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contents
CONTENTS
Introduction Practical Books for Curious Kids 24-25
How To Use This Catalogue 2 Year by Year Series 25
Annual Highlights 3-5 Our World in Pictures Series 26

Timelines Series 27
Primary Explanatorium Series 28
My Very Important Encyclopedias 6 What’s Where on Earth Series 29
Do You Know About Encyclopedias 7 How to be Good at Series 30
Children’s Encyclopedia 7 Supersimple Series 30
DKfindout! 8-9 Computing Coding 31
The Secret Explorers 10 Help Your Kids With Series 31
DK Life Stories 11 UK Workbooks 32
DK Readers 12-13 Dictionaries 33
Bilingual Visual Dictionaries 33
Primary and Secondary
Secondary
Discover What It Takes Series 14
Characters and Fan Favourites 14 Big Ideas Series 34
A Children’s Encyclopedia Series 15 Heads Up Series 35
Inspiring Environmental Books 16-17 How Things Work Series 35
DK Eyewitness 18-19
Topic Listing
DK Eyewitness Workbooks 20
Megabites 20 Topic Listing 36-48
100 Who Made History Series 21
DK Knowledge Encyclopedias 22-23 Contacts 49
General Knowledge Genius 23
Glossary
HB = Hardback KS = Key Stage
PB = Paperback EYFS = Early Years Foundation Stage
FB = Flexibound = eBook available
BB = Board book = Audio book available Please note all books are full colour throughout, unless otherwise specified.
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How to use this Catalogue
HOW TO USE THIS CATALOGUE
The books in this catalogue have been selected to support learning both inside and outside the classroom.
They have been grouped according to age range. The corresponding Key Stages for the UK Curriculum
have been shown in a table below, for reference.
The catalogue begins with early years and progresses onto series appropriate for primary and secondary
students. The relevant educational features of each series or book are highlighted in the following bullet points
and annotations.
Please visit www.dk.com/home-learning to download additional education materials and activities for the classroom
or home learning.
Age in
UK Year Group UK Key Stage UK School Groupings
Years
4-5 Reception Early Years Foundation Stage Early Years
5-6 Year 1
Key Stage 1
6-7 Year 2
7-8 Year 3
Primary School
8-9 Year 4
Key Stage 2
9-10 Year 5
10-11 Year 6
11-12 Year 7
12-13 Year 8 Key Stage 3
13-14 Year 9 Secondary School
14-15 Year 10
Key Stage 4
(GCSE)
15-16 Year 11
16-17 Year 12 (Lower 6th)

A Levels Sixth Form
17-18 Year 13 (Upper 6th)
How to Order
Electronic order forms are available by topic as well as age range.
Please enquire with your local representatives.
For all other queries please contact sales@uk.dk.com
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Annual Highlights
ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Whether you study at home or in the classroom, explore our selection of our most recent educational bestsellers
and upcoming highlights for the 2020-2021 academic year.
These books showcase the best DK has to offer, inspiring learning in students of all ages and engaging young
readers in our exciting children’s programme. From focusing on key subjects and topical issues to answering
the questions you’ve always wanted to know, these books have it all.
Climate Emergency Atlas 10% OF ALL GREENHOUSE

GAS EMISSIONS ARE
PRODUCED BY FASHION 85% OF TEXTILE WASTE
GOES TO LANDFILL
OR IS INCINERATED
A TYPICAL UK
HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCES 1.5
TONNES OF CO2e
A YEAR FROM
ITS CLOTHING
FAST FASHION I 37
6. Distribution and retail
The perfect reference guide for all young

Jeans are transported by road from KEY
warehouses to retail stores and as The map shows emissions as
online deliveries to homes. Freight the carbon dioxide equivalent
emits CO2 from diesel combustion, (CO2e) produced at each stage
and shops use a lot of energy. of a jeans’ life cycle.
climate activists, this unique atlas with

Step in the production of jeans
Transport of materials or product
7. Customer use
dynamic maps explores the impact of The carbon footprint of making

a trip to the shops to buy clothes
is easily overlooked, as is the
high cost to the environment
of washing, drying, and ironing
4. Garment making
Cutting, sewing, finishing, ironing,
and packaging jeans uses energy
from burning fossil fuels, which
emits CO2. Up to 20 per cent of
them over their lifetime.
S
CONTINUE
fabric is wasted in cutting
climate change, and what we can do

and dumped or burned.
FINISH Production has a high social 1.8 KG CO2e
cost too, using low-paid
= TOTAL 11 KG CO2e
workers in poor conditions.
0.1 KG CO2e
CO2e
to turn things around.

1.7 KG 8. Garment disposal 3. Fabric production
e
Spinning cotton yarn, then dyeing it
2
CO
Most clothes end up as landfill and weaving it into denim with
0.O5 KG CO2e waste or are incinerated, with elastane, a synthetic fibre made
KG
damaging effects for the climate from fossil fuels, emits more
5.4
and environment. The average greenhouse gases than any
pair of jeans is worn 200 times in other part of the process.
its lifetime, a dress just 10 times. It also uses and pollutes
a lot of water.
5. Finished jeans imported

Once made, jeans are shipped around the
Jeans life cycle
9–12 Years / KS2 301 x 252mm / 96pp / HB

world for sale. Most jeans sold in the USA
today are manufactured in China, Mexico,
or Bangladesh, where labour is cheap. A pair of jeans
contributes 11 kg
Fast fashion
of GHG in its
9780241446430 UK / £12.99
lifetime. This map
START shows its journey
across the world.
NEW OCTOBER 2020
e
1.4 KG
2
CO
The fashion industry produces a staggering CO2 e
5K
G
0.0
amount of the world’s greenhouse gas Textile waste
These bales of used clothing are ready to
emissions. Trends are updated several be sorted at a warehouse in Senegal that
handles 250 tonnes of textiles a year, but
times a season and clothes are cheap, 1. Raw cotton grown
only 15 per cent of clothes are reused or
recycled globally. The rest end up as waste
encouraging consumers to fill their Intensive farming of cotton produces or are incinerated. Natural fibres such as
greenhouse gas emissions, mainly
2. Cotton exported cotton biodegrade, but synthetic fabrics
wardrobes with garments that may nitrous oxide (N2O) from fertilizer
use. Growing cotton also uses a lot Shipping raw cotton from the plantation such as polyester do not decompose easily,
and shed polluting microfibres into water,
soon be discarded but will leave a
of water – one pair of jeans takes where it is grown to the factories where it
as much water as a person drinks will be processed produces relatively few while burning these materials releases CO2
emissions, adding little to its carbon footprint. and toxic pollutants into the atmosphere.
carbon footprint for years to come.
in 10 years.
The Rainforest Book

Embark on a journey through the
enchanting world of the rainforest, The fight for light
Plants need sunlight to make their own food, but in
Tall trunks help trees
and how we can protect the plants

the dense rainforest it can be hard to get enough
get closer to the Sun.
Sun. Plants can’t move around like animals do.
The kapok tree can Small plants called epiphytes
Instead, they have their own ways to reach the
grow up to 61 m don’t grow from the forest floor,
sunlight while staying rooted to the same spot.
(200 ft) tall. but live high up on tree branches Bromeliad plants live
and animals that call it home, in this where there is more light. They live high up on branches. Their
off soil and water that gets carried leaves collect rainwater in
Woody vines called pools, creating little watery
by the wind, so are also known
lianas climb up trees, habitats for tree frogs.
as air plants.
beautifully illustrated children’s book.

coiling around the tree
trunks and branches to Vines weave from tree to
reach the sunlight. Their tree, creating walkways for Instead of growing up
leaves and flowers grow animals living in the canopy, towards the sunny canopy,
once the vines reach the such as monkeys. a strangler fig starts life at
Birds that live in
sunlit canopy. the top of a tree and grows
the canopy stop
towards the ground. Its
at bromeliads
roots spiral down the tree
for a drink.
5–7 Years / KS2 / 195 x 255mm / 48pp / HB

palm tree leaves trunk until they reach
fan out, spreading the forest floor.
over a large area. Eventually the tree inside is
This gives the plant
9780241395776 UK / £12.99
surrounded by winding roots
a better chance of and can’t get any light. The
trapping light. tree dies, leaving the strangler
fig to take its place.
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9–12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 320pp / HB Malala Yousafzai

An activist for girls’ and women’s rights, Malala
9780241413005 UK / £20.00 Yousafzai (b.1997) is the youngest person ever

to win the Nobel Peace Prize. At the age of 15,
she was shot by a member of the Taliban – an
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948)
The countries we now know as India
and Pakistan were colonies of Britain
for hundreds of years. After leading the
Islamic extremist group – but she survived the campaign for Pakistan’s independence
from Britain, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
attack. Her story brought international attention became the country’s first leader when
Timelines from Black History

the country won its freedom in 1947.
to the plight of girls and women in her country His struggle for justice and freedom
is a huge inspiration to Malala.
of Pakistan. She has gone on to speak up
for females all over the world.
9–12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 96pp / HB 302 303
9780241503614 UK / £12.99
Scientists
MARIA SIBYLLA
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M ERIAN A woman of many talents

Maria watched with fascination
as caterpillars hardened into
chrysalises. Inside, the insects
behind the greatest breakthroughs in

slowly transformed into butterflies,
rman ecolog ist and artist
Ge Maria began to paint beautiful
pictures of insects. These were the first to
which emerged and flew away.
1647-1717 put together insects with the plants on which they would actually
world science, looking at the incredible

have lived. In her late twenties, she proudly published her first
When Maria was alive, most people didn’t know about book of paintings showing the metamorphosis of different
the life cycles of butterflies and moths. In fact, many caterpillars, including detailed descriptions of each process. This
stories of more than 50 ground-breaking

believed that they simply appeared from vegetables or book was an important scientific work, because people didn’t
other objects! Maria dedicated herself to studying not just know that all butterflies and moths come from caterpillars.
the life cycles of insects but everything else about them,
too. Today, people call her the first ecologist – someone
scientists who have changed the world. who studies animals and the relationship they have with
their environments.
Maria was transfixed with insects as a child. She got
Maria moved to
Amsterdam as an adult,
hold of silk worms at the age of 13 and began to study
where she came to know
their lives in great detail. She wanted to learn about what
wealthy people with
they ate, whether they liked darkness or light, and, of
7–9 Years / KS2 / 280 x 229mm / 144pp / HB course, about the seemingly magical process of
metamorphosis. She was often found exploring
collections of butterflies from
far-away South America. She
9780241484333 UK / £16.99
decided to make the journey to
outdoors, looking for more
study such creatures in the wild. Maria
caterpillars to study.
travelled for two months on a cramped
NEW AUGUST 2021 Maria’s artwork

was every bit
as impressive as
her scientific
ship to the hot, sticky jungle of Suriname.
There, she discovered insects bigger and
Maria studied insects at more colourful than any she had studied
home and in the wild. One discoveries.
day, she found some green before. She painted and painted, creating
slime, and even studied that!
one of the first colour books to show
creatures from that part of the world,
and, of course, their life cycles.
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ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Castles
Bodiam Castle
Plan of Bodiam Castle, 1391
Square stronghold
Ponds near the castle Bodiam was constructed in southeast
Moat Bridge filled with huge fish fed England in 1385. Sir Edward received
the hungry castle the land Bodiam was built on when he
Journey through history to discover the

married his wife. In the 17th century,
residents.
England, June 1391 Courtyard the castle became a ruin and was
never repaired.
Did you know? The moat tricked enemies
Drum
S
into thinking the castle was taller than
ir Edward Dallyngrigge was one of the loyal tower
world’s most impressive castles, see the

it actually was because of its
knights of King Edward III of England. He earned Drawbridge reflective surface.
Gatehouse
fame and fortune battling the French in 1367, then Bodiam Castle today
returned home to marry. Later, when trouble with Bridge

Barbican Round drum towers stood
the French stirred again, he decided to protect his
battles that conquered them, and learn

at the castle corners. Unlike
lands by building Bodiam Castle. Unlike some castles, other castles, there was no
central keep. The rooms for
Bodiam didn’t change over time. It was built all in The main entrance was a
three-storey gatehouse on
living, working, and storage
were within the castle walls.
one go, and was almost perfectly symmetrical. The the castle’s northern side.
Murder holes and three
castle’s towers looked even more imposing when
about exciting stories from their past.

portcullises kept the
A deep well underneath the
castle residents safe.
reflected in the shallow moat surrounding them. southwest tower was filled by
an underground stream.
The barbican on an island
7–9 Years / KS2 / 280 x 229mm / 144pp / HB

in front of the gatehouse
helped stop any attackers
from making their way
into the castle.
9780241427644 UK / £16.99
NEW SEPTEMBER 2020
To cross the moat, visitors had to

walk or ride over an L-shaped bridge.
Anyone trying to storm Bodiam
would have to cross over three
drawbridges and a barbican while
dodging arrows before they could
even get to the gatehouse.
The moat surrounding
the castle also served as
a sewer. The toilets in the
castle drained straight
into its waters.
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Earth’s Incredible Oceans

Jellyfish Bell
Moon
jellyf ish can
Discover the incredible secret world of

This smooth
dome is the
get younger
Jellyfish have lived in our main part of the as well as
oceans for millions of years. jellyfish’s body.
older!
They are invertebrates,
life under the sea! Gorgeous illustrations which means they

have no bones in
their bodies. These
and photography help young enthusiasts wobbling wonders are
GLOWING JELLIE
MISSING 3D
known for their stinging
tentacles – some types
S
learn all about the world’s oceans and
Some jellyfi
sh make
have tentacles powerful Moon light - they
appe ar
their own
jellyfish dark. This to glow
enough to kill humans. is calle d
biolu mine
in the
scenc e.
how they can help take care of them. SIMPLE BODIES

Jellyfish have basic bodies with only a few
parts. They are not good swimmers and
Tentacles
Stinging tentacles
stun prey before it
becomes dinner.
mostly use water currents to get around.
A
big
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7–9 Years / KS2 / 280 x 229mm / 80pp / HB Blo
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f ish is called a blo om.
s.
n contain thousands of jellie
9780241459140 UK / £14.99 Oral arm
NEW APRIL 2021

This arm moves
food to the
jellyfish’s mouth.
Lifecycle
Jellyfish have complicated
life cycles. They start off as tiny
larvae that float down and attach
themselves to rocks. They change
form several times before eventually
becoming an adult “medusa”.
Larva Polyp Polyp with Strobila Ephyra Medusa (fully-grown jellyfish)
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Music and How it Works

Take a visual journey through the world
of music and learn how it affects your
brain along the way with this exciting
music book.
7-9 Years / KS2 / 280 x 229mm / 96pp / HB

9780241411605 UK / £12.99
NEW NOVEMBER 2020
The Secret Explorers Series

Travel back in time and discover facts
you never knew with The Secret Explorers!
Join their next adventures in this new
educational fiction series.
NEW OCTOBER 2020
The Secret Explorers and the Jurassic Rescue

7–9 Years / KS2 / 200 x 135mm / 128pp / PB
9780241442272 UK / £5.99
The Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers

7–9 Years / KS2 / 200 x 135mm / 128pp / PB
9780241442265 UK / £5.99
Water Cycles Snowflake

Snow falls from clouds, just like rain, sleet,
A tiny speck of dust
A snowflake begins its life as a
An ice ball forms
The droplet freezes,
See also
Find out how ice
forms and discover how
a frozen river flows
Too cold for snow? Around 12 per
cent of Earth is permanently covered
in snow or ice. The most snow falls at
temperatures just below freezing. Very
cold places hardly ever get snow!
and hail. It is made up of tiny crystals called tiny speck of dust inside a cloud. forming a ball of ice. As on pages 20-21.
This beautifully illustrated children’s book

