Discover all the foul facts about the history of the Emerald Isle with history's most horrible headlines: Irish edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to Ireland. From why wax models were captured and made prisoners of war and which warriors went to battle naked to how to make yourself invisible. It's all in Horrible Histories: Ireland: 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!

Dive beneath the waves with this fun search and find fact book from National Geographic Kids. Find it! Search the busy illustrated scenes to find more than 250 sea creatures. From the Great Barrier Reef to the Arctic Ocean, shallow rockpools to the deepest, darkest depths they are sure to keep young readers entertained. Explore it! Discover amazing facts all about the creatures spotted. Did you know great white sharks can have up to 300 teeth? That narwhals get called the unicorns of the sea? Or that beluga whales can swim backwards? With colourful photos and lots of fun activities that kids will love it's the perfect book for kids and grown-ups to enjoy together!

A brilliant stocking filler gift for kids this Christmas! Get ready for a whole bunch of fascinating facts and staggering stats! Bursting with 150 fun and fact-filled lists about animals, space, the world, history, technology and lots more. * Explore the top ten coolest caves * Reach new heights with the world's tallest buildings * Discover the cutest creatures on planet earth * Marvel at the cleverest computers ever made Did you know... * The harvest mouse weighs as much as a 2 pence piece * The biggest desert is in the Antarctic * There are more than 500 million pet cats in the world * The fastest rollercoaster in the world has a top speed of 240km/h With 1500 amazing facts to wow family and friends with, it's sure to be a top ten with kids!

Entertain the whole family this Christmas with the perfect gift for kids - the 2023 children's annual loaded with all-new jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts. It pairs the planet's weirdest facts with the coolest and strangest true stories From strange storms and maritime mysteries to playful primates, dino discoveries and extraordinary exoplanets Explores animals, geography, science, the environment, human achievement and lots more The perfect book for fans of Guinness World Records! Whether it's weird buildings, foul smells, crazy creatures, or the world's most extreme weather, this 2023 children's annual is sure to entertain!

Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust Ruby loves radishes, so when her friends Worm and Ladybird suggest she grows her own, she soon sets to work. Join Ruby as she watches her radishes grow, with five flaps to lift to see what's happening underground and an impressive pop-up surprise. With a gentle story and simple facts to explain how plants grow, children will be inspired to get outside and follow the helpful tips to plant their very own vegetables. Featuring artwork from bestselling The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, this new nature series from the National Trust is one for all the family to treasure! Other titles in the series include: Sam Plants a Sunflower, Tilly Plants a Tree and Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden

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 and indoors with more than 130 things to find. From animals and plants to constellations, festivals and food they'll learn all about the signs of autumn 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 seasonal fun check out i-SPY Winter (ISBN 9780008468248), i-SPY Spring (ISBN 9780008468255) and i-SPY Summer (ISBN 9780008468262).

Travel back in time with this fun search and find fact book from National Geographic Kids. Find it! Search the busy illustrated scenes to find more than 250 objects, animals and people. From the Iron Age to Ancient Egypt, The Vikings to Victorian Britain they are sure to keep young readers entertained. Explore it! Discover amazing facts all about the things spotted. Did you know that the Romans built around 8,000 kilometres of roads across the whole empire? That cats were very important in Ancient Egypt? Or that Queen Victoria came to the throne when she was just 18 years old? With colourful photos and lots of fun activities that kids will love it's the perfect book for kids and grown-ups to enjoy together!

Blow the minds of your friends and family with your animal knowledge. This brilliant nature quiz book is suited for hours of family fun! Do you know the difference between a great white shark and a giant manta ray? Can you spot the difference between a dung beetle and a tiger beetle? Challenge yourself and the family to this brain-busting nature challenge! In this exciting family activity book, you'll find: - Reference spreads which introduce a topic and give all the essential info - Quiz pages, packed with pictures to pore over and put your knowledge to the test - Test Yourself panels across three levels of difficulty - starter, challenger, and genius - A fun fact with every image gives a clue - Answers appear upside down on the page This stunning visual encyclopedia of animal knowledge is packed with hundreds of fantastic facts. An irresistibly interactive kids book that will have you challenging yourself and the family over and over again. This entertaining general knowledge book for kids will test your brainpower and challenge you to learn so much more. Can you complete all these levels of difficulty as the challenge gets harder? Packed with more than 60 topics across the animal world and eye-popping images, this animal activity book is excellent for brain training and makes learning way more fun. It's perfect for children aged 9-12 or geniuses of all ages. Look out for more fun family quiz books in this series from DK. Put your general knowledge skills to the test and take on the Knowledge Genius! brain-busting challenge!

