A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week

An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.

Arranged thematically, this illustrated thesaurus has over 2,000 amazing, useful and unusual words to inspire children writing stories. Topics include Getting around, How are you feeling? Heroes and villains and lots more, with lists of synonyms, opposites and tips on describing things. Includes simple word games and links to useful websites.

A colourful, write-in book featuring a multitude of multiplication puzzles, encouraging children to learn and remember their times tables. Kids can go through each table in turn - with plenty of opportunities to practise each one - before testing themselves with quick quizzes and completing a treasure map which requires all their times tables skills. This is the first title in a new Maths Activity Books Series, to be followed by Adding and Subtracting, Fractions, and Telling the Time. This write-in activity book, filled with loads of illustrated activities and scenes, will help you practise your times tables. Each double spread has a different theme to tie the activities together. There are two spreads of stickers, some of which are used in the activites, some are used as rewards for the 'Test yourself' page. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Children can become fantastic at fractions, dazzling with decimals and perfect at percentages with this entertaining activity book. Finish the fractions robots, colour in shares of an ice-cream cake, find your way out of a decimal maze - and much more. With quick quizzes to help check progress, and all the answers at the back of the book.

What does that clock say? When are 12 a.m. and 12 p.m.? And how long is a century? Children can lift over 125 flaps to find out how to read the hours and minutes on digital and analogue clocks, and learn about a.m. and p.m. and 24-hour time. There's a page where they can make their own clock with moving hands, too.

An exciting activity book full of puzzles, mazes and doodles, all set around London's most famous landmarks. Children can spot pigeons in Trafalgar Square, follow a recipe to make a spicy curry from Brick Lane, join the dots to draw Tower Bridge and solve lots of challenging puzzles. Solutions and answers are provided at the back of the book.

A fascinating colouring book of fashions of the Second World War, from wartime weddings and glamorous American fashions to the uniforms worn by the armed forces and air raid wardens. With snippets of historical information on every page, and internet links to selected websites to find out more. Published in association with Imperial War Museums.

What does that clock say? When are 12 a.m. and 12 p.m.? And how long is a century? With bright illustrations, quirky characters and over 125 flaps to lift, this book makes learning about time easy and fun. It covers how to read ALL kinds of clocks, analogue and digital, and even with Roman numerals. It also explains how to use timetables and calendars, and related concepts and vocabulary - such as what is a fortnight, a decade or how many days there are in a leap year. At the end, a specially engineered page lets readers assemble a clock with moving hands, which they can use to practise their skills in a time-telling challenge.

Master all kinds of measuring with this lift-the-flap introduction to time, speed, length, temperature and more. There are speeds to calculate, thermometers to read, and lengths to measure using the handy pop-out ruler included in the book. An engaging introduction to a key early learning concept, with internet links to find out more.

Learn how to solve all kinds of adding and subtracting puzzles with this entertaining book, lifting over 150 flaps to reveal the answers along the way. Topics include number bonds, money puzzles, number lines and fact families. There's even a monster board game at the back of the book, where children can put their new knowledge into practice.

This colourful write-in book is crammed with adding and subtracting tips and puzzles, from working out the weight of a holiday suitcase to counting animals on safari. Quick quizzes make it easy to check progress and all the answers are at the back of the book.