus hides in a large shell, turn a wheel to marvel at the ballet-like gathering of starlings, and lift a flap to reveal the chimpanzee's secret trick to catching ants. - Flaps! Pull-tabs! Pop-ups! Lots of interactive and moveable parts - Detailed illustrations that beg to be pored over again and again - Educational content reviewed by an expert Fans of Ultimate Spotlight: Extraordinary Animals will also enjoy the interactive learning of other books in the Ultimate SpotlightTM series, including - Volcanoes - Polar Animals - Rain Forest Animals - Savanna Animals - Dinosaurs - Firefighter - Train - Astronauts Chock-full of information, this book is a record of all the fascinating abilities of animals. - Great family and classroom read-aloud book - Books for 5 and up - Books for kindergarten and early elementary school students

Did you know that penguins can hold their breath for over half an hour? Or that they can swim four times faster than an Olympic swimmer? And they don't just live in icy Antarctica! You can find them on sandy beaches in South Africa and other more tropical locations too. Dive into this fascinating illustrated guide to our feathered friends, the penguins. From the tiny fairy penguin that is no bigger than a ruler, to the emperor penguin that is over a metre tall, find out where they live, what they eat and how we can protect them.

Some ocean creatures are masters of disguise! They use camouflage and cover to outsmart predators or sneak up on prey. Some ocean animals blend in with sand, pebbles and more. Others hide in coral reefs or beneath the ocean floor. Can you spot the creatures hidden in the ocean?

Everyone in Dinosaur Valley is ready for bed. But noisy neighbour Rory is keeping them awake with his super-loud snore. Can he learn to be considerate and maybe even put his snore to good use? Find out in this charming cautionary tale that's perfect for bedtime reading. Now in picture book format for the first time.

Are you smart enough to help Ethan, Kiran, Cassia, and Zane escape from an animal kingdom that is packed with wondrous beasts hiding behind every tree and blade of grass? Escape Room Puzzles: Attack of the Mega Bugs is packed with all kinds of puzzles, including fiendish mazes, cunning logic problems, codes to crack, tricky memory challenges, and much more. To escape from the park, you will need every ounce of brainpower to progress through the challenges, navigating through five locations to the final exit. Throughout the book, nuggets of non-fiction information about your favourite animals are scattered on the pages. Do you have what it takes to help the gang carry out their mission? It's time to find out . . .

A brand new, funny and quirky story based on E.A. Wyke-Smith's classic, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, featuring wonderful illustrations from Melissa Castrillon! PRAISE FOR THE HALLOWEEDS: 'A highly entertaining mix of mystery, adventure and gory detail' DAILY EXPRESS 'Imaginations will soar as Veronica Cossanteli ... brings us a brilliant chiller-thriller story just made for dark autumn nights' LANCASHIRE EVENING POST Pip and Flora are running away from the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children when they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs. Here they befriend forgetful but lovable snerg, Gorbo. He will lead them home - if they can decide where home really is, and if Gorbo can remember how to get there. * Widely recognised as the inspiration for The Hobbit, a forgotten classic from 1927 is updated and brought beautifully back to life by acclaimed children's writer Veronica Cossanteli, supported by the family of the original author, E. A. Wyke-Smith. * Gorgeous cover and interior illustrations by Melissa Castrillon.

One big tractor, shiny and new. One small tractor, rusty and blue... TRACTOR TRACTOR is the second book in a series of lift-the-flap books about the humorous goings-on at Funny Farm. Each book has an early-learning aspect and TRACTOR TRACTOR is all about opposites. It has sliders too, so children can make the tractors move forward and back, fast and slow. It's harvest time and Red arrives shiny, fast and strong. Blue is an old faithful - small and rusty but wise and calm. So when Red decides to race home after a hard day's harvesting, Blue lets him go, only to find Red in a ditch, no longer shiny and clean but the dirtiest - and smelliest! - tractor he's ever seen. A warm-hearted story that shows, despite being opposites, young and old can make a great team, and be the very best of friends. The Funny Farm series is beautifully produced with matt laminated and embossed covers and sturdy board pages. It also includes Cluck, Cluck, Duck, a counting lift-the-flap book.

