For reluctant readers (children)

Hold your horses, the cat is out the bag! Discover all the amazing and awful facts about barmy beasts and cagey creatures across time with history's most horrible headlines. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to animals across time. From gory stories of sacrifices ...

Bali Rai reimagines the astonishing life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, from her childhood surrounded by exotic animals to her inspiring activism as a suffragette in the 20th century.

Follow an ingenious trail of 400 facts about everything from secret recipes and escape artists to hidden treasure and invisibility cloaks. You'll meet an underwear-stealing cat, find out about sharks that glow, uncover a toilet in disguise and learn about the biggest ever game of hide-and-seek. A...

April 1970: Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It should have been the third manned Apollo mission to land on the moon. But when an explosion on board damaged the spacecraft, it became a perilous and near-impossible fight for survival. Here, David Long shows how cour...

Do you want to know what it really takes to be a web-slinging, wisecracking, fearless super hero? Why did Spider-Man become a super hero? What are his webs made of and why are they so strong? How is he able to stick to walls? This book will answer these questions and many more in an engaging and ...

Welcome to the tower block! Dave Spud, a trouble magnet in a very unruly world, is back for more high-rise hilarious adventures. From chaos toilets to starfish pinatas, Dave and his family take on all sorts of mayhem in this collection of funny stories. No matter how rubbish things get, there is ...

Here is a laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated collection of stories starring Tom Gates and his friends, family, and foes!

A laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated collection of stories starring Tom Gates and his friends, family and foes.

April 1912: the Titanic, the so called 'Ship of Dreams', sets sail with over 2000 men, women, and children on board. It was a historic moment and should have been one of the safest, most luxurious journeys to America. But when the ship hit an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean its maiden...

Have you ever wondered how a Jedi becomes a Jedi? Charting the journey from tiny, Force-sensitive toddler to awesome Jedi Master, this book has all the answers to your questions, including: Is there a Jedi school? Can anyone be a Jedi? Where do you get a lightsaber from?