Why do plants have leaves? Which part of a plant keeps it anchored into the ground? What do flowers do? Children will enjoy finding out the answers to these questions, and many more, in this informative and beautifully imagined series.

The Healthy Eating series explores each of the main food groups in a fun and informative way. Young readers will learn where food comes from and which foods are best for their bodies.

Find out all about the discovery and development of the technology we use today to save lives through medicine. This series includes historic medicine as well as where medical technology is heading in the future, and is a perfect introduction for young scientists who want to become health professionals. Even adults will be interested to discover the science behind the treatments they receive from their doctors.

This series invites younger readers to consider the impact of human activity on the environment and ways in which we can improve in the future. These titles are filled with fascinating facts and full-colour images.

What is a living thing? Where do animals live? What do animals eat? How do they move and grow? Learn the answers to these questions in this exciting new series. With easy-to-read text and informative diagrams, this series offers a simple introduction to the animals, plants and insects that live in our world.

Bold images and easy read text promise to engage young readers in this fun series on the four seasons. Children can find out about the different types of weather to expect, whilst also learning about seasonal foods and activities.

The Young Explorers series explores key first science topics via engaging text and informative diagrams. Springs introduces early learners to simple forces via the use of everyday materials. Find out how rubber, metal and plastic materials can transform in shape by simply squashing, bending or stretching them.

What is a living thing? Where do animals live? What do animals eat? How do they move and grow? Learn the answers to these questions in this exciting new series. With easy-to-read text and informative diagrams, this series offers a simple introduction to the animals, plants and insects that live in our world.

The Healthy Eating series explores each of the main food groups in a fun and informative way. Young readers will learn where food comes from and which foods are best for their bodies.

Travel through the countries of the world and learn about the weather, famous landmarks and their landscapes. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via engaging text and informative diagrams.

The Young Explorers series explores key first science topics via engaging text and informative diagrams. Springs introduces early learners to simple forces via the use of everyday materials. Find out how rubber, metal and plastic materials can transform in shape by simply squashing, bending or stretching them.

Science world explores core curriculum topics to explain everyday natural and artificial phenomena within the world. This series encourages budding scientists to take a practical approach to learning, through fun experiments to enable pupils to have an understanding of how science operates in the world in which they live.

What is a living thing? Where do animals live? What do animals eat? How do they move and grow? Learn the answers to these questions in this exciting new series. With easy-to-read text and informative diagrams, this series offers a simple introduction to the animals, plants and insects that live in our world.

This exciting new series takes a cross-curricular approach to the engaging and high-interest topic of toys. The titles explore the different materials of toys, how they work, their diversity around the world and their history through easy-to-read text and full-colour images.

The Healthy Eating series explores each of the main food groups in a fun and informative way. Young readers will learn where food comes from and which foods are best for their bodies.

This series gives readers their first chance to explore British history and learn about some of the most important kings, queens and battles that shaped Britain. Using accessible language and an informative design, this series makes discovering the past fun and easy.

How was the Universe created? Is the Sun a star? Is there life beyond planet Earth? Discover the answers to all your galactic questions in this fascinating new series.

This series shows how the inside of the body looks and works, using photography and artwork. Emphasis is given to the issues of food health and hygiene, including drugs and eating disorders.

Why do plants have leaves? Which part of a plant keeps it anchored into the ground? What do flowers do? Children will enjoy finding out the answers to these questions, and many more, in this informative and beautifully imagined series.

Explore some of the busiest and most vibrant cities around the world and learn about their iconic landmarks. Visually striking full-color imagery and simple text features will bring each city to life in this engaging new series.

What is a living thing? Where do animals live? What do animals eat? How do they move and grow? Learn the answers to these questions in this exciting new series. With easy-to-read text and informative diagrams, this series offers a simple introduction to the animals, plants and insects that live in our world.

Can you imagine going on a trip into space? What about flying along at 300 miles an hour in a levitating train? Or clinging onto your seat at a 4D movie? Thanks to STEM, soon you can do all this and more! Science, technology, engineering and maths are bringing new toys, tolls and technological gadgets into our everyday lives. Come and meet Professor Tess Tube, and join her STEM school, where you will learn about the amazing gadgets and gizmos that are all around us.

The Healthy Eating series explores each of the main food groups in a fun and informative way. Young readers will learn where food comes from and which foods are best for their bodies.

Should a liberal democratic state permit religious schools? Should it fund them? What principles should govern these decisions in a society marked by religious and cultural pluralism? In Faith in Schools?, Ian MacMullen tackles these important questions through both political and educational theory, and he reaches some surprising and provocative conclusions. MacMullen argues that parents' desires to educate their children "in the faith" must not be allowed to deny children the opportunity for ongoing rational reflection about their values. Government should safeguard children's interests in developing as autonomous persons as well as society's interest in the education of an emerging generation of citizens. But, he writes, liberal theory does not support a strict separation of church and state in education policy. MacMullen proposes criteria to distinguish religious schools that satisfy legitimate public interests from those that do not. And he argues forcefully that governments should fund every type of school that they permit, rather than favoring upper-income parents by allowing them to buy their way out of the requirements deemed suitable for children educated at public expense. Drawing on psychological research, he proposes public funding of a broad range of religious primary schools, because they can help lay the foundations for young children's future autonomy. In secondary education, by contrast, even private religious schools ought to be obliged to provide robust exposure to the ideas of other religions, to atheism, and to nonreligious approaches to ethics.

Learn about the lives of children around the world, including their family life, what they eat, their school uniforms and what their school days are like. Also learn about playtime, home life, pets and bedtime for children in other countries. A map at the end shows all the countries discussed, from Australia to Vietnam.