Children's / Teenage: general interest

Where is an octopus's mouth? How do octopuses hide from other sea creatures? What do their babies look like? In this book, you'll find the answers and lots more about the amazing lives of octupuses. A QR code is given for links to websites with videos, facts and activities.

From dogs and cats to hamsters, fish and stick insects, Russell Kane explores more than 50 unique pets in 'Pet Selector!', a hilarious guide to pets' personalities, needs, wants and origin stories.

Would you rather visit the hottest place on Earth or the coldest? Behind each of these silly scenarios are some fun facts to help you choose an answer. Which would you rather do? Full of fascinating facts, this book will keep kids entertained for hours! They can read on their own or have fun aski...

Mo and his friend are helping out in a nursery today and learning about all about how plants grow and what they need. But can Mo stay out of trouble while he's having so much fun? Don't count on it! If a monster can understand science, anyone can! Join Mo the Monster as he discovers the basic pri...

In bite-size chapters, learn the secrets of 20 footballing legends, including how to dribble like Messi, overcome adversity like Harry Kane and set and score goals like Vivianne Miedema. With top tips on how to train, play, think and live smart, as well as challenges for the reader, this inspirin...

This is a compendium of poetry prompts from Joseph Coelho (Children's Laureate 2022-2024). Each fun and engaging prompt for writing a poem helps children discover how to write poems and then read them out loud. This is a book to build confidence and literacy skills through channeling children's i...

How do ideas make the world go round? What is populism? What are the political left and right? What's the difference between capitalism and communism, or democracy and dictatorship? Who really holds the power? Can everyone have freedom of speech? And what does all this mean for you? Find out the ...

'Where Does it Go?' is a humorous science series aimed at 7-9 year olds about states of matter explored through the world around us - how they feature in our daily lives (including in our body) and where they end up! The fully collour illustrated spreads cover a wide range of fun and unusual fact...

See volcanoes, asteroids and the fiery beginnings of our Earth. Witness the explosion of life on our planet. Get close up to Titlaalik, the very first creature to crawl on land and Rhizodont, the monstrous scaled fish. Fly with a pterosaur, hang out with apes, ride a mamoth - and then meet the ve...

Are you ready to take a rollercoaster ride through the impossibly weird world of the incredibly small? Learn about the building blocks of our universe through the eyes of a quark: the smallest particle to exist!