Water vapour sticks to the dust, more water vapour in the
snowflakes that land on the ground as fluffy, forming a droplet of water. cloud sticks to the ball, it
white snow. Every snowflake contains grows into an ice crystal.
about 50 ice crystals. No two snowflakes
takes a close look at the lifecycle of water,

are the same!
Melted snow evaporates

Eventually, the snowflake
including how it supports all life forms

reaches the ground. When
Crystals grow the snow melts, the water
evaporates and the cycle
The corners of the crystal
starts again.
pick up more water vapour,
and why we need to conserve it.

forming little arms. All Snowy snuggles About 90 per cent
snowflakes have exactly six of snow that has settled on the ground
arms, because of the specific is air. The air can’t move and carry
pattern that water molecules heat away with it, so snow is a good
make when water freezes. insulator. Many animals, such as polar
bear cubs, burrow in it to keep warm.
A snowflake begins to
fall when it has grown
enough to be heavier
7–11 Years / KS2 / 280 x 229mm / 144pp / HB

than the air around it.
No two snowflakes
are ever the same.
9780241459461 UK / £16.99
NEW JULY 2021
Not-so-icy igloo Some humans make
their homes in the snow, too. Igloos,
built from bricks of icy snow, provide
shelter from the cold. Even when the
The snowflake falls outside is as cold as -45°C (-48°F),
Although the number of arms is body heat alone can make an igloo as
always the same, every snowflake warm as 16°C (61°F).
grows into a unique shape. Its
shape depends on the temperature
of the air and how wet the cloud
is. As it grows bigger and heavier,
the snowflake begins to fall.
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ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Knowledge Encyclopedia
Space
From the origin of the Universe to the
future of space rockets, this updated
edition is packed with incredible pictures
and the latest facts about our cosmos.
9-12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 208pp / HB

9780241196304 UK / £18.99
NEW EDITION AUGUST 2021
Maths Lab
Unlock the exciting world of numbers and
equations with 25 creative projects and
hands-on experiments that will turn you
into a maths whizz.
9–12 Years / KS2 / 276 x 216mm / 160pp / HB

9780241432327 UK / £12.99
NEW JUNE 2021
Our World in Numbers

A cool compendium of extraordinary
figures and number-based facts about
everything in the world - from animals
to art!
MISSING 3D
9–12 Years / KS2 / 276 x 216mm / 192pp / HB
9780241471180 UK / £12.99
NEW JULY 2021
Philosophy a Children’s Could a machine JARGON BUSTER

mental states are created in response to something
outside of us – tasting ice cream, experiencing the
weather, hearing the singing of birds outside, or reading
HUMANOID ROBOT ▶
Functionalists argue that a
robot with a “brain” made from
Encyclopedia
Artificial intelligence metal and plastic has the same
ever think?
a book, for example. Searle refers to this as “aboutness”.
The intelligence demonstrated by potential to “think” as an
a computer system that has been But nothing that happens inside The Chinese Room organic human brain.
designed to perform tasks that usually seems to be about anything outside of it. The human
require human intelligence. in the room is not able to form any relevant belief about
We live in an age of artificial intelligence (AI), with Mental state The state of the world outside, from the questions put to them.
mind experienced by a person –
voice-controlled smart phones, driverless cars, and their wishes, hopes, and emotions. ARTIFICIAL OR ORGANIC? for the same mental states
computers that can beat world-class chess players. For From the late 20th century onwards, a group of (such as desires, hopes, and
Humanoid robot A machine
Explore some of life’s biggest questions

philosophers, the development of artificially intelligent designed with an artificial body philosophers known as functionalists have rejected emotions) to happen in different
THE MIND
THE MIND
that resembles that of a human. Searle’s view of what it is possible for a mechanical physical bodies. For them, the
computer systems raises questions about what it means
machine to understand. Functionalists believe it is only artificial hardware of an
to be considered an intelligent being. the function (the task) of an object that matters, not what android is potentially just as
the object is made from. For example, a key can be any capable of having a mind
in this vibrant book, filled with illustrations

shape or material, but so long as it unlocks an object, as an organic brain inside
I n the 1950s, British mathematician Alan Turing

considered how machines could be appropriately
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The interviewer
asks questions and
analyses the answers.
The machine responds
according to its
programming.
it is still a key. Functionalists argue it is equally possible the head of a human.
that bring the history of ideas and thinking

He devised a test in which a human interviewer puts
The person THE CHINESE ROOM
questions to another human and a machine, but is A series of
doesn’t understand the Searle’s thought experiment of The
questions, written in
unable to see either of them. The interviewer must try Chinese, are posted
questions but follows a Chinese Room compares a person translating
step-by-step procedure, like
to detect which is the human and which is the machine through a gap onto
those used by computer
an unknown language with what goes on
a desk. These represent
to life.
based on their replies. If the interviewer can’t tell which processors, making it inside a computer. It implies that machines
queries input into
is which, it may be possible to conclude that the a computer.
possible for them to are not capable of actual understanding.
answer correctly.
machine is capable of thinking, and that it has passed
Machine
the Turing Test. Each year a competition, known as the
Loebner Prize, is held to find the computer program
that interviewers take the longest time to recognize
Interviewer
as a machine. To date, no program has fooled the
interviewers for more than 25 minutes.
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Though no machine has yet been able to pass the
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of focusing on behaviour, we should look at what is human-like way. a conversational way.
happening “inside”. In 1980 the American philosopher
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understanding comparable to that of a human. His person locked in a room receiving questions written in
Chinese, a language they do not understand. With the
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May not machines carry out respond correctly, though they will never know what manual which gives
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SuperSimple Biology 40 Cells
Microscopes Key facts Using a Calculating magnification

Cells 41
Some things are too small to see with the naked eye. ✓ Microscopes are instruments that
microscope You can calculate the magnification of an image
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organisms and living cells.
your specimen by placing it on a slide. You can
✓ To produce an image, a light
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magnification = = = 400
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is fully illustrated in this ultimate study

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magnification is x100, then:
The eyepiece typically Electron microscope
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true size =
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guide to biology.
shine through them.
There are usually 3–4 20 mm
objective lenses, with true size = = 0.2 mm (200 micrometres)
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microorganisms
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She pulled the second lever. Air rushed “up”! Roshni wasn’t sure if
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Male humpbacks make sounds known
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reach of starry space. She floated for a The antenna hung many
kilometres away and last for up to
moment, just staring at it all in wonder. suspended in space Scientists think they might be a way30 minutes.
to attract
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to
* Latin name: Megaptera communicate with each other.
The clock was ticking. above the ship’s nose.
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Leonardo achieved a measure of balance and
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how to , Since Leonardo was no longer up and

about, it had become King Francis’s habit to
time – and has remained rare ever since.
visit him regularly. At this late date, Leonardo
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might have. But there was little remaining
learning how time for regrets.
die
On 2 May, Vasari stated that as Leonardo
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L EVEL
Approximately 150 words

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Beginning to read alone
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L EVEL
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OUTWARD DISPLAY INNER THOUGHTS

These people are guests at While other people show signs of
a party. It looks like you can enjoyment, they may not be having
tell what they are thinking any kind of internal experience. The
and feeling, and how much person in the yellow top can only be
fun they are having, from sure that they themselves have a
observing how they act. mind – not that anyone else does.
But can you?
THE MIND
THE MIND
Can I know that

people, although we can observe their behaviour, we PHILOSOPHICAL ZOMBIES
simply can’t be sure whether they have these inner We can see other people carrying out seemingly human
experiences, too. behaviours, but we can’t tell if they have an authentic
inner mind that directs these actions. Other “people” might
You have no way of being able to tell whether or not
you’re thinking?
be philosophical zombies, functioning without thoughts.
your friends are “philosophical zombies” – non-thinking,
non-feeling beings who act just like normal humans.
They might carry out the same behaviours that human define and develop a language by ourselves. Creating
beings do, but with no inner lives and no minds of their and using a language isn’t an activity that can be
We have access to our own private thoughts and minds, but we don’t
have the same access to the thoughts and minds of others. Because of
this, how can we be sure other people have thoughts and minds at all?
own. One of these philosophical zombies might say
“Ouch” if a heavy item falls on its feet, even if it feels
no pain or other internal sensations.
achieved by just one person. In Wittgenstein’s view,
language relies on other people to work, so there must
be other people with minds in the world for it to exist.
Mary Wollstonecraft
In philosophy, this question is known as the problem of other minds. PIONEERING WRITER ABOUT WOMEN’S RIGHTS
MIND IS BEHAVIOUR
Some philosophers don’t really see the problem of
THINK FOR YOURSELF An inspirational writer and thinker who was ahead of her time, Mary
other minds as a problem at all. A group of philosophers
Wollstonecraft dedicated her short life to the improvement of women’s
T he French philosopher René Descartes wrote about
the problem of other minds in his Meditations,
Some philosophers who came after Descartes have
entertained similar ideas. The modern Australian
known as behaviourists believe that the mind is nothing
other than the behaviours it carries out (see p.69), so to Imagine a red object. If you are
colour blind, you might experience
rights and to the promotion of free education for everybody. She is
YELLOW
published in 1641. Descartes wrote that his thoughts philosopher David Chalmers wrote that we have no experience another person’s behaviour is to experience
GE -
YE REE
regarded as one of the earliest feminist philosophers.

AN OW
redness differently from other

G
LL N
ORELL
were known to him from within, but he had no way “experience meter” to tell us if anybody else is having their mind. The ideas of the behaviourists have fallen people. But even if you aren’t
OW
GR GE
of knowing for sure whether other people on the inner experiences. We can be certain of our own out of fashion, but in our ordinary interactions with colour blind, is there any way
-
EE AN
SOCIETY
SOCIETY
N OR
street had minds like his. They might simply be experience, as we can feel our own emotions, others, we infer from people’s outward behaviour that to tell whether what you
non-thinking, non-feeling machines made of
flesh and bone. This idea can be taken
even further – for all you know, other
desires, and pains. But when it comes to other they do have minds and sensations like ours.
The 20th-century Austrian philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein came up with a famous answer to the
experience as “red” is the
same experience that others
have? It’s impossible to get
BLUE-
GREEN
UE
R
B
ornRED-
in 1759 in London, England, Wollstonecraft had
ORANGE
an abusive father, which caused her to leave home
afterEthe
D death of her mother in 1780. At the age of 24,
equal rights to freedom and education, and that women
should have the right to vote so that they could
contribute more fully to society.
into another person’s mind to BL
VIO
RE LE
people might not have minds at all. This is a problem of other minds. He reasoned that even a find out. Wittgenstein argued she set up a small school for girls with her two sisters
LEE-
T
D- T
VIOLET
FINDING HAPPINESS
VIOLU
form of scepticism, which is the view that we ◀ BEING A BAT solipsist (a person who is convinced that they are the that there must be something in and a friend. Although it closed after a year, it helped to
B
can’t know things with any certainty. With no direct The 20th-century American philosopher only thinking person in the world) uses language. common between things that are frame her ideas on female education. After Wollstonecraft gave birth to a daughter in 1794,
evidence for the existence of other people’s minds, Thomas Nagel asked, “What is it like to
Wittgenstein argued that in order to learn a language, red, otherwise we would never be In 1786 Wollstonecraft briefly went to be a governess she had long periods of depression. Eventually, she
be a bat?” He concluded that we can able to agree on what red is. Colour wheel
you might even go so far as to conclude that you never know, because we can’t escape we need other people with whom we can cross- (teacher) in Ireland. On her return to London, she met found happiness with the unconventional political
are the only thinking person in the world. our own perspective. reference the meaning and usage of words. We can’t a group of liberal thinkers, including radical publisher philosopher William Godwin. Despite being against
Joseph Johnson, who published her first book, Thoughts marriage because it limited freedom, she married
80 81
on the Education of Daughters (1787). Her work Godwin because she was pregnant with his child. She
suggested that the education system should be reformed had another daughter in 1797, named Mary, who went
so that girls could receive the same education as boys. on to write the famous Gothic novel Frankenstein.
Philosophy Wollstonecraft’s most important work, A Vindication

of the Rights of Woman (1792), was written at a time
Sadly, Wollstonecraft did not survive the birth.
It took until the mid-19th century for Wollstonecraft’s
when women in Britain either worked in poorly paid radical ideas on women’s rights to be taken up by
jobs or were expected to stay at home being wives and women’s movements in Europe and the US. Today she
mothers. She argued that both women and men had is regarded as the founder of liberal feminism.
The mind has no

Women may be gender: girls should be
physically weaker than men, taught in the same schools
EDUCATING GIRLS
but they are just as capable as boys, and given the same
Wollstonecraft’s passionate ideas and
of rational thought. job opportunities. political writings helped promote female
education as a basic right in most areas of
the world. These Sudanese girls are living
in a refugee camp, but are continuing
with their education in this school.
Women must be
defined by their character, and
Women only appear to not by who they marry. An ideal
be inferior because they do not
receive the same standard of
marriage should be based on mutual
respect and intellectual
I do not wish them [women]
education as men
(see p.178).
companionship.
to have power over men; but
over themselves.
180 181
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Jellyfish Bell
This smooth
dome is the
Moon
jellyf ish can
get younger
Jellyfish have lived in our main part of the as well as
oceans for millions of years. jellyfish’s body.
older! Cold wonders
They are invertebrates, e past, peopl
which means they I n th e lacked
technology to
have no bones in
t he
sure weat
m ea
their bodies. These
wobbling wonders are her.
known for their stinging
GLOWING JELLIE re drop na
do
es
The biggest snowflake The largest hailstone on The heaviest hailstone
tentacles – some types

S rat
u recorded measured 31 cm record measured 47 cm (18.5 weighed around 1 kg (2 lb),
r
pe
To
Som e jelly (15 in) wide - around the in) in circumference – about which is the same as a big
fish mak
have tentacles powerful ligh t - they e thei r own
Tem
Moon size of a large pizza. as big as a watermelon. bag of flour.

app ear
jellyfish dar k. This to glow
enough to kill humans. is call ed
biol umi nes
in the
cen ce.
SIMPLE BODIES
Jellyfish have basic bodies with only a few
Tentacles
Stinging tentacles
During the
biggest one-day
North
America ‘Tornado Alley’, USA, catches
Europe
stun prey before it temperature drop, it the most tornadoes every
parts. They are not good swimmers and
mostly use water currents to get around.
becomes dinner. got a chilling 56 °C (100 °F) year – around 1,000 a year! Asia
A colder, from 7 °C (44 °F)
big to -49 °C (-56 °F).
g ro t te
st
o rm s
up o er
st
Ho
f jelly
f ish is called a blo om.
The hottest The highest wind speed
Blo
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temperature recorded was a gust of

om
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n contain thousands of jellie Furnace Creek, USA,
st
fast as most racing cars!
at 56.7 °C (134 °F)
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– hot enough to fry an eed
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sp
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Record
jellyfish’s mouth. Venezuela, has the the wettest place, with
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– up to 28 lightning 12.7 m (41.7 ft). If the rain
Lifecycle South flashes a minute. all fell at once, it would cover
Jellyfish have complicated America a three-floor building!
breakers
life cycles. They start off as tiny
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st
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r ie
gw Australia
themselves to rocks. They change
din
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form several times before eventually

or s.
800
becoming an adult “medusa”.
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Larva Polyp Polyp with Strobila Ephyra Medusa (fully-grown jellyfish)
22 buds 23
remember? Have you ever seen a a
beg la
gigantic hailstone? Here are A part of the People th
e
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t
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s
properly
some of the most incredible Atacame Desert, ld nl
Co
In a part of
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Chile, is the driest place
Earth’s Incredible Oceans

Ra
record-breaking weather outside the poles, with only The coldest

temperature on record
Antartcia, there
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the world.
48 49
What’s The Weather
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Speed king EYEWITNESS Wandering ways

