Almost everything we do each day relies on electricity, but what is it and where does it come from? Electricity explores how electric currents appear in nature, from static to lightning bolts, and how these natural marvels inspired scientists to conduct experiments and find ways to harness power. It looks at how we create electricity and the many ways it is used every day. You can build your own encyclopedia with Ladybird Books. Other titles available in the series: Animal Habitats Insects and Minibeasts Baby Animals Trees Sea Creatures The Human Body Weather Trains The Solar System

Mythbusters takes readers on a wild ride through history, science, the natural world and the human body in search of-the TRUTH!

Conspiracy theories, popular trivia, old wives' tales, common misconceptions, misinterpretations and other fallacies are explored to untruth exactly why they are wrong, and how and why they were adopted as fact in the first place. Thoroughly entertaining with fun typography, fast-paced text, light and fascinating side-stories, and lively, photo-montaged illustrations, this big huge compendium of curriculum-led subjects appeals to today's technological-savvy children. Fully detailing each myth and error, along with its historical or scientific background, each falsehood is debunked, and then a full explanation of its true facts are presented.

Myth Busters: Body Bloopers takes readers on a wild ride through the human body in search of the truth! Have you been told carrots improve your eyesight? Or that junk food causes spots? Think again! Conspiracy theories, popular trivia, old wives' tales, common misconceptions and misinterpretations are explored to untruth exactly why they are wrong, and how and why they were adopted as fact in the first place. Thoroughly entertaining with fun typography, fast-paced text written by Clive Gifford, light and fascinating side-stories, and lively, photo-montaged illustrations, this big huge compendium of curriculum-led subjects appeals to today's technological-savvy children. Fully detailing each myth and error, along with its historical or scientific background, each falsehood is debunked, and then a full explanation of its true facts are presented.

The second book in the groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football. This book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads - and it's all about football. What is a vomitory? When do footballers wee? Where do goalkeepers let in chickens? When did women start playing football? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as biology, maths and history. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football.

Find it! In the garden contains 25 things for children to search for whilst out the back of the house, along with amazing facts and mind-bending puzzles. Perfect for minimising screen time, Find it! books keep children entertained, engaged and curious about the world around them. - Search for worms, flower pots and weeds amongst many other things. - Learn fascinating facts about the things you are searching for. - Play wordsearches, mazes, spot the differences, and various other quizzes and games. The back of the book contains a certificate to award when everything has been successfully found, and for every 3 books completed, you can send off for a Find it! Super Spotter badge!

It's fun to be a kid, but are you ready for what comes next? Challenge yourself with these 100 things and you will be! Jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills that every kid should master before turning 18, this is the ultimate guide to becoming a fun-loving, well-rounded, totally competent and confident young person. Complete with expert advice from real life explorers, adventurers, and masters of their craft, it's perfect for jump-starting an amazing life!

"Stunning pictures and engaging words. . . . An accomplished entree
to early science topics." -- Booklist (starred review)
Dive into the warm ocean and swim around amid the coral and waving sea grass. Do you see an eye like a small black bead peering out at you? Linger for a while and discover the secrets of the sea horse - one of the shyest fish in the sea. With a head like a horse, a tail like a monkey, and a pouch like a kangaroo, the sea horse acts like a chameleon, changing color to ward off danger or to show that he and his mate are a lifelong pair. Watch their fascinating mating dance, as the two of them twine their tails together and twirl, before she places her eggs in his pouch to be born. Could there be a more intriguing creature of the sea?

Travel back in time and into the not-so-distant future to dissect, explore, and discover how all kinds of things do what they do! Along the way, you'll learn why candy floss is so fluffy, how scientists built a spacesuit for Mars, and what goes into animating your favorite cartoons.

Look inside, take it apart, turn it over and figure out how things work! Quippy descriptions, full-color diagrams, and brilliant photographs make even the most intimidating subjects totally fun! (We're looking at you, space robots.) For every explanation, we touch on basic principles and then dive deeper. (Just want to know what terraforming is? We've got you covered. Want to know how to terraform, say, Mars? We'll explain that, too.)

But this book isn't just for explaining things. We'll also introduce you to the dreamers, scientists, and innovators who create this stuff. You'll meet a NASA engineer, an underwater archaeologist, and a chocolate scientist. You'll learn what it's like to fly a plane into the eye of a hurricane – on purpose.

The biggest, wackiest, wildest, and weirdest of all the world record facts are jam-packed into this informative and superexciting fact book.

From the awesome to the weird to the downright gross, get ready to meet the world's record setters! You'll find fantastic firsts, awesome extremes, and weird wonders in achievements made by animals, humans, and Mother Nature. Paired with eye-popping design and unforgettable photographs, this book blows the record-book competition away and takes first place as the zaniest, most eye-catching, unbelievable, and best of the best record books you can find!

With this series, you will be able to impress your friends with extreme facts on all things science. Discover mind-blowing statistics and hair-raising truths that will leave your friends and family gob-smacked!

Discover the amazing world of numbers and the real-world wonders they represent through creative, easy-to-understand infographics!

318,979,564,000: That's the number of ways you can play the first four moves in a chess game. 500: That's the average number of beats per minute of a hummingbird's heart. Colorful illustrated graphs, word clouds, pie charts, maps, photography, comparative images, and more illuminate the math behind statistics, trends, and measurements we encounter every day. Infographics cover popular subjects from science and technology to nature and wildlife, as well as everyday activities like sports and TV. Find fascinating Q&As with math experts such as computer programmers, data artists, and more to show the many ways that math is cool!

