The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia by Felicity Brooks

The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia by Felicity BrooksA fact packed introduction to a wide variety of topics, including History, Nature, How People Live and How Things Work. Full of extraordinary photographs, detailed diagrams and plenty of illustrations. Engaging text and clear explanations of what can be complex subjects. Also includes amazing facts about animals, Earth and space, and detailed maps and flags of the world. Chapters in this book include: Our World Animals and plants How your body works

An investigation that looks like the story of a lifetime might also be Jack's ticket to a lonely end

The secret the boy carries is a spark deadly enough to ignite conflict on a new front – a front the English cannot afford to fight on

someone is waking up as if from a dream

and the background to some the most beloved and powerful children's stories of today

Hogan partnered with Herbert Warren Wind

Brian Moore and Rory Underwood

and the pivotal roles played by religion

Eoin McLaughlin's The Hug was named one of the best books of the year by The Guardian

raging and funny

he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit

This beautifully illustrated book written by marine biologist Helen Scales is the perfect companion for all aspiring shell spotters

The TimesIn the great revolutionary year of 1968