Interest age: from c 12 years

The world is at war, and oceans have become battlefields. Napoleon Bonaparte, tyrant of France, has crushed one country after another. Now his cruel eyes are fixed on Britain. Only one man can stop him - Horatio Nelson. Young Horatio Nelson went to sea when he was just twelve, but he has never sh...

Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotton rock piles and gruelling graphs? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you dive into the murky waters of 'Odious Oceans'.

Spoken word artist George the Poet brings together an incredible roster of Black British poets in this important and exciting new anthology, exploring people, moments and events from Black British history.

From oxygen to hydrogen, carbon to plutonium, this book makes chemistry come alive! You'll meet the building blocks of you, the world, and the universe and see how they come together to make everything you see, do and use every day.

Terry Deary reveals the terrible truth behind the lousy pirate legends and lies. Readers can decide who was the baddest of the bunch in the top ten of putrid pirates, discover why the women pirates were just as wicked as the men and learn to talk the patter of a pirate.

This collection of poems overflows with folklore, love, heartache, revenge and peace - the perfect balm for any tortured soul. Featuring poems by William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll and many more, this moody and melancholy anthology ...

Terry Deary steps into the mind of one of history's most powerful warriors, bringing you Queen Boudica's thoughts on: the Romans! Uprisings! Marriage! Gaul!

Queen Elizabeth II: steadfast, constant, dutiful. Read all about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch. From her childhood years in London, to training as a mechanic in the Second World War and becoming queen at 25, learn lesser-known facts about this true ...

Celebrating strong, brave women across the centuries and around the world, 'Queens' tells their stories of strength and resilience. Spanning 3000 years from Cleopatra to the Viking queens, Queen Nanny of Jamaica to HRH Elizabeth II, discover new stories about fierce female monarchs. Full to the b...

Learn all about the weird and wonderful creatures lurking below the river's surface, from the Amazon's crushing anaconda snake and naughty nibbling piranhas to the electric eels that will give you a nasty shock! Snigger as you sneak a peek at the river's sandy bottom! Swim for your life as you re...