The female hides her cubs in long grass while they
Indian take-away are very young. She does not have a
In the past, cheetahs were permanent den but moves the cubs
often trained to help hunters around every
kill antelope and gazelle. few days.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world. Unlike other cats, which Indian paintings of the 16th
are all leaping cats (pp. 10–11), the cheetah is called a running cat because it century show the cheetahs’
role. They were sent to knock
hunts fast-running animals. For this reason it is in a different group from all down prey, then they would
other cats and has a different Latin name, Acinonyx jubatus. The cheetah wait for their owners to
complete the kill.
stalks its prey in the usual way, but then, at very high speed, it will chase
after the gazelle or antelope and kill it with a sharp bite
to the neck. It also preys on hares, guinea fowl, The striped tail is more
than half the length of
and even ostriches. The female cheetah the head and body
lives alone, allowing males near only

Supple,
when she comes on heat (p. 24). Male muscular back
cheetahs often live in small groups,

but only the dominant male will
mate with a female.
Small head
with short,
rounded ears Powerful No contest
hindquarters
The acceleration of a cheetah is
comparable to this powerful Ferrari,
although the animal can only keep up
its speed for about 170 m (558 ft).
Slender, long legs
Hailstorms
Heavy storm
Fast forward A storm in Munich,
The cheetah’s long legs and A cheetah can reach
Germany, in July
Hailstones are usually about the size of a pea.
They bounce when they hit a hard surface, and
flexible backbone enable it to speeds1984,
of upcaused
to financial Drivers park their tend to settle on the ground. But hailstones vary
Narrow, run at speeds of up to 96 kph
93 kph
losses (58 mph).
of around vehicles at the in size, and storms in severity. In the USA alone, a
£625 million
dog-like paws (60 mph). From a standing start, side of the road as
Balls of ice
it can reach called
its top speedhailstones
in are produced inside a they wait for the hailstorm can cause property damage of more
danger to pass than £300 million ($500 million), and crop
thundercloud.
three seconds. The strong air currents force lumps of ice
($1 billion). damage of £185 million ($300 million).
up and down the cloud. With each upward movement the
hailstones
FLEXIBLE SPINE
collect another layer of ice, until they are too
big to be lifted again by the up-currents. The stronger
No cover up The cheetah has very long legs, and their length is increased
The cheetah needs to All furred up the
by aup-current, the
flexible spine. When theheavier a hailstone
cheetah moves at full speedcan
the become. Merger
have extended claws Cheetahs have Heavy hailstones can be life-threatening, but any
spine curls up to allow the hind legs to reach forward. The king cheetah
when running to help thicker fur on the of southern Africa
it grip the ground. So, neck and shoulders. hailstorm
Tail helps canSpine cause
curleddamage. One ofextended
Spine the worst storms is a very rare
balance
It forms a sort of
unlike other cats, the was in Munich, Germany, in July 1984, variety. The spots
cheetah does not “mane” that can be on its coat join
have a protective seen in cubs, but with financial losses around up to form stripes
sheath over each claw. not in adults. on its back.
£625 million ($1 billion).
32
Animals
EYEWITNESS
Dangerous driving
Driving through a hailstorm is hazardous; vehicles
skid on the hard, icy stones. The damage caused by
falling hail depends on the wind speed during a
storm. Hailstones with a diameter of 10 cm (4 in)
travel at speeds of up to 170 kph (106 mph).
This hailstone
is the size of
a grapefruit
Hail Alley Maize crop destroyed

by a severe hailstorm
Big chill A belt of land in the USA, spanning
Large hailstones usually from Texas to Montana, is known
fall from “supercell” as “Hail Alley” and regularly
thunderclouds, which experiences severe
typically have a very strong hailstorms. Little has
updraught. This 10-cm (4-in) been done in the USA
diameter hailstone fell to explore methods
in Colorado, USA, in May Cloud bursting of crop protection, though.
1978.This hailstone is To ease droughts, the Chinese
the size of a grapefruit fire chemical substances into
Ice pack
thunderclouds to seed clouds Hailstones are made up of layers – a bit like onions.
Cross-section of
for making rain. This helps Each layer represents one journey through the
a hailstone
combating the country’s cloud in which it formed. This hailstone – one of the
increasingly severe droughts and largest ever found – had a diameter of 19 cm (7.5 in),
also prevents hailstorms that and a mass of 766 g (1.67 lbs).
could destroy crops.
8 9
Hurricane and Tornado
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ZOE HA, YEAR 4 HOME ROOM TEACHER, ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MALAYSIA,
ON DK EYEWITNESS SERIES
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What DK did - with almost revolutionary panache -
was essentially to reinvent non-fiction books.”
BOOKLIST, ON DK EYEWITNESS SERIES
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DK Eyewitness
Workbooks
7-11 Years / KS2 / 280 x 216mm / 48pp / PB
Popular history, science, and geography topics are

brought out of the classroom and into the home with
fast facts, hands-on activities, puzzles, and quizzes.
Each title contains a star-chart to fill in every time a page

is finished, making keeping track of achievements simple
and easy. Rocks and Minerals
Ancient Egypt Ancient Rome Earth Medieval Life Stars and Planets
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Ancient Greece Bugs Human Body Rocks and Minerals Weather

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Megabites
9–12 Years / KS2 / 198 x 129mm / 96pp / PB
This series uncovers amazing secrets of history, science,

and the natural world.
Each title contains all the expert knowledge and fun facts
young readers could possibly want. Every book is packed
with illustrations, fun stories, and anecdotes.
Dinosaurs Mummies Flight Gladiators

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100 Who Made History

Series
9–12 Years / KS2 / 276 x 216mm / 128pp / HB
Using a fun, fresh design that mixes quirky illustrations

with photography, this series makes history exciting
and relevant.
Each instalment showcases the inspirational people whose

original thinking changed the lives of others, and major
moments that have changed the course of history.
Ink was applied

to the etchings,
Chinese blocks
Avid readers in CHINA were enjoying the
Hangul alphabet
which printed
printed word and image long before anyone
else. Chinese printers used etched wood
An invention that gave Korean people the
when pressed to
another surface. and clay blocks from about 600 CE to LETTERS to write their own language
print images and text onto paper or cloth.
cloth
Printed words King Sejong’s idea

Before the mid-15th century, KOREANS wrote their own
language in Chinese script. Only a few educated people
Allowing WORDS to spread across knew how to do it. Around 1443, the Korean monarch,
King Sejong,, decided this was wrong. He believed
the world further than ever before that all his subjects should be able to write – and
even send him letters of complaint if they wanted
to. So he invented a new alphabet for them.
them.
Pressed to impress
Europe got the printed word in about This is a sample of Hangul By th
1450. German inventor Johannes Gutenberg writing. In modern times, It too e way
developed letters made of METAL that just 24 letters are used, alpha k ages for …
could be arranged and rearranged inside as four of the originals The bet to catch my
a wooden grid. These were covered in ink have been dropped. liked it,aristocrats on.
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and pressed hard onto paper, printing a printing press was ba and then Ha
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whole page each time.
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is one of Gutenberg’s in a matter
of minutes.
100 Women Who Made History
first printed books.
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100 Inventions That Made History
A thorough collection of history’s significant turning points, usefully organised

to support teachers plan their curriculum and lessons from. The book is also both
chronologically comprehensive and diverse in the cultures, civilisations and peoples
it includes, all of which makes it an excellent resource for students and teachers alike.”
WILLIAM SAMUEL, ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER, CENTRAL FOUNDATION BOYS SCHOOL, UK, ON 100 EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY
100 People Who 100 Inventions That 100 Events That 100 Women Who 100 Scientists Who
Made History Made History Made History Made History Made History
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DK Knowledge
Encyclopedias
9-12 Years / KS2
These visual encyclopedias are packed with the

most up-to-date information, incredible illustrations,
phenomenal photographs and jaw-dropping 3D images.
Offering unparalleled accuracy, far above any online

resource, the expert text is paired with detailed image
and analysis.
triassic jurassic cretaceous cenozoic
28 triassic life 252 mya 201 mya 145 mya 66 mya 0

The name Postosuchus means “crocodile from Post” Post”, because
its fossils were first found at Post Quarry, Texas, USA. 300 kg (661.3 lb) – the weight of an adult Postosuchus –
equivalent to four full-grown men. 29
Narrow snout
The snout was unusually
narrow in relation to
the depth of the skull. Armoured back
Its back was protected by
an armour of bony scutes.
Massive skull
This animal had a massively built
skull and deep, strong jaws with
powerful muscles. It was much
more heavily armed than most
Triassic predatory dinosaurs.
OVER
Long tail
The weight of its
long tail helped
balance the heavy
head and jaws.
HALF A
Family tree
Rauisuchians such as Postosuchus were part of the
archosaur group of reptiles, which also included the
pterosaurs and dinosaurs. The rauisuchians evolved
earlier than these, and gave rise to the crocodiles
MILLION
COPIES SOLD
and alligators, which are their closest living relatives.
OTHER REPTILES
ARCHOSAURS
RAUISUCHIANS
(POSTOSUCHUS)
CROCODILIANS
WORLDWIDE
PTEROSAURS
Strong legs
DINOSAURS
Postosuchus stood with its
Big, sharp teeth
Big feet hind legs beneath its body to
The teeth were sharp,
The feet were bigger support its weight efficiently.
serrated blades, ideal
Ragged teeth for slicing through meat. than the hands, and
resemble those of
Postosuchus teeth were all different lengths, which
Short arms modern crocodiles.
was partly caused by regular tooth replacement. The arms of
The teeth grew until they fell out, so the long teeth Postosuchus were
were the oldest and the short ones, the youngest. much shorter than
Crocodile teeth (below) are replaced in a similar way. its legs, and each
Postosuchus
hand had five fingers.
Although it looks like a dinosaur, this ferocious predator was a

close relative of the crocodiles. It was one of a group of reptiles
that dominated life in the Triassic before the dinosaurs took over. POSTOSUCHUS
When: 228–204 mya
The biggest, most powerful land predators of the Late Triassic were reptiles
called rauisuchians. Postosuchus was one of the biggest. It probably stood on Habitat: Woodlands
its hind legs like a predatory dinosaur, rather than like a crocodile, and may Length: 3–4.5 m (10–15 ft)
have been almost as agile. It would have preyed on any dinosaurs it could
Diet: Other animals
SALTWATER CROCODILE catch, as well as dicynodonts such as Placerias (pages 24–25).
Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur!
Knowledge Encyclopedia Space!
A visual delight for children, the illustrations providing a small peek into history through
centuries is an excellent provocation to evoke the curiosity and interest in children to dig
deeper and find out more. A must have for every library, every reader.”
PRIYAMVEDA TANEJA, REGIONAL MANAGER, FIELDWORK EDUCATION, INDIA, ON KNOWLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA HISTORY
23
Wow! The illustrations
combined with short,
well-laid out nuggets of
Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge
Encyclopedia
301 x 252mm / 360pp / HB
Encyclopedia Animal!
301 x 252mm / 288pp / HB
Encyclopedia Dinosaur!
301 x 252mm / 208pp / HB
Encyclopedia History!
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information are sure to
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appeal to this generation
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MARGARET SMALLPIECE, LIBRARIAN,
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL,
UAE, ON KNOWLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Knowledge Encyclopedia Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge

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NEW EDITION AUGUST 2021
General Knowledge
Genius
9-12 Years / KS2 / 276 x 216mm / 192pp / HB
Packed with eye-popping pictures across 60 different topics, give

your brain a boost with this quiz encyclopedia.
On each page, discover a fun fact or helpful clue that will help
children as they expand their knowledge and use “Test Yourself”
panels to aid in their comprehension.
With three levels of difficulty, the challenge gets harder as you work
your way from Starter to Challenger and finally the Genius category!
General Knowledge Genius!

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General Knowledge Genius
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Practical books
for curious kids

From creating magical illustrations using the
science of bending light to tricking your taste buds
with sensory overload, these DK books are the perfect
choice for engaged and curious learners.
Packed with fun projects that are suitable for any

classroom or home environment, these books will
enthuse both younger and older students.
Bor
n s
When you’re feeling
Happi
nervous, using confident
Dr very powerful. If someone

A rolls their eyes at you it can
umm
be just as hurtful as saying

rms
something unkind. If someone

is sad, a hug can show you
ands
crossed
ing h
Wring
Tapping
foot
S a y h e l l o to a t re e
e!
, tre Thinking about
Hello what things feel,
Mirror work smell, and sound like
Giving the can be calming and
Looking in a
3 help you to feel more
Get in touch with your senses as
mirror, see if you
can show these
You will need: connected to your
Biting nails you lead a friend on a journey Lead your
A scarf or piece of material partner at a slow surroundings.
to meet a tree. This is a great
More
There are a few message to other people that A friend or two and steady pace,
game to play with a partner when
can be a sign of
pointers here, we’re not intending. Here are helping them to Ho
you’re in the woods or at a park. avoid obstacles. w
bi
but do whatever some common things people
th
can just make it
feels natural. sometimes do without thinking: look that way!
e t g do e s
ree
seem?
than words
Kennedy vs. Nixon
In 1960, a debate in the US
presidential election was shown
on TV for the first time. To most
people watching, newcomer
It’s not just words that tell people how John F. Kennedy was the clear 2
you’re feeling. Body language can give e?
tre he
winner as he looked confident. Carefully guide
Those listening on the radio, your friend towards e What doe s t ?
away more clues than you think. Being thought the more experienced
a tree. Ask lots of th bark feel lik
e
nd
often mirror each other’s body
aware of your body language and Richard Nixon would win. However,
language without realising it. questions along the way,
they couldn’t see that Nixon was
ou
noticing other people’s encouraging them to be
ar
sweating a lot, which indicated
aware of their senses
is a very useful skill. that he may have been nervous.
s
and surroundings.
rm
Kennedy went on
to win the election.
o u wrap yo u r a
46 47
1
Wrap a scarf 4
around your Once you’ve
Life Skills partner’s head
like a blindfold,
reached the tree,
help your partner
n y
or ask them to to explore it.

