Children's / Teenage general interest: General knowledge & trivi

From the Jurassic coastline to the Jacobites and the Stone Age to social reform, learn all about iconic figures, incredible inventions, key events, hidden narratives and buried history in this illustrated chronology of UK history.

An engaging, alternative history of the world for children, which helps to make sense of today.

Discover the secrets of biology, from the simplest life forms through the astonishing variety of animal and plant life. Here is a compelling guide to a community of characters who come together to keep life moving. Learn why mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, then zoom out to discover f...

Part of the 'Horrible Histories' series, this book presents some foul food facts about rotten rationing, awful evacuation tales and the terrible truth about London's bloodthirsty blackout murderer.

'Blood, Bones and Body Bits' reveals the secrets of strange scientists, shows how to diagnose deadly diseases, explains what happens when a boil bursts, and other horrible aspects of the body.

For anyone fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and irksome estimates, this book introduces the flowers that smell of rotting flesh, the highest trees in the world, explorers who disappeared in the jungle and enormous spiders.

Science is smart, right? Science helps us understand important but boring things, right? Well, sometimes very smart people answer very silly questions with very silly science. So, if you have ever wondered what would happen if you started to cry in space, or if you ran on a sea of custard, then t...

Did you know that a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second? Or that the US once had 144 different time zones? Or that across your lifetime, you'll spend about 33 years in bed? Discover more questions, answers, and theories in this bumper book all about the past, present, future, a...

In this huge, authoritative and lavishly illustrated question and answer book from Britannica, you'll find the answers to all those questions curious kids want to know. Why do elephants have trunks? Why are clouds different shapes? Why does popcorn pop? Why does my tummy rumble? Why do we flush t...

What did the world's first playgrounds look like? What do families all over the world eat for breakfast? How did dinosaurs look after their babies? In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories you will meet all types of family - human and animal! - and learn about the many ways they spend t...