100% Official LEGO Guide to Stop-Motion Animation Lights . . . camera . . . action! Bring your LEGO (R) minifigures to life with this beginner-friendly guide to stop-motion animation. Ten 'Mini Movies' walk you through using your phone, tablet, or computer to make short, funny clips with step-by-step instructions. Set the stage with any of the six included background settings and thirty-six LEGO elements including a pizza, banana, baseball cap, six minifigure heads, and more! Plus, learn the tricks of the trade as you dive into more advanced skills, such as lighting, sound effects, and camera angles. With these tips and tricks, every movie you make is guaranteed to be a successful smash hit. Including: Stop-motion animation is easy with accessible (and free) apps available for tablets and phones Projects are an easy introduction to animation. Mini movies can be made in as little as an hour Stop-motion animation scales up to older or more advanced kid moviemakers Great for ages 8+ Includes a 80 page book What You Get 78 page book of ideas and inspiration. 36 Official LEGO minifigures and props. Foldout paper backgrounds. Punch-out animation frames. What You Can Make Learn how to make mini stop-motion animation movies. Get started by making the 10 movies included in the book: 1. Bricks in the Wild. 2. Time-Lapse Build. 3. Walk Cycle. 4. Minifigure vs. Banana. 5. Dance It Out! 6. The Magic Closet. 7. My Life in Bricks. 8. It's a Bird! It's a Plane! 9. Epic Chase Scene. 10. Boomerang Banana. Make, experiment and play with KLUTZ . What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials, and hearty helpings of humor is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended Creativity Rewarding Reading Skills to Build On Everything You Need

This title identifies places where young readers might find the color orange. Simple text with closely matching pictures and a photo glossary makes this book perfect for beginning readers.

This title identifies places where young readers might find the color red. Simple text with closely matching pictures and a photo glossary makes this book perfect for beginning readers.

This is the book that will put to rest even more rumours, misconceptions, superstitions, and flat out lies that you hear every day also known as the book your mum never wanted you to see. Think boys are better at math? Don't bet on it. Think an apple-a-day keeps the doctor away? Better buy some oranges too. Think you evolved from a chimp? You might want to check your sources on that. Be in the know on all kinds of amazing subjects!"

Did you know that peanut butter can be turned into a diamond? Or that the world's oldest pet goldfish lived to be 43 years old? It's all weird ... but true!

The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the 1st book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference book is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

Come on an eye-catching adventure! Masterpieces in Pieces takes you on a journey through great art from all around the world and across the ages. Some of the masterpieces are famous, some may surprise you. Explore the themed galleries or just plunge in anywhere and enjoy the visual feast. From early cave paintings to Grayson Perry, see the exciting developments of art throughout history and look for connections that can be made across each masterpiece. This truly global collection will widen the eyes to many different cultures and approaches to art from across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Features artwork by Kerry James Marshall, Georges Seurat, John Singer Sargent, Francisco de Goya, Su Hanchen, Andreas Gursky, Diego Rivera, Natalia Goncharova, Rembrandt, Cristovao Estevao Canhavato, Faith Ringgold, Pablo Picasso, Ford Maddox Brown, Farrukh Beg, Dorothea Tanning, Zheng Zhong, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh, Franz Marc, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Wassily Kandinsky, Alice Neel, and many, many more. Find out how to look at and take great art to pieces - and decide for yourself what makes a masterpiece. "I love this book. For anyone at any age who is as obsessed with the nuances of art history as I am, this book is for you, inspiring, fascinating, and thought-provoking, this book is your personal archaeologist, gently revealing new ways to see and look at art." Russell Tovey, actor "The wide and refreshing choice of artworks, the focus on revealing often surprising details and the lively and informative commentaries throughout, make this an essential book for any art-loving family." Louisa Buck, writer, and broadcaster "Zoom in and take art apart! This book focuses in on areas of surprising storytelling and amazing skill. How and why art is created has been made visible through loving inspection of some wonderful art works. This is a totally enjoyable book for children but also for parents, enabling conversations about ideas pictured in art." Bob & Roberta Smith RA, artist "Fun, engaging, and beautifully illustrated. Masterpieces in Pieces is a totally inspired way of looking at art history - I wish it had existed when I was young!" Jonathan Baldock, artist "This is a lovely book that looks at art from many angles. It is infinitely clever and knowledgeable, and at the same time innocent, in the best way." Matthew Collings, artist, writer, and broadcaster

Gotta catch 'em all in the official Pokémon Search and Find!

Journey to Alola with Ash and friends as they search for new and exciting Pokémon! From the Guardians of Alola to tiny Pikipek, a whole host of new Pokémon are hidden in the richly illustrated scenes, just waiting to be caught. Plus, learn about some of the new Alolan Pokémon and complete fun activities.

This book is stuffed with the fastest, brightest, longest, funniest, weirdest, wildest, wettest, saddest, brainiest, and fascinating-est things in the world. It will amuse, entertain and amaze you with the most excellent, outstanding and, quite simply, best things on our planet and beyond. For instance, did you know the oldest skyscraper in the world is in Chicago and was built in 1885? Or, that the most extraordinary fireworks display was the one that closed the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000? Or that the world's most expensive painting is 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch, sold in 2012 for $119.9 million? From the highest peaks to the murkiest depths, the fastest man to the slowest sloth, the oldest lake to the most venomous snake and much, much more.