Ca
close their eyes.
r?
hea
ou
What so u n ds can y 5
Guide your partner
safely back to the start.
Can they open their eyes or
Starting remove the blindfold and
ﬁnd their tree again? Then,
point it’s time to swap roles!
Nature Adventure
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Look I’m a Cook Look I’m a Maths Wizard Look I’m a Scientist Look I’m An Engineer The Nature Science Squad
3–5 Years / EYFS 3–5 Years / EYFS 3–5 Years / EYFS 3–5 Years / EYFS Adventure Book 5–7 Years / KS1
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Science Squad Explains Ask A Scientist How To Be a Coder How To Be a Maths Whizz How To Be a Scientist How To Be an Engineer
5–7 Years / KS1 7–9 Years / KS2 7–9 Years / KS2 7–9 Years / KS2 7–9 Years / KS2 7–9 Years / KS2
276 x 216mm / 80pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 128pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 144pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 144pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 144pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 144pp / HB
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A fantastic book. This colourful and factual book links science and food in a fun exciting way.
It would inspire any young mind interested in experimenting.”
SARAH BOYLE, HEAD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LAGOS PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY, NIGERIA, ON SCIENCE YOU CAN EAT
Life Skills Science is Magic Science You Can Eat 3D Printing Projects Home Lab Outdoor Maker Lab
7–9 Years / KS2 7–9 Years / KS2 7–11 Years / KS2 9–12 Years / KS2 9–12 Years / KS2 9–12 Years / KS2
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NEW APRIL 2021
Maths Lab Science Lab Inventor Lab

9–12 Years / KS2 9–12 Years / KS2 11–14 Years / KS2 - KS3
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Year by Year Series

9–12 Years / KS2
Taking a unique approach to core topics, these

encyclopedias trace the development of history
and science through lavishly illustrated timelines.
Feature spreads look in detail at the big themes

using expert authority to provide insight.
MUCH MORE CIVILIZED
400 ▶300 BCE 356 –323 BCE ALEXANDER THE GREAT
One of the finest generals in history, Alexander became
“hasThearrived,
hour of departure king of Macedon, in northern Greece, aged 20 after his
father Philip II was murdered in 336 BCE. Alexander fulfilled
and we go Philip’s plan to invade Persia. In eight years Alexander
our ways.
”
Socrates, on learning of
his death sentence
created an empire that stretched from Greece to northern
India. When he died, aged 32, his warring generals carved
up his empire among themselves.
Legendary hero
Alexander’s military exploits made him a
legend in his own lifetime. He founded and
named many cities after himself, including
Alexandria in Egypt, and believed he was
350 BCE a god. However, he died before producing

an heir (his son was born after his death).
Crossbows The lighthouse at Alexandria
Handheld crossbows
came into use in China. The KEY DATES 305 BCE
ancient Greeks also had a
Socrates takes the cup of hemlock 334 BCE Alexander invaded Pharaoh Ptolemy
399 BCE type of crossbow called a
gastraphetes. Crossbows
Asia at the head of an army
of 37,000 men.
Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great’s
Macedonian generals, made himself
Death by hemlock were used in warfare for
332 BCE Alexander pharaoh, founding the last dynasty to
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to hundreds of years.
conquered Egypt and made rule Egypt. He began work on building
death by swallowing poisonous hemlock. He had himself pharaoh. the lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the
been found guilty of corrupting young Athenians with Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
his ideas – a charge brought by his political enemies. 331 BCE He returned to
Persia, defeated King Darius,
and destroyed Persepolis.
400 380 360 326 BCE After reaching
300
northwest India, his
men refused to go
378 BCE any further east.
305 BCE
323 BCE Alexander died
Coup in Thebes suddenly in Babylon
War elephants
Led by their general, Epaminondas, the after drinking with Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the
Thebans drove a Spartan garrison out of his companions. Mauryan dynasty of north India, gave
their city. Thebes now became the most 500 war elephants to Seleucus, another
powerful Greek city-state. It headed a of Alexander’s generals, in exchange
Greek uprising against Alexander the for most of Afghanistan. Seleucus used
Great, who destroyed the city in 335 BCE. them in his wars against his rivals.
390 BCE Battle of Issus
This Roman mosaic
Goose alarm shows Alexander at the Terracotta statue
Cackling geese sounded Battle of Issus (333 BCE), of a Mauryan
the alarm when an army of where he defeated his
History Year by Year

war elephant
Gauls (Celts) tried to seize Terracotta sculpture rival Darius III for the
400 BCE the Capitoline Hill in Rome.

The geese woke the guards,
of knucklebone players,
c 330–300 BCE
first time. He is riding
his favourite warhorse,
276 x 216mm / 320pp / HB

but the warning came too Bucephalus, whose
Chavin culture name meant “ox head”.
late to save the rest of the
The Chavin people,
city, which was sacked. By 330 BCE, Alexander
who lived in the Andean had conquered all
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highlands of Peru, were of the Persian Empire.
flourishing at this time.
They domesticated the
llama and made pottery Classic game
vessels of jaguars, Knucklebones was a very
popular game among both
monkeys, and Greek men and women (who
Science Year by Year

other animals. played it separately from the
men, as they were not allowed
The Greek philosopher Aristotle
to mix). It was similar to
jacks but the pieces were
was tutor to the 13-year-old
Alexander the Great.
276 x 216mm / 256pp / HB
animal bones.
58 59
9780241212264 UK / £16.99
History Year by Year
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Our World in Pictures
Series
9-12 Years / KS2
This encyclopedia series provides essential background

information to students using a highly visual format
that engages the reader. A perfect guide to core
subjects for reluctant readers.
With over 1000 full-colour photographs in each title,

this series is a unique and beautiful insight into our
amazing world.
Uses HOW ROCKET FUEL WORKS
Hydrogen
1
H State: Gas 1. This chamber contains a
Many space rockets use
liquid hydrogen as a fuel.
The hydrogen reacts
1 1 0 Discovery: 1766 fuel called liquid hydrogen.
Hydrogen-filled balloon
with oxygen to form

2. This chamber contains extremely hot steam,
Hydrogen
Forms liquid oxygen, which helps which blasts out of the

The Orion Nebula
the hydrogen burn. nozzle. This creates

P u r e hy thrust, which pushes
dr o This gaseous
gen stellar nursery
3. Pumps control the flow the rocket upwards.
in of the liquids as they enter
a is giving birth to
the combustion chamber.
gl thousands of stars.
as
4. The combustion chamber is

ss
where the liquids mix together,

ph
creating an explosion.
er e
5. The nozzle emits hot vapour,

pushing the rocket upwards.
This balloon can rise high
into the atmosphere where
sensors gather information
Margarine
n
about atmospheric pressure,

Su
temperature, and wind speed.

e
Th
This powerful rocket uses

45,460 litres (10,000 gal) of
Hydrogen
peroxide
Margarine is liquid hydrogen as fuel.

made of vegetable
oils thickened by
adding hydrogen. This liquid is
used as a cleaner.
The This powerful
only waste
explosion was
created by fusing
Hydrogen gas is trapped

product hydrogen atoms.
inside this glass sphere, and of hydrogen fuel

is steam.
gives off a purple glow
This energy-
when electrified.
efficient bus runs
on a fuel cell fed
by hydrogen. Hydrogen bomb explosion
Ju The Sun is
pi four-fifths
t hydrogen.
er
Three quarters
of this planet is
made up of layers
of gaseous and
liquid hydrogen.
Water
Each water
molecule has
two atoms of
hydrogen and
one of oxygen. Hydrogen-powered bus
Hydrogen is the first member of the periodic other gases, such as helium and methane. On this element are fused together, releasing heat and can fly higher than air-filled ones. Supercold
table because it has the simplest atoms of Earth, hydrogen is commonly found in water. light. New stars form inside nebulae – such as the liquid hydrogen is used as rocket fuel. Atoms of
all elements: they contain just one proton Although it is rare in Earth’s atmosphere, hydrogen Orion Nebula. They are clouds of hydrogen gas hydrogen fuse together to produce a lot of energy
and one electron. Pure hydrogen is a is the most common element in the Universe. that slowly collapse in on themselves. Hydrogen in hydrogen bomb explosions. Pure hydrogen is
transparent gas. The biggest planets, such as Stars, such as the Sun, contain large amounts gas is the lightest element of all, and much lighter also a clean energy source used to power some
20 Jupiter, are vast balls of hydrogen mixed with of hydrogen. At the centre of a star, atoms of than air. This is why hydrogen-filled balloons buses and cars. 21
The Periodic Table Book
Countries, People, and Places
This is a fun and

educational read that
will hook any child into The Animal Book Cars, Trains, Ships The Dinosaurs Book Countries, People,
276 x 216mm / 304pp / HB and Planes 276 x 216mm / 208pp / HB and Places
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informative world of NEW NOVEMBER 2020
dinosaurs."
FABIANO GOMES, PRIMARY SCHOOL
LIBRARIAN AT THE BRITISH COLLEGE
OF BRAZIL, ON THE DINOSAURS BOOK
The Periodic Table Book The Rock and Gem Book Trees, Leaves, Flowers
276 x 216mm / 208pp / HB 276 x 216mm / 192pp / HB and Seeds
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Timelines Series
9–12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 96pp* / 320pp / HB
Following a chronological structure, this series provides

children all the general knowledge they need to know
about history’s most important events and people through
exciting visual timelines.
Each book features surprising trivia, alternative histories,

vibrant illustrations and straightforward easy-to-read text.
A highly inclusive series, these books have a global focus

to cover Asian, African, South American, and Oceanian
history and people, not just European and North American.
Timelines of Black History *

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Timelines of Everything
9780241302323 UK / £20.00
Egypt Studying in Syria Mecca

Family of judges After travelling more than Ibn Battuta is impressed After visiting the holy city
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Pilgrimage 3,200 km (1,988 miles) by Damascus in Syria, a city of Medina, Ibn Battuta
finally reaches Mecca. Kaaba
Ibn Battuta is born in Though sad to say goodbye to in less than nine months, central to the trade routes The Kaaba sits at the
Tangier (in modern-day his parents, Ibn Battuta leaves Ibn Battuta takes a short linking Egypt with Persia, Dressed in a simple white
centre of Islam’s most
Morocco) to an educated home to start the long and break on his pilgrimage to Asia, and the Black Sea. cloth, he visits the Kaaba,
holy mosque – the Great
family of qadis arduous hajj (Islamic pilgrimage) take in the sights of Egypt. He studies at the Umayyad the holy shrine that is the Mosque of Mecca. It is
(Islamic judges). by travelling to Mecca (in He sees the pyramids of Mosque under famous focus of the pilgrimage, known as the Bayt Allah,
modern-day Saudi Arabia). Giza, and spends a month teachers and judges, and and completes his hajj. He or “the house of God”.
in Cairo, then one of the A dream qualifies as a qadi. stays in Mecca, studying
largest cities in the world. One night, Ibn Battuta dreams with holy scholars.
that a large bird carries him to
Mecca, and then on to distant
lands. He interprets this as
meaning that his travels will take
him a lot further than Mecca.
1304 1325 1326 1326 1326 November 1326
Ibn Battuta Judging in Delhi

Ibn Battuta rides into India
to become one of the chief
Almost frozen
Ibn Battuta enjoys staying
with important leaders in East Africa
Meeting a Mongol
Ibn Battuta is excited to learn the
great Mongol ruler Abu Sa’id is
soon to leave Baghdad on a
One of the greatest travellers of all time, judges of Delhi. He joins the
sultan (Islamic ruler) on
Anatolia (in modern-day
Turkey). They offer him
Ibn Battuta travels by sea
for the first time, along
journey. He is invited to join the
royal caravan and is impressed
Ibn Battuta (1304–c.1369) spent 29 years extravagant hunting
expeditions on elephants,
food, shelter, fine robes,
and even a horse. He
the Red Sea coast. He is
welcomed in Mogadishu
by the wise ruler.
venturing further than anyone else of his time. and his information and
stories about other
leaves Anatolia for the
Black Sea, but is misled by
(in modern-day Somalia)
as a wise scholar of Islamic
He crossed three continents, visited more countries and rulers make
him very popular.
a guide. He ends up lost, law. He feasts and meets
and almost freezes to important people before
than 40 countries, and met at least 60 rulers. death in the wilderness sailing on to Tanzania.
during winter.
He had many adventures and faced countless
dangers, but lived to tell the tale!
1333 c.1331 1328 1327

The Rihla
Robbed and captured Black Death After travelling back to Morocco, the Eyewitness Andronikos III Palaiologos Sultan Muhammad ibn Tughluq
sultan there is so impressed by his stories (1297–1341) (1290–1351)
On another adventure, Ibn Battuta
As Ibn Battuta rides through that he asks for them to be written down. Ibn
account The emperor of Byzantium, Sultan Tughluq of Delhi was an
Syria, the bubonic plague (also Battuta narrates the details of his journeys to Ibn Battuta’s travels Andronikos III Palaiologos intelligent, ambitious man who could
and his travelling companions are
Travels in China known as the Black Death) has Buboes a writer, who produces the Rihla (“travels”) of was born in Constantinople speak several languages. He ruled
attacked by bandits as they take provide an invaluable
spread across much of the world. Bubonic plague
Ibn Battuta. Ibn Battuta dies about 1369. The (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). during a turbulent time in India, with
treasures from Delhi to the Mongol He arrives in Quanzhou in source of material on
He tries to outrun it, but every city sufferers break out Rihla is very popular in the Muslim world, and He ousted his grandfather to 22 different rebellions rising up to
court of China. The bandits take China after 40 days at sea. several leaders and
he visits is struggling with an in painful welts, become emperor in 1328. He challenge his power. He ruthlessly
everything, and kidnap Ibn Battuta. He observes that in the city, called buboes. later finds new audiences in 19th-century courts of his time, all
outbreak. He notes that every day, Europe when it is translated into French,
died young, which led to a crushed them all.
He persuades his captors to release even the poor wear silk and across Asia, the Middle
2,000 people in Damascus and civil war that weakened
him and he leaves barefoot wearing have the finest of all pottery. German, and English. the Byzantine Empire.
24,000 people in Cairo die from it! East, and North Africa.
only his trousers. After visiting the Great Wall of
Here are just two of the
China, he begins his journey
back home to Tangier. many rulers he met.
1342 1345 1348 1354–c.1369
Timelines of Everything 66 67
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of Dorling Kindersley books make them easy for the
primary students and teachers to use for research and
projects. But above all, we love that DK is addressing
important issues such as diversity, inclusion, and
climate change with their new books. ”
VENUS JAHANPOUR, PRINCIPAL OF BRILLIANT STARS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
28
Explanatorium
Series
9–12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 360pp / 320pp* / HB
This series is the perfect tool to find out how things

work, why they exist, and what they mean, inspiring
young minds through the depiction and explanation
of the living world around us.
With newly commissioned photography, including

X-ray and ultraviolet images, the in-depth information
throughout alongside annotations and concise captions
will keep children fascinated and engaged.
Explanatorium of Nature
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288 MAMMALS MAMMALS 289
DEFENCE WORKS
▼ ARMOURED BALL INSIDE VIEW
South American three-banded armadillos have body The armadillo’s bony armour
HOW The shoulder and hip

shields are connected by
armour consisting of big, bony, shell-like plates over their
shoulders and hips. These are linked by three narrow
develops from its skin, and,
unlike the shell of a tortoise,
it is not attached to the
bands that allow movement. The connecting armour is so animal’s skeleton.
hoops of bony armour flexible that a three-banded armadillo is able to roll itself
Most mammals have predators. If attacked, some mammals run linked by flexible skin. into an armoured ball. This makes it almost impossible for
or hide, while others stand their ground and rely on defensive a predator to get at the armadillo’s soft underparts.
adaptations to protect them. These can be physical, like the
armour of an armadillo, or behavioural, like
the defence tactics of meerkats.
The armoured
ball is complete.
An armadillo’s rigid,
bony plates are
covered with
tough scales.
Its soft
underside is not 38 MATTER MATTER 39
protected by armour.
LIVING TOGETHER WHY 2 STIRRED UP, NOT MIXED
OIL AND
Many mammals have evolved defensive patterns AERIAL ATTACK As the tablet dissolves in the water, it releases bubbles
of behaviour. One of the most common is to live in If a bird of prey is approaching, of carbon dioxide gas. The bubbles rise up through the oil
the guard’s alarm call sends layer, carrying blobs of water with them. At the top, the gas
groups, like these meerkats. Group living provides
the meerkats scurrying for a escapes, and the water falls back to the bottom. As long as
many eyes to watch for danger. When meerkats are
bolt hole. These are special there’s gas left, the rise and fall will continue.
out in the open, one acts as a lookout. If it sees a tunnels that hold a large
WATER
predator, it gives an alarm call to identify the predator. number of meerkats.
Meerkats take GOING DOWN

turns to stand guard. GROUND ATTACK Without gas, the
A snake like this cobra may
water falls back
well be attacked by the
down. Because of the
DON’T MIX
meerkats. At first, they will
stand together to scare off forces holding the
the predator. If this fails, they water molecules
may try to bite the snake. together, they stay in a
blob shape until they
Some liquids just don’t mix, no matter join the water layer
at the bottom again.
how much they are stirred, shaken, or
heated. They are called immiscible liquids.
Explanatorium of Nature
A fizzy tablet is
The molecules in a liquid are responsible dropped in. Combined, water and gas are less
for this behaviour. If two liquids have dense than the oil, so they rise
together up the column.
molecules with similar properties, they
will mix. But if their molecules have very
EMULSIONS AND EMULSIFIERS
different properties (such as oil and water), An emulsion is a mixture in which minute drops
of one liquid are dispersed in another liquid.
they will not. Immiscible liquids, such as oil and water, can be
held together in an emulsion if an emulsifier is
Oil is less dense added to stop them from separating. Foods such
than water, so it as salad dressing and mayonnaise are emulsions.
Oil molecules floats on top.
NON-MIX MOLECULES Emulsifier Microscopic olive

