Secondhand Childrens Reference Books

Science with the squishy bits left in. "Painful Poison" will dish up a deadly dose. Are you brave enough to discover: how to turn your brother or sister into a...

This definitive bumper book of the year covers all the unusual things that happened in 2022, as well as history, sport, jokes, riddles and pages for you to fill in...

Lugs Branigan was the toughest cop on the beat.A Dublin legend, he was a bullied kid who grew up to be a heavyweight boxing champion and Ireland's most celebrated lawman.Lugs...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 / Shortlisted for Children's Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020How did the USA become a superpower?Why do...

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out of boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine... Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent,...

Winner of the prestigious BolognaRagazzi New Horizons Award 2019A History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to...

The official Minecraft Annual 2021 is packed with activities, build ideas and survival challenges to try out in-game. Featuring all the latest news in the world of Minecraft, the official...

Do you believe in dragons? Said to originate from the library of eminent Victorian dragonologist Ernest Drake, this book imparts to readers the secrets of the ancient science of dragonology,...

Get ready for Wally's bamboozling picture hunt In this classic activity book!Where's Wally? is a global phenomenon, and this stupendous adventure is nothing short of a masterpiece! Find Wally and...

Join a cast of adorable monsters as they come out to celebrate Halloween with a monsters' ball. A cast of cute and cuddly witches, vampires, ghosts and more are all...

'A super book for children to enjoy as they puzzle their way through the challenges, which get harder as they progress through the book' - Parents in Touch___________________Brain Games for...

This collection of eight fables brings Ancient Greece to life. The stories are retold with introductions that tell the reader all about Aesop's life as a slave and a storyteller,...

WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018 & THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER___________'This book can save lives. This book can change lives....

Meet Zindedine Zidane, Classic Football Hero. 'In the first minute, Zidane used his strength to hold off two Brazilian midfielders and then backheeled the ball cleverly between them. The France...

The No.1 football series - over 1 million copies sold!Son Heung-min, the South Korean superstar, is now one of the best attacking talents in the world. The Ballon d'Or nominee...

For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, and anyone else on the planet who loves the extraordinary but true, this latest annual is a feast of delights. Following hot on...

Soar above the earth. Look down. And what do you see? Water and land, trees and buildings, people and animals. And more, so much more. Let the remarkable aerial photographs...

A fantastic follow-up to Brain Games for Clever Kids (R), this book is brimming with logic, reasoning and problem-solving puzzles designed to help kids make the most of their grey...

This is a full colour paperback guide to the monsters and peoples in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Packed with photographs and drawings, this introduction shows how the...

Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the second fact-filled Deadly guide for Steve Backshall fans everywhere. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and...

After fifteen fearsome years on the page, "Horrible Histories" are now on the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Readers can discover all the...

Behind every great woman... is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships and secret histories of 84 pioneering women are revealed in inspirational stories which together show the indomitable...

This is a book of facts and records about bizarre feats of the human, material and natural world. It is a solid reference work of the strange but true. It...

The Horrible Histories Annual 2015 is a must-have for all Horrible Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes, quick quizzes and putrid puzzles - it's the annual...

Everyone's heard of Usain Bolt, but how many people know about Dineka Maguire? Like Bolt, the Irish woman is a world record holder but in the rather lesser known sport...

Did you know that even though Mars is a freezing cold desert today, there was a time when we could have lived there? Or that Saturn is the only planet...

Are you a human sponge? Do you thirst for facts, trivia and knowledge? If so, this is the book for you!Based on the hugely popular Historopedia by John and Fatti...

A brand new collection of poetry by former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt, with illustrations by acclaimed artist Ed Vere. What would it...

Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in...

Physicists can't yet build time machines but they know that the laws of physics would allow one to exist. Scientists are investigating the manipulation of potential 'natural' time machines such...

Paper has never been so terrifying!Just when you thought your paper was safe! Ordinary paper springs to life with Dino-Gami, a new sophisticated origami kit for origami artists. Create 20...