Would you rather ride a hot-air balloon to the North Pole or cycle to the South Pole? Go to the toilet inside your spacecraft, or outside it? Only you can decide! Adventure into the fascinating world of explorers with this new Would You Rather book! Packed with fun situations, this book is the perfect way to learn about explorers and exploration. Prepare to decide what you would prefer to eat if you were on a great expedition, if you would rather explore the highest or lowest point on Earth, and what your packing essentials would be. Each situation is filled with fascinating and hilarious details about explorers who have ventured around our planet and beyond – discover some of the unsung heroes of science and discovery, and learn more about some of the expeditions that shaped our understanding of the world! Also available: Would You Rather? – Vikings Would You Rather? – Ancient Egypt Would You Rather? – Ancient Romans

Countdown to Christmas in this gorgeous advent calendar featuring enchanting illustrations inspired by the Harry Potter films. Have a magical Christmas with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and all your other favourite characters from the Wizarding World in this official Harry Potter advent calendar. This gorgeous illustrated book unfolds to reveal 24 pockets - each with its own holiday surprise inside! From mini books and stickers to colouring sheets and holiday cards, there's something for everyone. Return to Hogwarts with this advent calendar inspired by the films The perfect gift for kids, collectors and Harry Potter fans of all ages! Includes mini books, stickers and more, for hours of fun.

Find out what children eat all around the world in this beautifully illustrated book, written by bestselling poet and author Laura Mucha, alongside acclaimed cookbook author Ed Smith. From pasta to passionfruit, baguettes to biryani, ramen to rambutan, there are so many different dishes and delicacies all around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about what people in other countries eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as where our food comes from, and the stories, cultures and traditions behind what we eat. A unique, warm-hearted book that will teach children understanding, empathy and respect of differing experiences, cultures and tradition. With engaging, colourful artwork on every page by award-winning illustrator Harriet Lynas.

Exactly 100 facts will help you explore the lives of rainforest animals, plants and people. Trek through mysterious cloud forests, steamy mangrove swamps and the amazing Amazon to discover their huge variety of life, and learn how we can protect these precious environments.

Meet animals from around the world with this fun search and find fact book from National Geographic Kids. Find it! Search the busy illustrated scenes to find more than 250 animals. From the Serengeti to the Amazon rainforest, the wild Arctic to British woodland they are sure to keep young readers entertained. Explore it! Discover amazing facts all about the animals spotted. Did you know a giraffe has three hearts? That woodpeckers have very long tongues? Or that scorpions can glow in the dark? With colourful photos and lots of fun activities that kids will love it's the perfect book for kids and grown-ups to enjoy together!

Let's go on a LIFESIZE adventure! Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most amazing DEADLY animals. Watch out for the LIFESIZE black caiman jaws, burmese python, slow loris and much more! This interactive non-fiction adventure features LIFESIZE illustrations of some of world's smallest and largest deadly animals and invites children to think about how they compare with these amazing creatures. This huge, playful book is the perfect introduction to animals for young children from picture book star, Sophy Henn. Climb into the book for a truly wild adventure . . . Try the other books in the series for more LIFESIZE fun! LIFESIZE (9781405289573) LIFESIZE DINOSAURS (9781405293952) LIFESIZE BABY ANIMALS (9781405299497)

A fun and entertaining book for the whole family Go on a journey of discovery to 100 of the world's most amazing places with this must-have, fun-filled gift book from the team that created the Weird but true! annual. Featuring colourful hot springs, giant trees and explosive volcanoes, kids will be astounded by the 1000 incredible facts to wow family and friends with. Jam-packed with bright, colourful photos From the Galapagos islands to the Serengeti National Park, the Cave of Crystals to Shark Bay Find out the WHERE? WHAT? and HOW? about each place along the way

Welcome to FACTopia! A wonderland of crazily connected facts. Did you know that a squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Every Britannica-verified fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected and hilarious ways, and discover extraordinary facts about space, bones, dinosaurs, goats, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, robots, Ancient Rome, kings and queens, pharaohs, and more. But there's not just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Discover where your curiosity will take you! This wittily illustrated book is the perfect gift to inspire and delight curious kids.

