Interest age: from c 12 years

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...

Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army and stage an uprising. The name of the camp - Auschwitz. Over the next two and half ye...

Using extracts from diaries kept in real time during and following the fall of Kabul in 2021, this book gives children personal and compelling snapshots from a woman's perspective.

Go back to the days when people lived in caves, hunted wild animals and had never heard of table manners. Find out what Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper, why a hole in the skull is good for headaches and how to make a mummy.

Readers can discover all the facts about the Stone Age including what they used instead of toilet paper, why a hole in the skull is good for headaches and how to make a Stone Age mummy.