From the Magical Unicorn Society's Department of Unicorns, Myths and Monsters comes this all-new collection of stories dedicated to the amazing mythical creatures - good and bad - that exist alongside unicorns. Introduced by department head and intrepid explorer, May Shaw, there are tales of fearsome, fire-breathing dragons, phoenixes rising from the ashes, mysterious kraken that lurk in the deep, imps, sprites and werewolves in mythical forests, as well as the eight unicorn families and those who have encountered unicorns throughout history. Each of the eight stories is accompanied by striking, full-colour artwork that shows the powers of the specific mythical creature in more detail, as well as an epic illustration of a key moment from the text. Perfect for fans of the previous bestselling titles in the Magical Unicorn Society series, but can also be read alone.

A seed falls from a plant. A mouse eats the seed. An owl eats the mouse. Each animal gets energy from its food. How does energy flow from one living thing to another? Let's investigate food chains and food webs!

The second instalment of the thrilling magical adventure series, from real-life vet Luke Gamble, as seen on Sky TV. 'An irresistible, magical adventure' Vashti Hardy, author of Wildspark Edith Wight can't wait to stay with her uncle, doctor to incredible magical animals and beasts, for the Christmas holidays. She's expecting to be reunited with all her friends, both animal and human and celebrate the holidays together - but adventure is afoot as one of only six phoenixes left in the world is missing and at peril. Accompanied by Arnold and Francis, the SAS head to a remote part of Bavaria to track down the phoenix, only to encounter a new foe more deadly and dangerous than they could have possibly imagined. a villain who is using the phoenix ashes to create new magical hybrid beasts to sell to the Syndicate. The SAS must free the phoenix and destroy the Syndicate, before the phoenixes are lost forever. As seen on prime-time Sky TV shows Vet Adventure and World Wide Vet, vet Luke Gamble is committed to the protection of animals worldwide. Classic storytelling combined with a passionate message about the protection of endangered species. This stunning series is perfect for fans of Dr Doolittle, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club.

Imagine being lost and stranded in the desert. Would you know what to do to survive? This useful nonfiction title explains the important skills needed to survive in the desert. With helpful diagrams and images, definitions, tips and instructions, informational text, a bibliography, and a list of other helpful websites, readers can be assured that they will learn about the dangers of heat exhaustion, desert plants that could aid in survival, and other helpful tips in order to survive in an emergency.

Come out to play, Fred! Fred the dinosaur loves sitting alone indoors watching TV and playing computer games. Can his friends persuade him to come outside and join in the fun?

What's that jumping by? Meet the grasshopper! Young readers will get the fast facts on these long-legged insects as they learn about grasshopper body parts, habitats and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts! Simple text, close-up photos and a fun activity make this a perfect introduction to the hopping world of grasshoppers.

Discover the UGLY FIVE with this fantastic new activity book based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Who's that singing on the savannah? It's the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savannah, rejoicing in their ugliness - and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are. Inspired by the real-life Ugly Five safari animals, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's gorgeous picture book is a jubilant celebration of animals who are often rather unloved. This sticker book is packed with over 400 stickers, colouring-in pages, dot-to-dots, puzzles, spot the difference, mazes, simple word searches, there's plenty to keep little hands busy for hours. From the ceators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and ZOG, which have all been made into animated films shown on BBC1 Superworm animation will debut on BBC1 in December 2021. A perfect gift for fans of Julia and Axel

Exciting series of vibrant neon lift-the-flap board books introducing the concept of family Find out the different names for mummy and daddy animals by the river - and then lift the big, sturdy flaps to find the babies, with a double flap and peekaboo holes on the final spread! A striking, satisfying introduction to animal families from printmaker Jane Ormes, with eye-catching artwork using bold neon ink to capture the attention and imagination of babies and toddlers. Other titles in the series include: Farm, Safari, Jungle, Forest and Snow