Oil and water don’t mix because (lecithin) oil droplet
of the way their molecules are
structured. Water molecules
have areas of slight electrical
charge. They are described as
polar (see page 292). Olive oil
contains more symmetrically MAYONNAISE
arranged, non-polar molecules,
in which charges cancel out
each other. Polar and non-polar
substances do not normally mix. One end of the
emulsifier sticks to
Water, dyed water while the
blue, forms the other end sticks
Water molecules bottom layer. to oil.
Water
▶ OIL AND WATER
Oil and water are immiscible – they don’t mix with each MAYONNAISE
other even when agitated. This demonstration uses gas Mayonnaise is made of olive oil and egg yolk, which contains
bubbles from a fizzy indigestion tablet to disturb oil and water and a substance called lecithin. The lecithin works as
water layers in a tall container. As long as the tablet is an emulsifier, stopping the olive oil from separating from
OIL AND WATER LAYERS the rest of the mixture. The tiny oil droplets stay evenly
releasing gas, the liquids mingle in a colourful show. 1 When poured into a container, oil and dispersed in the emulsion.
But once all the gas has escaped, the two liquids will water form two distinct layers. A fizzy tablet is
separate back into layers. added and sinks to the bottom of the container.
Explanatorium of Science
An incredibly engaging non-fiction book… Packed

with interesting facts and vivid, high-quality images…
impressive for reluctant readers or children with SEND.”
KATHERINE STOCKDALE, HEAD OF BASE, SOUTHMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, UK,
ON EXPLANATORIUM OF NATURE
29
What's Where

On Earth Series
9–12 Years / KS2 / 301 x 252mm / 96pp* / 160pp / HB
Each title has more than 60 visually stunning global

and regional maps that plot the geographical spread
of the most important events, civilizations, and nature
on Earth today, as well as in the past.
Specially commissioned maps and cutting-edge

artwork show all kinds of information about our
world, from where the most people live to unique
wildlife and historical monuments.
Mountain range
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em voloriam int quia debisin
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Em a solore volu ptia ped
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an big manes
ane Nile quam quia epu dandae
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distribution
M edit Top predator nobit quatum et quis
Past distribution Tae sitaesero tent Red aut eum alissin es
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lan dio dolut in exe repe
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ritio. Ut mint, as quid em sim exp la ini met
nt voloriam int quia debisin of Africa
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Hi g hland s laceraes et
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A h aggar Tibesti
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Tae sitaesero tent
omnienda corempe
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Lake
Victoria
Congo
Basin
Gulf of Gui nea
AT L A N T I C
OCEAN Desert home
Tae sitaesero tent
omnienda corempe rchil
lan dio dolut in exe repe
ritio. Ut mint, as quid em
Lion
volo riam int quia debi
Kalahari
Desert
THE ROAR Nature’s pride
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Volorerrupiet officto tet reped magnat voloriam int quia debisin ctatur
quodicillit laboratur solupta speles aliquo
(5 MILES) volrepera coreper spicabo riorep elit esciur
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apediss itatem ea consectorum
et haribuscit et omnihitatam
si sus re vitionsequi dolupt atium Ibus et
AWAY! cuptate officae mo ear um even dae.
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A real class favourite.
The pictures and
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How To Be Good At
Series
Unlike other subject guides, dictionaries and workbooks,
this series presents topics in dynamic, colourful graphics
reinforced by real-life examples and fascinating facts.
“Try it Out” features help put what you’ve learned into practice
and the large-format display is perfect for reluctant students.
How To Be Good At Maths How To Be Good At Maths How To Be Good At This book is an excellent introduction
7–9 Years / KS2 Workbook 9-11 Science, Technology And
276 x 216mm / 320pp / HB 9–11 Years / KS2 Engineering 7-10 Years to science, technology and engineering,
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with clear visual guides that are bound
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to inspire our next generation of STEM
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SuperSimple Series
12–16 Years / KS3 - KS4 / 227 x 183mm / 288pp / PB 36 Cells Cells 37
Animal cells Key facts Plant cells Key facts
All living things are made of microscopic building Like animals, plants are made up of trillions
Packed with all the core curriculum topics, these

✓ All living things are made of tiny units called cells. ✓ A rigid cell wall made of cellulose surrounds the
blocks called cells. An organism as complex as ✓ Cells contain smaller structures called organelles. of small units called cells. Plant cells are cell membrane and maintains the cell’s shape.
a human, for example, is made of trillions of cells ✓ Most cells in animals are specialized to carry out similar to animal cells, but they have a different ✓ Water is stored in a vacuole in the centre of the
working together. Each cell contains smaller a particular task. structure and contain some organelles not cell, helping to keep the cell turgid (plump).
structures called organelles, each of which has found in animal cells. ✓ Chloroplasts are green organelles that capture
books are the perfect support for home and

a specific function. light energy and use it to manufacture food.
Leaf cell
Ribosomes are tiny Like most plant cells, leaf cells have a rigid
Human body cell organelles that help to
Many types of cell make up build protein molecules. cell wall that surrounds the cell and maintains
the human body. Like other its shape. Inside the cell is a large fluid-filled Mitochondria release Chloroplasts are green
school learning.
animal cells, they have an structure called a vacuole. energy from simple organelles that capture
Ribosomes are sites sugars to power the light energy to make food
outer covering, or cell The nucleus stores for protein building. cell (respiration). (photosynthesis).
membrane, and an DNA, which contains
coded instructions
internal control centre
called genes that
called a nucleus. control the cell.
Organelles are
small structures
inside a cell.
Information is broken down into easy, manageable A cell membrane

surrounds an animal
cell and controls which
substances can enter
or leave it.
chunks with “Key Facts” and “How it Works” boxes Cytoplasm is a jellylike
substance that contains
the cell’s organelles. It is the
site of most of the cell’s
Mitochondria release
energy from simple
sugars to power the
cell. This process is
A storage unit filled with fluid,
called a vacuole, forms the
central part of each cell.
The nucleus is the cell’s A thin cell membrane A rigid cell wall made of a
for quick and easy revision.

chemical reactions. called respiration. Cytoplasm is a jelly-like substance that control centre. It stores inside the cell wall controls substance called cellulose
fills much of the space inside the cell. the cell’s genes encoded which substances enter surrounds the cell membrane
This is where chemical reactions occur. in molecules of DNA. and leave the cell. and supports the cell.
Specialized animal cells Specialized plant cells
Branches Filament Long, hairlike Two-way flow Pores in One-way flow

As an animal develops of cell
As a plant grows from a extension of sugar end of cell of water
from an embryo, its seed, its cells multiply and
cells multiply and become specialized for a
Supporting annotated images and “Key Facts”

change into many Long tail for range of different functions.
different types of swimming The plant cells shown here
cell – each with a are specialized to transport
different structure Sperm cells are produced by Nerve cells are specialized Muscle cells have filaments vital substances, such as Root hair cells have long, Phloem cells transport sugar Xylem cells carry water up from
suited to do a male animals. They use their long to conduct electrical signals. that interweave, allowing the water and sugar, around hairlike extensions that around the plant. These a plant’s roots to its leaves. The
specific job. tail to swim through body fluids They have tiny branches to cells to contract rapidly and so the plant. absorb water and minerals tube-like cells have porous walls cells have open ends that join
panels provide quick and easy reference for revision.

to reach female sex cells (eggs). connect with other nerve cells. produce muscle movement. from the soil. that are joined end-to-end. together to form a tube.
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Computer Coding

9–12 Years / KS2 / 233 x 195mm / 224pp / FLX
Simple step-by-step explanations make the complex

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This series features simple explanations of programming

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In this range of dictionaries from DK discover thousands

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254 A NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER 255

See also: The US Constitution and Bill of Rights 110–17 ■ The Declaration of
THE RIGHT TO
the Rights of Man 118–19 ■ The exclusionary rule 186–87
experimentation”. North Carolina
REMAIN SILENT
Democrat senator Sam J. Ervin
complained that “self-confessed
criminals are turned free …
because the arresting officer failed
to tell the criminal something he
MIRANDA V. ARIZONA (1966) already knew”. New York Democrat
senator Robert Kennedy countered
with the question, “You think
that additional warning in some
way infringes upon effective
law enforcement?”
Richard Nixon, when running for
president in 1968, promised to crack Later developments Ernesto Miranda
down on crime. Central to his bid was The issue of “additional warning” Born in Mesa, Arizona, in
IN CONTEXT a vow to overturn the Miranda decision, was pertinent. In all four cases, the 1941, Ernesto Miranda was
Complaints mount about Courts often overlook the which he vehemently opposed.
suspects were described as men almost the archetypal drifter.
FOCUS US law enforcement Fifth Amendment to the of “limited education” who were Even as a young teenager his
Constitutional law using threatening methods US Constitution, which suspect’s right to a lawyer was unlikely to have been aware of their life was given over to petty
while interrogating gives defendants the right
BEFORE affirmed, the lawyer to be provided rights under either the Fifth or crime followed by inevitable
suspects. not to self-incriminate.
1791 The Fifth Amendment at public expense if necessary. Sixth Amendments. In addition, incarcerations in various penal
makes it clear that no one The Miranda warning has since police interrogations were often institutions. His arrest in 1963
“shall be compelled to be a become a routine introduction to hostile and frequently threatening. was another in a litany of such
all police questioning of suspects. Although a later Supreme Court run-ins with the law, and he
witness against himself”. didn’t deny his guilt. In fact,
judgement in 2000, Dickerson v.
1911 American magazine Background and decision United States, emphatically backed it was precisely because he
The Atlantic complains that Despite claims that The decision’s name comes from the Miranda decision, that of confessed under interrogation
The Miranda without having been made
US legal processes are biased justice is undermined, the decision upholds the case of Ernesto Miranda, a Berghuis v. Thompkins in 2010
in favour of criminals. Miranda decision helps aware of his right to silence
the right to silence vagrant with a long history of significantly weakened it, ruling and to legal representation
to guard against police criminal offences. He had been that the right to silence be held only
1914 The exclusionary rule misconduct. and to a lawyer. that the Supreme Court
upholds the rights of all arrested in Phoenix in 1963 on if the suspect explicitly invoked it. ■ overturned his conviction,
charges of rape and kidnapping. despite the Arizona supreme
citizens to be “secure” against
Three other cases were also court having supported
evidence obtained during an
considered by the Supreme Court. the original decision to
T
illegal search or seizure.
he Miranda decision, more The Fifth Amendment In each of them, the suspects, all find
ind him guilty.
AFTER properly known as Miranda The central ruling of the Miranda tried and convicted, had not been He was then re-tried
2000 The Supreme Court v. Arizona, was a landmark decision went beyond the Fifth explicitly advised of their rights for the same crime, but with
A serious problem in the his confession withheld as
rules in Dickerson v. United Supreme Court ruling in June 1966 Amendment’s assertion that “No under the Fifth Amendment. enforcement of our criminal
that reinforced one of the most person shall be compelled in any The ruling, a majority decision, evidence. The same guilty
States that “Miranda warnings law will occur [if the right to verdict and 20- to 30-year
are constitutionally required”. famous amendments of the 1791 criminal case to be a witness with five judges in favour and four
Bill of Rights, the Fifth – the right against himself”. Instead it made against, sparked instant controversy.
silence is not observed]. sentence was returned. After
2010 The Supreme Court’s to remain silent. The decision was it plain that any suspect in police Many people saw it as a charter
Gary K. Nelson parole in 1972, he reverted
ruling in Berghuis v. Thompkins Miranda’s defence lawyer (1935–2013), to his former indigent life.
simultaneously hailed as a victory custody must be explicitly for criminals, with the obviously to the Supreme Court Further arrests and periods
asserts that any suspect under for personal rights and denounced informed not only of their right guilty being freed essentially on in prison followed. He died in
interrogation must actively as an unwarranted restriction on to remain silent but also of their a technicality. Supreme Court a knife fight
ight in a Phoenix
assert his or her right to silence law enforcement that would tie the right to refuse to answer questions. justice James Harlan, who opposed bar in 1976.
or actively waive it. hands of the police in the interests At the same time, as allowed for the ruling, claimed, for example,
of Constitutional propriety. under the Sixth Amendment, any that it amounted to a “hazardous
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Key Stage Quantity
ANIMALS
3–5 Years / EYFS Farm Animals 9780241238332 £7.99 HB 01/03/2016
5–7 Years / KS1 Animals Up Close 9780241327395 £9.99 HB 04/07/2019
5–7 Years / KS1 Animal Antics 9780241420263 £9.99 HB 02/01/2020
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Encyclopedia of Very Important Animals 9780241276358 £14.99 HB 07/09/2017
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Bat Book 9780241410691 £12.99 HB 06/02/2020
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Through the Animal Kingdom 9780241355442 £9.99 HB 03/10/2019
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Animals 9780241250259 £5.99 FB 01/07/2016
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Animals Poster 9780241295786 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Big Cats 9780241358412 £5.99 FB 07/02/2019
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Do You Know About Animals? 9780241228159 £9.99 HB 01/04/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 An Anthology of Intriguing Animals 9780241334393 £20.00 HB 04/10/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated Animal Atlas 9780241283851 £9.99 HB 03/08/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 DK Braille Animals 9780241228395 £15.99 HB 01/03/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 First Animal Encyclopedia 9780241188729 £9.99 PB 01/09/2015
7–9 Years / KS2 Wild Scientists 9780241413814 £9.99 HB 07/05/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Life Cycles 9780241410998 £16.99 HB 28/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Encyclopedia of Animals 9781405315609 £18.99 PB 03/08/2006
9–12 Years / KS2 Explanatorium of Nature 9780241286845 £20.00 HB 05/10/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Amazon 9780241187630 £7.99 PB 01/06/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Animal 9780241187760 £6.99 PB 01/06/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Horse 9780241258859 £6.99 PB 01/06/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 It Can't Be True! Animals 9780241340684 £12.99 HB 05/03/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal! 9780241228418 £18.99 HB 03/10/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Animals 9780241343593 £3.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Cats 9780241413012 £4.99 PB 02/01/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Dogs 9780241343609 £4.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Horses 9780241343661 £4.99 PB 03/05/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Mammals 9780241343562 £3.99 PB 04/05/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 The Animal Atlas 9780241412787 £14.99 HB 07/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 The Animal Book 9781409323495 £18.99 HB 02/09/2013
9–12 Years / KS2 Animal Atlas NEW APRIL 9780241412909 £14.99 HB 01/04/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Behind the Scenes at the Zoo NEW MAY 9780241471395 £14.99 HB 06/05/2021
ART & ARTISTS

5–7 Years / KS1 Play With Art 9780241301821 £12.99 HB 01/03/2018
5–7 Years / KS1 How To Be An Artist NEW JUNE 9780241474112 £12.99 HB 03/06/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Children's Book of Art 9781405336598 £14.99 HB 01/09/2009
7–9 Years / KS2 Art and How it Works 9780241301876 £12.99 HB 01/11/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 How to Draw 9780241457580 £9.99 PB 07/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Art A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241297650 £16.99 HB 03/08/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Art: A Visual History 9780241437414 £20.00 HB 07/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Artists: Their Lives and Works 9780241226186 £25.00 HB 07/09/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Great Paintings 9780241332818 £16.99 HB 01/03/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Art Book 9780241239018 £18.99 HB 01/03/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Art: The Definitive Visual Guide 9780241257104 £30.00 HB 06/09/2018
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ATLASES & FLAGS