Slither into the extraordinary world of snakes and find out about these amazing cold-blooded predators.Exactly 100 facts will help you discover everything you need to know about these shy and secretive creatures. Learn about the many different snake species and where they live, how they crush or poison their prey and why they need our help.

Let's go on a LIFESIZE adventure! Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most amazing BABY animals. Go eye to eye with a baby blue whale, snuggle up with some red panda cubs and open the FOLD-OUT PAGES to discover a LIFESIZE baby African elephant! This interactive non-fiction adventure features LIFESIZE illustrations of some of the smallest and largest baby animals in the world and invites children to think about how they compare with these amazing creatures. This huge, playful book is the perfect introduction to animals for young children from picture book star, Sophy Henn. Climb into the book for a truly wild adventure . . . Try the other books in the series for more LIFESIZE fun! LIFESIZE (9781405289573) LIFESIZE DINOSAURS (9781405293952)

Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story. See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it! Did you know, for instance, that: The word 'bloomers' comes from Amelia Bloomer, who was a women's rights activist and owner and editor of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, who wanted to move more freely in her knickers? Or that the word 'daisy' comes from the Old English daeges eage, meaning 'day's eye', because the petals of a daisy open at dawn and close at dusk? The word 'easel' comes from the Dutch word 'ezel', meaning donkey, because both are depenable and suitable for carrying a load? Or that English nicknames for police officers, 'bobbies' and 'peelers', both come from the names of Sir Robert Peel, British prime minister in the 1800s and creator of the first modern police force? Each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the etymology, word origin and definition. Paired with beautiful, characterful illustrations by Ian Morris, Every Word Tells a Story is a perfect book for young wordsmiths, encouraging kids and adults alike to have fun whilst learning about language.

In Regte-egte raaisels kan jy lees oor die grootste kopkrappers in die geskiedenis. Die raaisels wat ondersoek word, wissel van narige, harige gediertes, vreemde vlieende voorwerpe tomonsters uit die dieptes. Lees die verstommende stories oor die raaisels en kyk dan na elkeen se raaiseldossier met feite oor wat regtig gebeur het. Boonop is daar by elke raaisel 'n nuwe raaiselwoord .Sommige van die raaiseldossiers verskaf selfs wenke vir jou eie opvolgondersoeke!

In Regte-egte rampe word ondersoek ingestel om uit te vind hoekom sekere rampe gebeur het en hoe dit in die toekoms voorspel en verhoed kan word. Die rampe wat ondersoek word, wissel van reuse-uitbarstings, die dinoramp tot vreesaanjaende mensgemaakte katastrofes. Lees die verstommende stories oor die rampe en kyk dan na elkeen se rampdossier met feite oor wat regtig gebeur het en volg in die voetspore van kenners. Jy kan dalk aan nog ’n ramp dink om te ondersoek en jou eie rampdossier saamstel!

The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy Have fun with family and friends with this book of brain-teasing riddles that will have everyone scratching their heads! I'm the world's fastest land animal. I can't climb trees. What am I? My eyes are bright, my chest is red, you might see me perched on your garden shed! What am I? My fur is black and white. I spray my enemies with a very smelly liquid. What am I? Packed with rhyming riddles, laugh out loud jokes, tricky teasers and tons of colourful photos they are sure to keep animal fans of all ages entertained!

Arm yourself with fun facts and figures and become an animal expert. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favourite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers. Alongside stunning full-page photographs and fun, colourful graphics, the wacky animal fact-bites and funky figures in Our World in Numbers: Animals will have you impressing your family and friends like never before. As you number-crunch your way around the animal kingdom, you'll discover everything from the age of the world's oldest animal and which bird has the most feathers, to which snake has the longest fangs and how long a tiger sleeps in a day. This data-packed adventure through the animal world is filled with everything you've ever wanted to know about your favourite animals - and more!

Some people have had amazing lives. Other people are not remembered for their lives, though... They are remembered for their strange deaths. Find out all about the unlucky lot who made mortal mistakes!