People & Places

Take an exciting journey around the world and explore every country on Earth. Beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Anthony Lewis, the colourful maps combine with lively and informative text to make this an essential atlas for younger readers...

Sh-h-h-h-h-h!! Top Secret... Crack the code of superspy science fun! Make your own spy sunglasses * Write messages with invisible ink * Hook up a secret alarm, and much more! Discover how spies use science to keep--or uncover--top secrets.Learn how...

Before Malala Yousafzai (1997&;) became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was just a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. When Malala was growing up, her father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736440783Author Brooke VitaleFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters -- the team that changed basketball forever.In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head shot! You will find skilled athletes, expert players,...

ABC Black History and Me presents 26 historical concepts, events, and people-from A to Z-that are important in Black American history. From A is for Advocate to Z is for Zest, each letter of the alphabet is paired with inspirational historical concepts...

The series that began with Kid Presidents and Kid Athletes has a new volume that chronicles the childhoods of 16 celebrated artists-everyone from Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh to Mary Cassat, Frida Kahlo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and even Dr. Seuss!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760342289Author Moira ButterfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Lonely PlanetPublisher Lonely PlanetWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 201mm...

Meet GENERATION HOPE, young activists around the globe who are acting now to save the world. Generation Hope: You(th) Can Make a Difference introduces 20 global issues and many change-makers, like Greta...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2000 and ALA Notable Children's Book 1999 and NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 1999. Nominated for...

I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Ira Aldridge tells the exciting story of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Newbery Honor Book.Book InformationISBN 9780140363135Author Dorothy RhoadsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807509234Author Cozbi CabreraFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Albert Whitman & CompanyPublisher Albert Whitman & Company

Even as a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African-American people were treated. When he grew up, he decided to do something about it-peacefully, with powerful words. He helped gather people together for...

Discover Incredible Inventions by Black People (Ages 8-12)#1 New Release in Children's Inventors BooksYoung Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists is a fun new book for children that teaches kids about inventions by Black people that...

*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.*We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end...

Discover all the answers to 50 big questions about the world in this gorgeous book, perfect for curious young readers.Where do stars go in the daytime? Do animals talk to each other? What are people made of? Questions pop into our heads all the time and...

Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect's life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and dreamed of designing her own cities...

Autocannon is a comprehensive history of the development of automatic cannon and their ammunition from the end of the nineteenth century up to the present day. A brief history of their development is followed by sections examining the basic principles of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648035626Author Richard HalliburtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Living Book PressPublisher Living Book PressWeight(grams) 517g

We are moving to a new home, where the lakes freeze in winter. I am visiting my Grandma to say goodbye. The little girl in this story is moving with her parents to a new, colder country very far away. She loves visiting her Grandma's sewing studio and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452173207Author Medeia CohanPage Count 12Imprint Chronicle BooksPublisher Chronicle BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 180mm * 183mm * 13mm

Find out all about living in India as we follow Gini on a day in her life in Jaipur. Who's in her family, what does she like to eat and what's her school like? This non-fiction recount, written and beautifully photographed by Jonathan and Angela Scott,...

Remember Venice for ever with this exquisite cut-paper guide.This beautifully illustrated pocket guide unfolds to a length of 1.5 metres and features 12 of the most important sites in Venice, including St Mark's Basilica, the Doge's Palace, Rialto...

With comprehensive coverage of the Caribbean islands, gulfs and bays this atlas focuses on accurate mapping of all the Caribbean countries. Thematic maps of individual countries and the Caribbean region address topics specific to the syllabus. ...

Discover why we must protect Antarctica from climate change.Home to millions of penguins, ancient dinosaur fossils and huge blue whales, Antarctica is our last great wilderness. This fascinating picture book brings to life this extreme and exciting...

First published in Germany in 1812, these tales were collected by the two brothers Grimm from neighbouring villages and spinning rooms, and include "Hansel and Gretel", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Rumpelstiltskin". Arthur Rackham's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783126002Author Nancy DickmannFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

Introduce children to the wonderful ways love is expressed in different cultures and countries across the globe. From gifting lunch boxes in Japan to adorning brides with beautiful henna designs in India, writing someone a loving poem on Sinterklaas in...

In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef-big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms.The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448428444Author Jackie GlassmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 7+, developed in consultation with the British Museum.Tom's not only lost in time, he's lost his cat, too! Can you find Tom and his naughty cat, Digby, across the pages? Packed with detailed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593109175Author Katherine ArdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules - like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast...

In some parts of America in the 1950s, White people and Black people were treated very differently. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King publicly fought against this - but in very different ways. This is the powerful and inspiring story of how they stood up...

Each girl sits on her own front porch, waiting for the other to apologise, even though they know they'll never speak to each other again, no matter how bored they get. But then the sounds of feet slapping the pavement and voices chanting double-dutch...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356715Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The Biographies series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of...

As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something -...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide...