Project Science Packed with super-cool facts and hands-on activities, Project Science helps children to really engage with a core topic. From forces to floating and matter to magnetism, each spread features photos, stunning artwork and fun cartoons. Step-by-step illustrated projects throughout encourage practical learning - readers can charm a snake with static electricity, crush a bottle with air pressure, and make a water-powered rocket.

Text presented in small chunks to make reading easy Colourful artwork Maps A bird's eye view of what was happening and where at various times

Did you know there were massive animals that existed before and after the dinosaurs Now just imagine if they appeared in the modern world. Couldn't happen could it These monsters died out millions of years ago. But what if they hadn't and... the 8 tonne supercroc Sarcosuchus arrive in an underground station Megalania a 7-metre lizard knocked on your door looking for a meal Paraceratherium the largest land mammal ever came lumbering through New York City

We take a lot for granted about modern medicine but if you read about the grisly stuff behind the advances of medicine you couldn't help but think how lucky we are. It's fascinating often really funny and the grisly bits are unbelievable Kill or cure is a good way to describe the efforts of the early surgeons who performed operations. Get ready to learn about toe-curling treatments some of which are still used today an awesome mix of successful stuff and wildly experimental failures. It all adds up to a grisly funny no way did that really happenread

See how sci-fi becomes reality with this breathtaking tour of the coolest inventions and discoveries - from nuclear fission and animal cloning to growing new body parts. Just for starters your fridge could be linked to the Internet a nanomachine could repair brain cells robots can be pets and space explorers a surgeon could operate - from another country ...and there's lots more. The Stickmen reveal the latest ideas as well as the basics in fascinating fact-filled text and super-clear diagrams. Magic No technology

A prize-winning poem by Moldovan author, Ludmila Dubcovetcaia, Rhymes about Boys is a vibrant tour de force. Joyful and witty in equal measure, this engaging and fast-paced book is bound to captivate children. Can you find your name in there?

Lots of brilliantly funny illustrations, help to explain how the body works inside and out! Kids will go bonkers about this book. It's a first guide to the human body with all the gross and disgusting bits! There's plenty of cool illustrations and easy bite-size text, that kids will find both hilarious and informative! Discover all about our powerful brains, it's mission control ! Muscles, the hardest worker is our heart it's constantly on the go!! The nervous system sends and receives messages in super-fast time .What happens when we sleep...apart from snoring? It's hilarious but what makes our bottoms burp? Bright, comic-style illustrations and fun (sometimes disgusting) facts are set out in an engaging question and answer format. It's just the perfect way for kids to take their first peek at the science of the human body.

These brilliant experiments are quick to do and fun to show friends. See how light electricity and forces work and what makes matter change its shape... it's Sensational Science Make a robot from a toothbrush Power up a dragster Blow monster bubbles Discover the science behind each experiment Simple step-by-step instructions

Recycling has never been such fun keep unused paper cups and plates and don't throw our paper rolls and egg cartons. Turn them into... - a cute penguin island from old egg boxes - a smart dinosaur from paper plates - a giraffe and a zebra from paper rolls - a woodland theater from an old box

There are ten quintillion 10000000000000000000 insects alive at any one time And that's not including countless spiders and micro bugs many too tiny to be seen normally. But big or small they are truly amazing builders hunters and survivors. Get up close and discover - the mantis that looks just like a flower - fleas that can jump 30000 times non-stop - the dragonfly that camouflages itself as it flies - the spider that can pull 38 times its own weight

Climb up up and into the cabs of the world's fastest trucks - they may be big but these machines can really move. Roar off in the... Shockwave powered by three jet engines - why not race a jet plane Banks Sidewinder Dodge Dakota - it set a world record of 217 mph Ford F-150 SVT Raptor the fastest off-roader ...and more.

Turn off the computer put down the phone and switch off the television and let's have lots of fun Packed with 102 exciting projects to do indoors and out this book could be life changing There are loads of new ways to help your neighbours re-connect with friends and family explore the great outdoors and have fun on a rainy day.

An earthquake can shift an entire city three metres make the Earth spin faster and send shudders right across the world. It is raw power at work - and then monster waves follow...These may travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean dump ships on dry land and ruin a million buildings in one fatal whoosh.

It's horrible having a fever feeling sick and getting spots and rashes isn't it But look inside this book and you'll witness the true horrors people faced in the past - rotting skin dissolving lungs and sinister pustules and swellings all over the body. The Black Death wiped out whole towns and villages Tuberculosis consumed young people like a blood-sucking vampire Smallpox left its victims scarred for life - if they survived. No one knew where these killer diseases came from or how to treat them. Frightening See how people tried to ward them off and made vital discoveries. The Egyptians chewed garlic to keep malaria at bay an English physician found a source of cholera and a Cuban doctor showed that mosquitoes spread yellow fever - all pieces in the giant jigsaw puzzle of modern medicine.

A fascinating guide to the hidden world of snakes, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, turtles, spiders, beetles, bugs, butterflies, moths, bees and ants. More than 1500 fabulous wildlife photographs and illustrations provide a stunning close-up view of survival in the wild. Exciting and accessible information provides an insight into every aspect of reptile and insect life and behaviour

How Do Your Muscles Work? is a fantastic introduction to the science behind how your body moves and what holds it together. The skeleton, muscles and skin are explained through hilarious, colorful illustrations and an engaging question and answer format, designed to appeal to even the most reluctant readers. Packed with plenty of giggle-worthy gross bits, it's a fun and accessible look at an important subject. Stuff kids want to know, that need an answer to... what is a zit? how long would your nails grow if you never, ever cut them? how do muscles grow bigger? what muscle is the hardest worker? Find the answers to these questions and much more! Kids will love the hilarious illustrations It's a fresh take on a popular topic. With so many fun facts to uncover, science has never been more fun!