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.

Discover everything you need to know about extreme survival. Exactly 100 facts accompanied by photographs and detailed artwork will challenge children, acting as an incentive as they make their way through the book. Projects to make and do, hilarious facts and cartoons bring an extra element of fun.

Included in this book are 12 dinosaurs that are some of the most heavily armoured animals that ever roamed Earth. Some of these big, plodding herbivores were covered from head to toe in thick, leathery skin with arrays of protruding bony nodules and spikes. Others had huge plates rising out of their backs and sharp, spiky tails.

From grooming to feeding and taking the dogs for a walk, this text is a simple introduction to life at an animal rescue centre.

You'll fall out of your tree laughing at these hilarious animal jokes! What is black, white, and red all over? A sunburnt penguin! What do you call a pig who knows karate? Porkchop! What do you call an elephant in a phone booth? Stuck!

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.

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...

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.