Interest age: from c 9 years

Do you know your bishops from your knights? Or when castling is the best move? How about the best way to counter the Queen's Gambit? In 'Chess For Beginners' international master and renowned chess tutor Michael Basman shows you everything you need to know to improve your tactics and win more games.

From the frozen Arctic to the blazing hot deserts of Sahara, take a trip across the globe with this illustrated world atlas. This illustrated atlas not only portrays regions, such as the Siberian wastes, with detailed maps but also describes the peoples who live there. Fascinating facts, local st...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. Or did he? Look at all the facts and discover the fiction through primary sources, infographics and appropriately levelled text. Readers will learn the full story about Christopher Columbus's famous voyage, including the controversies about w...

Rudely interrupted from their holiday cruise, Tintin and Snowy suddenly find themselves embroiled in a dangerous gun-running, smuggling adventure! Dr Sarcophagus has uncovered the lost tomb of Kih-Oskh, but Tintin must discover the meaning behind the Pharaoh's strange symbol, before it's too late.

This series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured c...

This series offers readers an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, includi...

This series offers readers an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, includi...

This series offers readers an engaging look at some of the world's major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city's unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what t...

A guide exploring technology from the past, present and cutting-edge of futuristic development that has potential to help solve major ecological issues facing Earth, from climate crisis to plastic pollution and ongoing loss of biodiversity around the world. Enough with the negative, it's time to ...

From what's being done to stop pollution harming life on Earth, to why rising sea levels mean maps will need to be redrawn: let your child discover all about our fragile planet and the dramatic changes that are affecting the weather, the environment and our way of life.