9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated Atlas 9780241228074 £12.99 HB 01/08/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated World Atlas 9780241296912 £12.99 HB 06/07/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Compact World Atlas 9780241317648 £9.99 PB 03/05/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Student World Atlas 9780241317723 £11.99 FB 07/02/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Essential World Atlas 9780241364253 £10.99 FB 06/06/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Complete Flags of the World 9781409353713 £12.99 PB 02/06/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Reference World Atlas NEW FEBRUARY 9780241412879 £25.00 HB 04/02/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Concise World Atlas 9780241317884 £17.99 HB 14/05/2020
BIRDS
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Birds 9780241358474 £5.99 FB 06/06/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Birds 9780241282502 £6.99 HB 30/03/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Eagle & Birds of Prey 9780241258835 £6.99 PB 01/06/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 The Bird Atlas NEW JANUARY 9780241412794 £14.99 HB 07/01/2021
BIOGRAPHIES
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Ada Lovelace 9780241386224 £5.99 HB 03/10/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein 9780241322918 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Alexander Hamilton 9780241358597 £5.99 HB 04/04/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Amelia Earhart 9780241411551 £5.99 HB 06/02/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Anne Frank 9780241301869 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Elizabeth II NEW OCTOBER 9780241413838 £5.99 HB 01/10/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Florence Nightingale 9780241356319 £5.99 HB 04/04/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Gandhi 9780241356333 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Harriet Tubman 9780241386231 £5.99 HB 03/10/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Helen Keller 9780241322932 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Jane Goodall 9780241377888 £5.99 HB 01/08/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson 9780241358580 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Leonardo da Vinci 9780241411568 £5.99 HB 06/02/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Martin Luther King Jr 9780241322888 £5.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories: Nelson Mandela 9780241377918 £5.99 HB 04/07/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DK Life Stories:Jesse Owens NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241413845 £5.99 HB 03/09/2020
BUSINESS & CAREERS

9–12 Years / KS2 The Careers Handbook 9780241363621 £14.99 PB 06/06/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Business Works 9780241006931 £16.99 HB 02/03/2015
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Business Book 9781409341260 £18.99 HB 03/02/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Economics Book 9781409376415 £18.99 HB 03/09/2012
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of Economics 9780241426449 £8.99 PB 07/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Management Works 9780241407783 £16.99 HB 16/07/2020
CHARACTERS & FAN FAVOURITES

5–7 Years / KS1 Disney Princess The Essential Guide 9780241389171 £9.99 HB 05/09/2019
5–7 Years / KS1 LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Ultimate Quiz Book 9780241301432 £7.99 PB 05/07/2018
5–7 Years / KS1 Marvel We Are Super Heroes! 9780241408919 £6.99 PB 06/02/2020
5–7 Years / KS1 Marvel Can The Hulk Lift a House? NEW APRIL 9780241467664 £6.99 PB 01/04/2021
5–7 Years / KS1 The Star Wars™ Book of Monsters, Ooze and Slime NEW APRIL 9780241467756 £6.99 PB 01/04/2021
5–7 Years / KS1 WWE Rule the Ring! NEW JULY 9780241467602 £6.99 PB 08/07/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 LEGO® Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 9780241232408 £17.99 HB 07/09/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Marvel Spider-Man Swing into Action! NEW JUNE 9780241469712 £6.99 PB 03/06/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 Marvel Black Panther Rules! 9780241408971 £6.99 PB 27/02/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Marvel Ultimate Fact Book 9780241357583 £6.99 PB 06/06/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Coding Projects 9780241305782 £12.99 PB 06/10/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Join the Rebellion! NEW JULY 9780241469361 £6.99 PB 01/07/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Use the Force! 9780241409183 £6.99 PB 28/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 WWE Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 9780241299470 £17.99 HB 01/10/2017
7–11 Years / KS2 365 Things to Do with LEGO® Bricks 9780241427989 £16.99 HB 02/01/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 The LEGO® Ideas Book 9781405350679 £16.99 HB 03/10/2011
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7–11 Years / KS2 LEGO® Awesome Ideas 9780241182987 £16.99 HB 01/09/2015
7–11 Years / KS2 LEGO Star Wars™ Ideas Book 9780241314258 £17.99 HB 06/09/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 LEGO® Harry Potter™ The Magical Guide to the Wizarding World 9780241397350 £12.99 HB 05/09/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 DC Comics Brave and Bold 9780241389164 £12.99 HB 03/10/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Disney Ideas Book 9780241314210 £17.99 HB 04/10/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 Disney Pixar Character Encyclopedia 9780241392454 £12.99 HB 02/05/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Marvel Fearless and Fantastic 9780241357491 £12.99 HB 03/01/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia 9780241357538 £12.99 HB 04/04/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Character Encyclopedia 9780241386071 £12.99 HB 04/04/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles 9780241310113 £12.99 HB 05/04/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 Star Wars™ Maker Lab 9780241314234 £16.99 HB 05/07/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 WWE Superstar Handbook NEW MARCH 9780241468005 £9.99 PB 04/03/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 LEGO Life Hacks NEW APRIL 9780241467770 £9.99 FB 01/04/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide 9780241361375 £12.99 HB 07/03/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Marvel Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 9780241232620 £17.99 HB 01/09/2016
Spider-Man Inside the World of

9–12 Years / KS2 9780241306345 £17.99 HB 09/06/2018
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Hero
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Marvel Book 9780241357651 £17.99 HB 03/10/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 DC Comics Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 9780241314241 £17.99 HB 09/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Star Wars™ Book NEW OCTOBER 9780241409978 £18.99 HB 01/10/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 WWE Ultimate Superstar Guide 9780241301524 £9.99 HB 05/03/2018
COMPUTERS AND CODING

5–7 Years / KS1 My First Coding Book 9780241283356 £10.99 BB 06/07/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Coding 9780241285060 £5.99 FB 06/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 How To Be a Coder 9780241358566 £12.99 HB 04/07/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Computer Coding for Kids 9780241317730 £12.99 FB 01/08/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Computer Coding Games for Kids 9780241317747 £12.99 FB 01/08/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Computer Coding Projects for Kids 9780241317761 £12.99 FB 01/08/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Computer Coding Python Games for Kids 9780241317792 £12.99 FB 05/07/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Computer Coding Python Projects for Kids 9780241286869 £12.99 FB 01/06/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids with Computer Science 9780241302293 £14.99 FB 05/07/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Beginners Step-by-Step Coding Course 9780241358733 £20.00 HB 02/01/2020
Also see Workbooks for all Computer Coding Workbooks (Page 32)
CRAFT
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Recycle and Remake 9780241395813 £8.99 HB 02/04/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 How To Be A Fashion Designer 9780241305539 £12.99 FB 01/02/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Let's Make Great Projects 9780241316191 £12.99 HB 05/07/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 Crafty Science 9780241353455 £8.99 HB 01/11/2018
7–11 Years / KS2 Crafty Gifts 9780241275801 £8.99 HB 05/10/2017
7–11 Years / KS2 My Sewing Machine Book 9780241197226 £12.99 HB 01/07/2015
DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS

5–7 Years / KS1 My First Dictionary 9781409386117 £9.99 HB 03/09/2012
7–9 Years / KS2 First Children's Dictionary 9780241228272 £9.99 PB 11/01/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated Dictionary 9781409337027 £12.99 HB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated Thesaurus 9780241286975 £12.99 HB 01/06/2017
DINOSAURS
5–7 Years / KS1 Dinosaur A to Z 9780241283875 £16.99 HB 05/10/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Dinosaurs 9780241250266 £5.99 FB 01/07/2016
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Dinosaurs Poster 9780241295809 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Encyclopedia of Very Important Dinosaurs 9780241316177 £14.99 HB 06/09/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Big Book of Dinosaurs 9780241400876 £9.99 HB 02/05/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Does a Dinosaur Roar? 9780241411636 £14.99 HB 05/03/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 First Dinosaur Encyclopedia 9780241188767 £9.99 PB 01/06/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Jurassic Rescue NEW OCTOBER 9780241442272 £5.99 PB 01/10/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 My Book of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life NEW JANUARY 9780241459515 £9.99 HB 07/01/2021
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9–12 Years / KS2 Dinosaurs A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241287323 £19.99 HB 07/03/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Dinosaur 9781409343714 £6.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur! 9780241364369 £18.99 HB 03/10/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Dinosaurs 9780241343654 £3.99 PB 03/05/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 SuperDinosaur 9780241412862 £16.99 HB 02/07/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 The Dinosaurs Book 9780241300077 £14.99 HB 06/09/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 What's Where on Earth Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life 9780241344194 £14.99 HB 07/03/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Microbites: Dinosaurs 9780241433157 £4.99 PB 14/05/2020
ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE

3–5 Years / EYFS Look I'm An Engineer 9780241313886 £7.99 HB 02/08/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Engineering 9780241285091 £5.99 FB 06/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 First How Things Work Encyclopedia 9780241188798 £9.99 PB 04/07/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 How to Be an Engineer 9780241316672 £12.99 HB 03/05/2018
How to be good at Science, Technology and Engineering

7–10 Years / KS2 9780241471425 £7.99 PB 01/07/2021
Workbook 7-10 years NEW JULY
9–12 Years / KS2 How to Be Good at Science, Technology, and Engineering 9780241227862 £16.99 HB 07/06/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 The Way Things Work Now 9780241227930 £19.99 HB 01/07/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Architecture 9780241288436 £20.00 HB 01/06/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Engineers 9780241298824 £19.99 HB 03/04/2017
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

7–9 Years / KS2 A World Full of Poems NEW OCTOBER 9780241413906 £20.00 HB 03/10/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Visual Guide to Grammar and Punctuation 9780241283844 £8.99 PB 01/06/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Shakespeare 9780241187579 £6.99 PB 03/02/2015
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With English 9781409314943 £14.99 FB 03/06/2013
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Books That Changed History 9780241289334 £20.00 HB 07/09/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Illustrated Mahabharata 9780241264348 £25.00 HB 02/05/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Literature Book 9780241015469 £18.99 HB 01/03/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of Shakespeare 9780241341162 £8.99 PB 07/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Shakespeare Book 9780241182611 £18.99 HB 02/03/2015
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Sherlock Holmes Book 9780241205914 £18.99 HB 01/10/2015
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Writers: Their Lives and Works 9780241301944 £20.00 HB 06/09/2018
Also see Workbooks for all English Workbooks (page 32)

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Climate Change 9780241413852 £5.99 Flexi 02/04/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Rubbish NEW JULY 9780241481073 £5.99 HB 01/07/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Be Plastic Clever 9780241447079 £6.99 PB 07/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 RHS Under your Feet 9780241412459 £9.99 HB 02/04/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 What A Waste 9780241366912 £9.99 HB 04/04/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Climate Change NEW AUGUST 9780241490358 £9.99 PB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Climate Emergency Atlas NEW OCTOBER 9780241446430 £12.99 HB 01/10/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Ecology Book 9780241350386 £18.99 HB 01/05/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 What's Really Happening to Our Planet? 9780241240427 £14.99 PB 01/06/2016
9–16 Years / KS3 - KS4 The Renegades NEW OCTOBER 9780241457832 £9.99 PB 01/10/2020
9–16 Years / KS3 - KS4 The Renegades: Flames of Amazonia NEW MAY 9780241490662 £9.99 PB 06/05/2021
FACTS, ILLUSIONS, & INCREDIBLE REFERENCE

7–11 Years / KS2 Optical Illusions 9781405391412 £16.99 HB 03/09/2012
7–11 Years / KS2 Optical Illusions 2 9780241286968 £16.99 HB 28/09/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything 9780241238936 £14.99 HB 07/09/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 DK Braille It Can't Be True! 9780241228401 £19.99 HB 01/03/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 I Can't Believe It! 9780241440582 £9.99 PB 16/07/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 It Can't be True! 9781409334514 £12.99 HB 01/10/2013
9–12 Years / KS2 It Can't Be True 2! 9780241239001 £12.99 HB 01/09/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 It Can't Be True! Poo! 9780241381458 £6.99 FB 03/10/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Record Breakers! 9780241296967 £14.99 HB 02/08/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Strange But True! 9780241203378 £12.99 HB 01/09/2015
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FILM & CINEMA

9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Book of Cinema 9781409334491 £14.99 HB 01/04/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Bollywood 9780241289297 £25.00 HB 28/09/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Film Book NEW FEBRUARY 9780241484838 £20.00 HB 04/02/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Movie Book 9780241188026 £18.99 HB 02/11/2015
FOOD TECH & COOKING

3–5 Years / EYFS Look I'm a Cook 9780241287781 £7.99 HB 01/06/2017
5–7 Years / KS1 Children's First Cookbook 9781405308434 £9.99 HB 07/07/2005
5–7 Years / KS1 My First Vegetarian Cookbook 9780241440568 £9.99 HB 02/01/2020
5–7 Years / KS1 The No-Cook Cookbook 9780241459539 £12.99 HB 04/03/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Cooking Step By Step 9780241300374 £13.99 HB 01/02/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Best Ever Baking Book 9780241318164 £9.99 HB 05/10/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Children Just Like Me: Food Like Mine 9780241230978 £12.99 HB 06/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Complete Children's Cookbook 9780241196885 £19.99 HB 13/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Bake It 9780241382646 £19.99 HB 03/10/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 The Vegetarian Cookbook 9780241407028 £12.99 HB 05/12/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Food Works 9780241289396 £16.99 HB 01/06/2017
GENERAL REFERENCE
5–7 Years / KS1 My First Encyclopedia 9781409334538 £8.99 HB 02/09/2013
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things 9780241224939 £14.99 HB 01/09/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 DK Children's Encyclopedia 9780241283868 £25.00 HB 05/10/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 First Children's Encyclopedia 9780241206768 £12.99 PB 01/09/2015
7–11 Years / KS2 Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections 9780241379783 £14.99 HB 02/05/2019
Stephen Biesty's Incredible

7–11 Years / KS2 9780241403471 £14.99 HB 02/04/2020
Cross-Sections of Everything
7–11 Years / KS2 Stephen Biesty's More Incredible Cross-Sections 9780241388471 £14.99 HB 04/10/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Why? Encyclopedia 9781409352075 £12.99 HB 08/01/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia 9780241238905 £24.99 PB 01/07/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 General Knowledge Genius! 9780241336243 £12.99 HB 04/04/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia (2nd Edition) 9780241287316 £25.00 HB 07/05/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Our World in Numbers NEW JULY 9780241471180 £12.99 HB 01/07/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Picturepedia NEW OCTOBER 9780241426371 £22.00 HB 01/10/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 The New Children's Encyclopedia 9780241317785 £19.99 HB 07/02/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Wow! The Visual Encyclopedia of Everything 9780241364352 £19.99 HB 04/07/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Visual Encyclopedia NEW OCTOBER 9780241340691 £35.00 HB 01/10/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Law Book NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241410196 £18.99 HB 03/09/2020
GEOGRAPHY & EARTH

