An exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Earth, written especially for younger children.

Are you thinking about taking on the huge responsibility of owning a pet? This series provides comprehensive guides for children aged 8+. The books explore caring for a new cat or dog, including animals taken from a rescue centre such as Battersea Cats & Dogs Home.

This volume looks at contemporary Egypt, concentrating on the culture, history and social conditions of this vibrant and changing country.

100 numbered facts covering a wide range of topics on all things speedy, from super speedy animals to hypersonic planes. Topics include how we measure acceleration, why heavy things are hard to speed up, and who broke the sound barrier.

Amazing, bored, excited, magical, naughty, sad, zestful - you can feel any way you like in this collection of poems about feelings from A to Z. Exploring all kinds of moods and emotions, the poems are by a culturally diverse group of poets, including Siegfried Sassoon, Carol Ann Duffy, Benjamin Zephaniah and Grace Nichols.

Are you ready for an amazing adventure that will test your brain power to the limit, full of mind-bending puzzles, twists and turns? You've been called urgently to the Television Wildlife Centre where Lucinda Lavender, the TV Director General, is waiting for you. Reports of a terrifying yeti in the Towering Mountains have been made. Sir Digby Tweedhop, the top wildlife presenter, was sent up the mountain to capture the yeti on film - but he has disappeared...

How do bees communicate? What does a beekeeper do? Did you know that Napoleon loved bees? Who survived being stung by 2,443 bees? This book answers all these questions and many more, tracking the history of bees from the time of the dinosaurs to their current plight.

Presents a collection of poems by John Dougherty

One of a series of titles examining the raw materials and resources that people around the world depend on for their way of life. Each title looks at where a particular resource is found and how it is processed and used.

One of a series of titles which examines life in other countries through simple information and the letters of a young child to a pen-friend. Topics covered include home and school life, leisure pursuits, religious worship, and the working life of each child's parents.