5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Very Important World 9780241375570 £14.99 HB 05/09/2019
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Earth 9780241285107 £5.99 FB 07/09/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 First Earth Encyclopedia 9780241188781 £9.99 PB 05/04/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Why Does the Earth Need the Moon? 9780241358375 £12.99 HB 04/04/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Earth 9780241485941 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Ice 9780241363393 £14.99 HB 05/09/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Earth 9780241343647 £4.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 SuperEarth 9780241240632 £16.99 HB 06/07/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 What's Weird on Earth 9780241317624 £14.99 HB 01/03/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 What's Where in the World 9781409379249 £12.99 HB 02/04/2013
9–12 Years / KS2 Where on Earth NEW EDITION JUNE 9780241490372 £12.99 HB 03/06/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 What's Where on Earth? Atlas 9780241228371 £12.99 HB 30/03/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Geography 9780241343487 £14.99 FB 07/04/2019
HISTORY
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Encyclopedia of Very Important Adventures 9780241427811 £14.99 HB 03/09/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Ancient Egypt 9780241282779 £5.99 FB 16/01/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Ancient Rome 9780241250235 £5.99 FB 01/07/2016
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Castles 9780241358436 £5.99 FB 06/06/2019
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5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Maya, Incas, and Aztecs 9780241318683 £5.99 FB 05/07/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Pirates 9780241282816 £5.99 FB 16/01/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Stone Age 9780241282700 £5.99 FB 16/01/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Vikings 9780241323021 £5.99 FB 06/09/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! World War I 9780241318676 £5.99 FB 04/01/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! World War II 9780241285145 £5.99 FB 07/09/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Children's Illustrated History Atlas 9780241319901 £12.99 HB 02/08/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Explorers 9780241343784 £16.99 HB 05/09/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 First History Encyclopedia 9780241366943 £9.99 PB 04/07/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 The Mayflower 9780241409596 £7.99 HB 16/07/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Castles 9780241427644 £16.99 HB 03/09/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers 9780241442265 £5.99 PB 01/10/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 A Child Through Time 9780241227848 £14.99 HB 02/11/2017
7–11 Years / KS2 A Street Through Time 9780241411544 £10.99 HB 02/01/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 China Through Time 9780241356296 £12.99 HB 02/01/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Life Through Time 9780241426395 £12.99 HB 03/09/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle 9780241379790 £14.99 HB 02/05/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War 9780241379776 £14.99 HB 01/08/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Story of the Titanic 9781409383390 £9.99 HB 01/03/2012
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Ancient Egypt 9780241485880 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Ancient Greece 9780241485897 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Ancient Rome 9780241485972 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Medieval Life 9780241485910 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 100 Events That Made History 9780241227893 £12.99 HB 01/02/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 100 People Who Made History 9781405391450 £12.99 HB 01/02/2012
9–12 Years / KS2 100 Scientists Who Made History 9780241304327 £12.99 HB 01/02/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 100 Women Who Made History 9780241257241 £12.99 HB 01/02/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Behind the Scenes at the Museum 9780241381762 £14.99 HB 16/07/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Ancient Egypt 9781409343783 £7.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Ancient Greece 9781409343653 £7.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Ancient Rome 9780241187753 £7.99 PB 01/06/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Knight 9780241187623 £7.99 PB 01/06/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Titanic 9781409343691 £7.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Tudor 9780241187586 £7.99 PB 02/03/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Victorians 9780241187593 £7.99 PB 02/03/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Viking 9781405373302 £7.99 PB 01/07/2011
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness World War I 9781409343660 £6.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness World War II NEW AUGUST 9780241383971 £9.99 HB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 History Year by Year NEW EDITION AUGUST 9780241379769 £16.99 HB 04/07/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia History! 9780241363379 £18.99 HB 01/08/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Egypt 9780241343548 £3.99 PB 04/05/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Rome 9780241343555 £3.99 PB 04/05/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 What Happened When in the World 9781409356592 £12.99 HB 01/04/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Microbites Gladiators NEW NOVEMBER 9780241437544 £4.99 PB 05/11/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Microbites: Mummies 9780241432297 £4.99 PB 14/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Timelines of Everyone NEW OCTOBER 9780241413005 £20.00 HB 01/10/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Timelines of Everything 9780241302323 £20.00 HB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Timelines from Black History NEW OCTOBER 9780241503614 £12.99 HB 01/10/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 A Short History of the American Civil War NEW OCTOBER 9780241422588 £18.99 HB 07/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 A Short History of World War II 9780241426463 £18.99 HB 07/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Big History 9780241225905 £25.00 HB 03/10/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Eyewitness Companion World History 9781405341240 £17.99 FB 01/02/2010
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Visual Guide 9780241364406 £20.00 HB 03/10/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Kings and Queens of England and Scotland 9781405373678 £6.99 PB 03/03/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Leaders Who Changed History 9780241363171 £18.99 HB 07/03/2019
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12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Scientists Who Changed History 9780241363416 £18.99 HB 05/09/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The History Book 9780241225929 £18.99 HB 01/07/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 History of the World Map by Map 9780241226148 £25.00 HB 04/10/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Imperial China NEW OCTOBER 9780241388327 £30.00 HB 01/10/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of History 9780241341209 £8.99 PB 07/06/2018
HUMAN BODY
3–5 Years / EYFS My Top to Bottom Body Book 9780241317907 £7.99 HB 01/02/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Human Body 9780241285077 £5.99 FB 07/09/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Human Body Poster 9780241295830 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 First Human Body Encyclopedia 9780241188774 £9.99 PB 03/10/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 My Amazing Body Machine 9780241283806 £10.99 HB 01/06/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Why Is Blood Red? NEW MARCH 9780241461419 £14.99 HB 04/03/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 The Brain Book NEW MAY 9780241460122 £9.99 HB 06/05/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Human Body 9780241485965 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections 9780241403457 £14.99 HB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Your Brain 9780241243596 £8.99 FB 01/03/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Human Body 9780241013618 £7.99 PB 03/11/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Human Body A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241323069 £18.99 HB 07/02/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body! 9780241286852 £18.99 HB 03/08/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Human Body 9780241343630 £3.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 1,000 Amazing Human Body Facts NEW AUGUST 9780241446645 £12.99 HB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 The Body Atlas NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241412770 £14.99 HB 03/09/2020
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Growing Up 9780241287255 £14.99 FB 06/07/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How the Body Works 9780241188019 £14.99 HB 02/05/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How the Brain Works 9780241403372 £16.99 HB 05/03/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Human Body Book (Compact 3rd edition) 9780241363614 £20.00 HB 07/03/2019
INSECTS & BUGS

3–5 Years / EYFS Bugs, Bees and Other Buzzy Creatures 9780241231029 £7.99 HB 01/03/2016
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Bee Book 9780241305188 £12.99 HB 01/02/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Book of Brilliant Bugs 9780241395806 £14.99 HB 05/03/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Bugs 9780241284735 £5.99 FB 06/07/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Bugs Poster 9780241295823 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Butterflies and Moths 9780241334386 £6.99 HB 01/03/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Insects and Spiders 9780241358276 £6.99 HB 07/03/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Bugs 9780241485903 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Insect 9780241297179 £7.99 PB 01/06/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Insects 9780241343685 £3.99 PB 03/05/2018
INVENTIONS
7–9 Years / KS2 First How Things Work Encyclopedia 9780241188798 £9.99 PB 04/07/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Inventors 9780241412466 £16.99 HB 28/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 100 Inventions That Made History 9781409340980 £12.99 HB 03/02/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 1000 Inventions and Discoveries 9780241412800 £12.99 PB 16/07/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Invention 9781409325512 £6.99 PB 01/07/2013
9–12 Years / KS2 Inventions A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241317822 £19.99 HB 05/07/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Inventions 9780241343586 £3.99 PB 04/05/2019
11–14 Years / KS2 - KS3 Inventor Lab 9780241343517 £12.99 HB 01/08/2019
Also see: Technology & Robots
LANGUAGES
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 First French Dictionary 9780241316603 £9.99 PB 01/03/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 First Spanish Dictionary 9780241316610 £9.99 PB 01/03/2018
6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course 9780241415047 £14.99 Flexi 30/04/2020
6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 English for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day NEW MARCH 9780241439425 £14.99 FB 04/03/2021
6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Spanish for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day NEW JULY 9780241473740 £14.99 FB 01/07/2021
6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 French for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day NEW JULY 9780241491393 £14.99 FB 01/07/2021
6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Italian for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day NEW JULY 9780241491409 £14.99 FB 01/07/2021
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6–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 German for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day NEW JULY 9780241491416 £14.99 FB 01/07/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 10 Minutes a Day French Ages 7-11 Key Stage 2 9780241225172 £5.99 PB 15/01/2016
7–11 Years / KS2 10 Minutes a Day Spanish Ages 7-11 Key Stage 2 9780241225325 £5.99 PB 15/01/2016
7–11 Years / KS2 Easy Peasy Chinese 9781405318631 £8.99 PB 03/05/2007
7–11 Years / KS2 Easy Peasy Chinese Workbook 9780241184950 £8.99 PB 03/08/2015
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 5 Language Visual Dictionary 9780241413036 £12.99 PB 05/03/2020
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Arabic-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241292464 £8.99 PB 30/03/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 French-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241287286 £8.99 PB 30/03/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 German-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241292457 £8.99 PB 30/03/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Hindi-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241363140 £8.99 PB 04/04/2019
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Italian-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241292440 £8.99 PB 30/03/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Japanese-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241317556 £8.99 PB 01/02/2018
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Korean-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary 9780241421376 £8.99 PB 03/10/2019
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Mandarin Chinese-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241317563 £8.99 PB 01/02/2018
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Polish-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241317532 £8.99 PB 15/01/2016
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Portuguese-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241317570 £8.99 PB 01/02/2018
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Russian-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241317549 £8.99 PB 01/02/2018
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Spanish-English Visual Bilingual Dictionary 9780241292433 £8.99 PB 30/03/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Course Book Level 1 Beginner 9780241226315 £12.99 FB 01/06/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Practice Book Level 1 Beginner 9780241243510 £9.99 PB 06/01/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Course Book Level 2 Beginner 9780241252697 £12.99 FB 01/06/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Practice Book Level 2 Beginner 9780241252703 £9.99 PB 06/01/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Course Book Level 3 Intermediate 9780241226063 £14.99 FB 01/06/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Practice Book Level 3 Intermediate 9780241243527 £12.99 PB 06/01/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Course Book Level 4 Advanced 9780241242322 £14.99 FB 01/06/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Practice Book Level 4 Advanced 9780241243534 £12.99 PB 06/01/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone English Grammar Guide 9780241242360 £16.99 FB 01/12/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Grammar Guide Practice Book 9780241379752 £14.99 PB 06/06/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone English Idioms 9780241335888 £16.99 FB 03/01/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone English Vocabulary Builder 9780241299876 £16.99 FB 04/01/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Teacher's Guide 9780241335123 £9.99 FB 06/07/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 English for Everyone Phrasal Verbs NEW MARCH 9780241439395 £16.99 FB 04/03/2021
MATHEMATICS & TIMES TABLES

3–5 Years / EYFS Look I'm a Maths Wizard 9780241315873 £7.99 HB 05/09/2019
5–7 Years / KS1 Turn to Learn Times Tables 9780241225363 £9.99 BB 01/06/2016
5–7 Years / KS1 Amazing Shapes 9780241407004 £9.99 BB 16/07/2020
5–7 Years / KS1 First Maths Glossary 9780241322956 £9.99 PB 02/08/2018
5–7 Years / KS1 How to Measure Everything 9780241316702 £9.99 BB 05/07/2018
5–7 Years / KS1 How to Tell the Time 9780241379257 £9.99 BB 04/07/2019
5–7 Years / KS1 The Best Maths Book Ever 9780241461433 £9.99 BB 16/07/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Times Tables Poster 9780241295816 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 How to be a Maths Whizz 9780241405642 £12.99 HB 07/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 How to Be Good at Maths Workbook 7-9 NEW JULY 9780241471418 £7.99 PB 01/07/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 How to be Good at Maths 9780241185988 £16.99 HB 01/07/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Mathmagicians 9780241243572 £8.99 PB 01/01/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Train Your Brain to be a Maths Genius 9781409384021 £10.99 HB 03/09/2012
9–12 Years / KS2 What's the Point of Maths? 9780241343524 £12.99 HB 02/01/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Maths Lab NEW JUNE 9780241432327 £12.99 HB 03/06/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Maths NEW EDITION DECEMBER 9780241479094 £8.99 PB 03/12/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Numbers NEW EDITION DECEMBER 9780241479100 £8.99 PB 03/12/2020
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Maths 9781409355717 £14.99 FB 01/07/2014
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Times Tables 9780241317013 £14.99 FB 03/08/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Maths Book 9780241350362 £18.99 HB 05/09/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 SuperSimple Maths NEW JUNE 9780241470954 £12.99 PB 03/06/2021
Also see Workbooks for all Maths Workbooks (Page 32)
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MONEY
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Money 9780241206560 £9.99 PB 02/11/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Money 9780241258897 £6.99 PB 01/06/2016
12+ years / KS3 - KS4 Heads Up Money 9780241228425 £9.99 HB 16/01/2017
12+ years / KS3 - KS4 How Money Works 9780241225998 £16.99 HB 01/03/2017
MUSIC
7–9 Years / KS2 Music and How it Works NEW NOVEMBER 9780241411605 £12.99 HB 05/11/2020
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Music 9780241385609 £14.99 FB 06/06/2019
12+ years / KS3 - KS4 Musicals NEW EDITION FEBRUARY 9780241437537 £25.00 HB 04/02/2021
12+ years / KS3 - KS4 The Classical Music Book 9780241301975 £18.99 HB 06/09/2018
12+ years / KS3 - KS4 Beginner's Step-by-Step Guitar 9780241389522 £20.00 HB 06/08/2020
MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES

3–5 Years / EYFS Jack and the Beanstalk 9780241370995 £5.99 PB 04/07/2019
3–5 Years / EYFS Pinocchio 9780241350973 £5.99 PB 07/02/2019
3–5 Years / EYFS Three Little Pigs 9780241350966 £5.99 PB 07/02/2019
3–5 Years / EYFS The Ugly Duckling 9780241370988 £5.99 PB 04/07/2019
5–7 Years / KS1 A First Book of Fairy Tales 9781405315531 £8.99 HB 03/08/2006
5–7 Years / KS1 A Treasury of Fairy Tales and Myths 9780241310496 £14.99 HB 01/03/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Greek Myths 9780241397459 £16.99 HB 16/07/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Norse Myths NEW JULY 9780241461365 £16.99 HB 01/07/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures NEW OCTOBER 9780241423950 £16.99 HB 01/10/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters 9780241189412 £9.99 PB 02/03/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Mythology 9780241297186 £6.99 PB 01/06/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Myths and Legends A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241296929 £19.99 HB 07/11/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Mythology Book 9780241301913 £18.99 HB 03/05/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Myths & Legends 9780241387054 £19.99 HB 06/06/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Signs & Symbols 9780241387047 £19.99 HB 06/06/2019
NATURE
3–5 Years / EYFS Forest Life and Woodland Creatures 9780241273111 £7.99 HB 01/03/2017
5–7 Years / KS1 The Nature Adventure Book NEW MARCH 9780241465721 £8.99 HB 04/03/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Rainforest Book NEW FEBRUARY 9780241395776 £12.99 HB 04/02/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 RHS Let's Get Gardening 9780241382639 £9.99 FB 02/05/2019
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Through the Night Sky NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241355459 £9.99 HB 03/09/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers NEW APRIL 9780241445426 £5.99 PB 01/04/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 Up in the Air NEW JUNE 9780241461402 £9.99 HB 03/06/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 RHS The Magic and Mystery of Trees 9780241355435 £12.99 HB 07/03/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 RHS Under your Feet 9780241412459 £9.99 HB 02/04/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Forest 9780241284971 £5.99 FB 06/07/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorer Woodland and Forest 9780241282526 £6.99 HB 30/03/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Flowers 9780241358344 £6.99 HB 07/03/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 The Wonders of Nature 9780241386217 £20.00 HB 05/09/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 The Book of British Nature NEW MAY 9780241504550 £16.99 HB 06/05/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 Water Cycles NEW JULY 9780241459461 £16.99 HB 01/07/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Explanatorium of Nature 9780241286845 £20.00 HB 05/10/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds 9780241339923 £14.99 HB 05/09/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Natural History Book 9781405336994 £35.00 HB 01/10/2010
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Breaking Boundaries NEW MARCH 9780241466759 £12.99 HB 04/03/2021
OCEANS AND SEAS

3–5 Years / EYFS Fish NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241439470 £6.99 PB 03/09/2020
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Oceans 9780241442791 £5.99 Flexi 14/05/2020
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Sea Book 9780241355374 £12.99 HB 07/02/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Earth's Incredible Oceans NEW APRIL 9780241459140 £14.99 HB 01/04/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales 9780241440643 £5.99 PB 16/07/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 Water Cycles NEW JULY 9780241459461 £16.99 HB 01/07/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Ocean 9780241384107 £7.99 PB 07/02/2019
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Key Stage Quantity
9–12 Years / KS2 Ocean A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241185520 £18.99 HB 03/08/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean 9780241412886 £18.99 HB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Ocean NEW JUNE 9780241477908 £4.99 PB 03/06/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Science of the Ocean NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241415252 £30.00 HB 03/09/2020
Also see: Sharks, Whales, and Dolphins

PEOPLE AND OTHER CULTURES
5–7 Years / KS1 Celebrations Around the World 9780241376713 £9.99 HB 01/08/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Children Just Like Me 9780241207352 £16.99 HB 01/09/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 Children Just Like Me: A School Like Mine 9780241207369 £12.99 HB 01/09/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Our World in Pictures: Countries, Cultures, People & Places NEW NOVEMBER 9780241343371 £14.99 HB 05/11/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 People and Places A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241364420 £19.99 HB 01/08/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Leaders Who Changed History 9780241363171 £18.99 HB 07/03/2019
Also see: Biographies

PHILOSOPHY
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Book of Philosophy 9781409372042 £14.99 HB 02/03/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Philosophy: A Visual Encyclopedia NEW NOVEMBER 9780241412992 £19.99 HB 05/11/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Philosophy Works 9780241363188 £16.99 HB 04/07/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Philosophers: Their Lives and Works 9780241301722 £20.00 HB 05/09/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of Philosophy 9780241341179 £8.99 PB 07/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Philosophy Book 9781405353298 £18.99 HB 01/02/2011
POLITICS
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Politics 9780241243633 £8.99 PB 02/05/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Politics Book 9781409364450 £18.99 HB 01/03/2013
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Politics Is... 9780241412855 £9.99 PB 16/07/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of Politics 9780241426432 £8.99 PB 05/05/2020
PSYCHOLOGY
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Psychology Works 9780241317693 £16.99 HB 07/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Little Book of Psychology 9780241341285 £8.99 PB 07/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Psychology Book 9781405391245 £18.99 HB 01/02/2012
RELIGION
3–5 Years / EYFS A Child's First Bible 9780751357769 £12.99 HB 05/10/2000
3–5 Years / EYFS Jonah and the Whale 9780241319864 £5.99 PB 01/02/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 My Very First Bible 9780241366493 £9.99 HB 07/02/2019
7–11 Years / KS2 Bible Characters Visual Encyclopedia 9780241309612 £12.99 HB 01/03/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Religion 9780241243602 £8.99 PB 01/03/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Bible Stories NEW MARCH 9780241471173 £19.99 HB 04/03/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Bible Lands 9780241216576 £6.99 PB 01/06/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Islam 9780241335147 £6.99 PB 07/06/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Illustrated Family Bible 9780241238998 £19.99 HB 01/02/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Bible Book 9780241301906 £18.99 HB 01/03/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Religions Book 9781409324911 £18.99 HB 01/08/2013
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Islam Book 9780241409688 £18.99 HB 30/07/2020
REPTILES
7–9 Years / KS2 DKfindout! Reptiles and Amphibians 9780241285015 £5.99 FB 07/09/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Reptile 9780241297162 £7.99 PB 01/06/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Snake 9780241226247 £12.99 PB 01/03/2016
ROCKS AND FOSSILS

5–7 Years / KS1 My Book of Rocks and Minerals 9780241283066 £9.99 HB 06/07/2017
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Rocks & Minerals 9780241485927 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Crystal and Gem 9781409343776 £7.99 PB 01/07/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Fossil 9780241286876 £6.99 PB 01/06/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Rocks and Minerals 9780241383957 £9.99 HB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Rocks and Minerals NEW EDITION AUGUST 9780241343678 £4.99 PB 03/05/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 The Rock and Gem Book 9780241228135 £14.99 HB 02/05/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Nature Guides Gems 9781409364634 £9.99 FB 02/04/2013
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Key Stage Quantity
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Nature Guides Rocks and Minerals 9781405375863 £10.99 FB 02/07/2012
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Rocks and Minerals: The Definitive Visual Guide 9781405328319 £18.99 HB 01/02/2008
SCIENCE
5–7 Years / KS1 Science Squad Explains 9780241413876 £10.99 HB 02/07/2020
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Humongous Fungus NEW JULY 9780241460405 £12.99 HB 01/07/2021
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Energy 9780241323014 £5.99 FB 05/07/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Science 9780241225196 £5.99 FB 01/07/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 Ask a Scientist 9780241379240 £9.99 HB 06/06/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Do You Know About Science? 9780241318690 £12.99 HB 01/03/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 First Science Encyclopedia 9780241188750 £9.99 PB 01/06/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 How to Be a Scientist 9780241283080 £12.99 HB 01/06/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 Science is Magic 9780241358269 £12.99 HB 07/03/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Scientists NEW AUGUST 9780241484333 £16.99 HB 05/08/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 The Bacteria Book 9780241316580 £9.99 HB 03/05/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 The DNA Book 9780241411018 £9.99 HB 07/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Missing Scientist NEW APRIL 9780241442296 £5.99 PB 01/07/2021
How to Be Good at Science, Technology and Engineering

7–10 Years / KS2 9780241471425 £7.99 PB 01/07/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 Science You Can Eat 9780241301838 £12.99 HB 06/06/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 101 Great Science Experiments 9780241185131 £7.99 PB 16/01/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Biology 9780241243695 £9.99 PB 02/05/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Chemistry 9780241206577 £9.99 PB 02/11/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Evolution 9780241243664 £9.99 PB 02/05/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 All About Physics 9780241206553 £9.99 PB 01/09/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Car Science 9781405364065 £9.99 PB 01/03/2011
9–12 Years / KS2 Explanatorium of Science 9780241359488 £20.00 HB 01/09/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Forensic Science 9780241423639 £7.99 PB 06/02/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Periodic Table 9780241299883 £6.99 PB 07/06/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Home Lab 9780241228449 £12.99 HB 01/07/2016
9–12 Years / KS2 Macaulay's Mammoth Science 9780241381045 £12.99 HB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Science 9780241317815 £18.99 HB 02/08/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Outdoor Maker Lab 9780241302200 £12.99 HB 01/03/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Periodic Table 9780241413029 £4.99 PB 02/01/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Science 9780241343692 £4.99 PB 03/05/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Science A Children's Encyclopedia 9780241332849 £19.99 HB 01/02/2011
9–12 Years / KS2 Science Experiments 9781405362863 £14.99 HB 01/02/2011
9–12 Years / KS2 Science Lab 9780241343494 £12.99 HB 07/02/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 Science Year by Year 9780241212264 £16.99 HB 01/03/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 SuperScience NEW JULY 9780241343470 £16.99 HB 01/07/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 The Periodic Table Book 9780241240434 £14.99 HB 30/03/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 The Science of Goo! NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241432303 £9.99 HB 03/09/2020
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Science 9781409383468 £14.99 FB 01/06/2012
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 How Science Works 9780241287279 £16.99 HB 01/03/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 SuperSimple Biology 9780241390467 £12.99 PB 14/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 SuperSimple Chemistry 9780241390450 £12.99 PB 14/05/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 SuperSimple Physics NEW FEBRUARY 9780241381434 £12.99 PB 04/02/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Physics Book 9780241412725 £18.99 HB 05/03/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Science Book 9781409350156 £18.99 HB 01/08/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Medicine Book NEW MARCH 9780241471258 £18.99 HB 04/03/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Biology Book NEW JUNE 9780241437469 £18.99 HB 03/06/2021
Also see Workbooks for all Science Workbooks (Page 32)
SHARKS, WHALES, AND DOLPHINS

5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Sharks 9780241282731 £5.99 FB 16/01/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Super Shark and Other Creatures of the Deep 9780241185513 £16.99 HB 01/06/2015
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TOPIC LISTING
Key Stage Quantity
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Shark 9780241013625 £7.99 PB 03/11/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Shark 9780241343616 £4.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Sharks and Other Deadly Ocean Creatures 9780241241363 £12.99 HB 01/06/2016
Also see: Oceans & Seas
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIETY

7–9 Years / KS2 How to Make a Better World 9780241412206 £10.99 HB 05/03/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Life Skills NEW APRIL 9780241467565 £10.99 HB 01/04/2021
9–16 Years / KS3 - KS4 How to be a Global Citizen NEW JUNE 9780241471326 £14.99 HB 03/06/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Heads Up Sociology 9780241296936 £9.99 HB 04/01/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Sociology Book 9780241182291 £18.99 HB 01/07/2015
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Crime Book 9780241298961 £18.99 HB 03/04/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Feminism Book 9780241350379 £18.99 HB 07/03/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Feminism Is... 9780241228029 £9.99 PB 03/01/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Women: Our History 9780241353929 £20.00 HB 07/02/2019
SPACE, STARS & SOLAR SYSTEM

5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Solar System 9780241225202 £5.99 FB 01/07/2016
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Solar System Poster 9780241295793 £2.99 Poster 03/07/2017
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Space Travel 9780241358399 £5.99 FB 02/07/2019
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Universe 9780241322871 £5.99 FB 06/09/2018
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Through the Night Sky NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241355459 £9.99 HB 03/09/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Do You Know About Space? 9780241283820 £12.99 HB 07/09/2017
7–9 Years / KS2 First Space Encyclopedia 9780241188743 £9.99 PB 01/06/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 Mars 9780241409589 £9.99 HB 02/04/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Night Sky 9780241334379 £6.99 HB 01/03/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 The Mysteries of the Universe NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241412473 £20.00 HB 03/09/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 The Space Race 9780241343777 £16.99 HB 02/05/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Comet Collision 9780241442258 £5.99 PB 16/07/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Up in the Air NEW JUNE 9780241461402 £9.99 HB 03/06/2021
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Stars and Planets 9780241485958 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Astronomy 9781409325567 £6.99 PB 01/07/2013
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Planets 9780241288085 £6.99 PB 01/06/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Space Exploration 9780241013601 £6.99 PB 03/11/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Knowledge Encyclopedia Space! NEW EDITION AUGUST 9780241196304 £18.99 HB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Space 9780241343623 £4.99 PB 04/10/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Space a Visual Encyclopedia 9780241426364 £19.99 HB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 StarFinder for Beginners 9780241286838 £12.99 FB 05/10/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Super Space 9780241343449 £16.99 HB 06/06/2019
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Astronomy 9780241317808 £20.00 HB 06/09/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Space Works NEW MARCH 9780241446324 £16.99 HB 04/03/2021
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Space Visual Encyclopedia 9780241228432 £12.99 HB 01/11/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Astronomy Book 9780241225936 £18.99 HB 07/09/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Planets 9781409353058 £22.00 HB 01/09/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Stars 9780241226025 £20.00 HB 01/09/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Universe NEW SEPTEMBER 9780241412749 £30.00 HB 03/09/2020
SPORTS AND OUTDOORS

5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 My Encyclopedia of Very Important Sports 9780241407011 £14.99 HB 07/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Ballerina 9781405319805 £12.99 HB 10/01/2008
7–9 Years / KS2 How To... Horse Riding 9781405391498 £8.99 HB 01/05/2012
7–9 Years / KS2 How To... Football 9781405363389 £7.99 HB 02/05/2011
7–9 Years / KS2 Rugby 9780241379325 £7.99 HB 01/08/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 My Book of Gymnastics 9780241412220 £9.99 HB 07/05/2020
7–11 Years / KS2 365 Outdoor Activities You Have To Try 9781409348191 £9.99 FB 03/03/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Football 9780241317686 £6.99 PB 07/06/2018
9–12 Years / KS2 Goal! 9780241426401 £12.99 HB 07/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Children's Book of Sport 9781405368506 £12.99 HB 01/07/2011
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TOPIC LISTING
Key Stage Quantity
9–12 Years / KS2 Survival for Beginners 9780241339893 £12.99 FB 02/05/2019
9–12 Years / KS2 How to Play Chess 9780241257265 £9.99 HB 06/10/2016
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Football Book 9780241428344 £20.00 HB 05/03/2020
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 The Sports Book 9780241412930 £20.00 HB 05/03/2020
STUDY SKILLS
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With SATS 9780241330562 £14.99 FB 18/12/2017
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Study Skills 9780241225981 £14.99 FB 01/06/2016
TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTS

5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Robots 9780241315897 £5.99 FB 01/04/2018
How to be good at Science, Technology and Engineering

7–10 Years / KS2 9780241471425 £7.99 PB 01/07/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 How Super Cool Tech Works 9780241426388 £12.99 PB 16/07/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 3D Printing Projects 9780241302217 £9.99 HB 10/05/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Robot 9780241346754 £14.99 HB 09/06/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 How Technology Works 9780241356289 £16.99 HB 04/04/2019
TRANSPORT
5–7 Years / KS1 Around the World in 80 Ways 9780241341605 £9.99 HB 02/07/2019
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 The Big Book of Planes 9780241461815 £9.99 HB 28/05/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 DK Braille On the Move 9780241228388 £15.99 HB 03/01/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 Total Tractor 9781409347989 £9.99 HB 04/01/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes 9781409348504 £18.99 HB 09/01/2015
9–12 Years / KS2 Microbites: Flight NEW NOVEMBER 9780241435953 £4.99 PB 11/05/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Pocket Eyewitness Cars 9780241343708 £4.99 PB 05/03/2018
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Cool Cars 9781409339847 £12.99 PB 04/01/2014
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Flight 9780241298039 £19.99 HB 02/01/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 Ship 9780241298046 £19.99 HB 02/01/2017
VOLCANOES & EARTHQUAKES

5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! Volcanoes 9780241250242 £5.99 FB 07/01/2016
7–9 Years / KS2 The Secret Explorers and the Smoking Volcano NEW APRIL 9780241442289 £5.99 PB 01/04/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Volcano and Earthquake 9780241013595 £7.99 PB 11/03/2014
WEATHER
3–5 Years / EYFS Weather and the Seasons 9780241312209 £7.99 HB 01/03/2019
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DK Eyewonder Weather 9780241228265 £4.99 HB 02/01/2016
5–9 Years / KS1 - KS2 What's The Weather? NEW JANUARY 9780241459508 £9.99 HB 07/01/2021
7–9 Years / KS2 Nature Explorers Weather 9780241282519 £6.99 HB 03/30/2017
7–11 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Workbook: Weather 9780241485934 £4.99 PB 06/08/2020
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness Weather 9780241258811 £7.99 PB 06/01/2016
WELLBEING AND FIRST AID

5–7 Years / KS1 Affirmations Flash Cards NEW FEBRUARY 9780241467503 £9.99 Cards 04/02/2021
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 Calm - Mindfulness Flash Cards for Kids 9780241414750 £9.99 Cards 03/10/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 Calm - Mindfulness For Kids 9780241342299 £10.99 HB 02/07/2019
7–9 Years / KS2 I Am, I Can: Affirmations for Kids 9780241420256 £10.99 HB 08/06/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 My Mixed Emotions 9780241323762 £12.99 HB 08/02/2018
7–9 Years / KS2 Yoga for Kids Flash Cards 9780241414767 £9.99 Cards 05/07/2020
7–9 Years / KS2 Yoga for Kids 9780241341278 £10.99 HB 09/06/2018
10+ Years / KS2 - KS4 Help Your Kids With Growing Up 9780241287255 £14.99 FB 07/06/2017
12+ Years / KS3 - KS4 First Aid Manual 9780241241233 £13.99 FB 06/22/2016
WORLD WAR
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! World War I 9780241318676 £5.99 FB 01/04/2018
5-9 Years / KS1 - KS2 DKfindout! World War II 9780241285145 £5.99 FB 09/07/2017
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness World War I 9781409343660 £6.99 PB 07/01/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness World War II 9781409343677 £6.99 PB 07/01/2014
9–12 Years / KS2 Eyewitness World War II NEW EDITION AUGUST 9780241383971 £9.99 HB 05/08/2021
9–12 Years / KS2 World War II Visual Encyclopedia 9780241206997 £12.99 HB 06/01/2015
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