2025 Annuals

A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins. With the aid of easy-to-understand monthly calendars and maps, you will chart the rhythm of the lunar phases, discover events that light up the sky for brief periods, and explore the rich tapestry of characters that adorn the starry canvas overhead. Never miss a night sky event wherever you are in the world with this month-by-month guide. Go meteor spotting, track the phases of the moon and explore the constellations, with details for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Radmila Topalovic and Wil Tirion, and approved by the astronomers of Royal Observatory Greenwich. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008688134 • Author: Radmila Topalovic & Storm Dunlop & Wil Tirion • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 272 • Dimensions: 18.4 x 11.7 x 2.7cm

Join us in celebrating the platinum anniversary of the world's biggest-selling annual book! To mark GWR's 70th birthday, we're throwing a party, starting off with a feast of retro features in the opening chapter that look back over our last seven decades. Of course, we're also highlighting the very best of record breaking from the past 12 months! This new edition - fully revised and updated with 1,000-plus images - continues the annual tradition of serving up thousands of awesome facts and feats for the whole family to enjoy. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781913484552 • Author: Guinness World Records • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Pages: 256 • Format: Hardback • Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.8 x 1.8cm

This best-selling series celebrates the greatest achievements in videogaming by exploring the biggest-selling titles, the fastest speedrunners, the most prolific collectors, the highest-earning esports stars and the most critically acclaimed developers. Aimed at generalist gamers and skewed towards younger readers, the GAMER'S EDITION offers up bite-sized nuggets of trivia, facts, stats and of course world records, covering the best-loved and most-played games, from arcade classics such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man via modern blockbusters like Legend of Zelda, Pokémon and Call of Duty, to the latest console and PC big-hitters - Fortnite, Minecraft, Hogwart's Legacy and Starfield. Plus, you'll get to meet every major gaming character: Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft, Link and many more. The book kicks off with a review of the last year of gaming, summarizing the biggest news stories and a rundown of the big winners at the major videogame awards and conventions. The GWR GAMER'S EDITION 2025 combines this passion for play with the rigour and accuracy of Guinness World Records... a partnership as successful as Ratchett & Clank, Mario & Luigi, Ryu & Ken or Sonic & Knuckles! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781913484521 • Author: Guinness World Records • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Pages: 192 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 26.4 x 18.9 x 1cm

Discover all there is to know about the past year of Minecraft in this exciting annual. Stuffed to the brim with updates, activities, step-by-step builds and tips and tricks for the game, this book is a must-have for any minecrafter. This year's annual includes an awesome mining boardgame, loads of fun activities and tips on smithing templates, archaeology and how to survive a pillager raid.  Plus discover a blocky brownie recipe, awesome buillds and survival challenges for you to complete in-game! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008615673 • Author: HarperCollins • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 22 x 29.3 x 1.2cm

Discover everything there is to know about your favourite football heroes in the Official Match Attax Annual 2025! Featuring the greatest teams in Europe, this action-packed celebration covers all the highlights from the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and Europe’s top-flight domestic leagues! Discover profiles on the hottest players, such as Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, then relive the greatest goals and revisit the most exciting matches and jaw-dropping action. With dozens of puzzles too, this footy book will keep readers busy for hours on end with all the Match Attax action you know and love! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008658816 • Author: Match Attax & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 x 0.75cm

Discover new friends, locations and stories in this year’s Pokémon Annual! The Pokémon Annual 2025 introduces fans to the new characters, locations, Pokémon and adventures from the latest TV series. Features stories, profiles, activities, crafts and an A-Z filled with awesome Pokémon facts. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008616779 • Author: Pokémon • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 x 1.2cm

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is guaranteed to amaze and entertain children and adults alike with its unique blend of weird but true stories and jaw-dropping facts gathered from all over the world. This year... Marvel at the ice caves of Alaska. Find out what very unusual food Icelanders eat at their traditional mid-winter feast. Discover why Lucas the penguin has to wear rubber boots. Hear about the woman who sailed down the Missouri River in a giant hollowed-out pumpkin. And take the 'Funny Bones' test to see whether you can match photographs of skeletons to their animal owners. No Christmas is complete without Ripley's! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529941203 • Author: Ripley • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.6 x 2.2cm

The Disney Princess Annual 2025 is packed full of exciting content that all princess fans will enjoy. Including ten of your favourite Disney Princesses: Ariel, Raya, Moana, Cinderella, Tiana, Rapunzel, Belle, Mulan, Aurora and Jasmine, it features three inspiring stories: A Magic Trick The Night Flower The Sweetest Day Plus beautiful colouring pictures, fact-filled princess profiles, magical mazes, gorgeous princess posters and entertaining activities like dot to dots, a board game, a quiz, odd ones out, spot the differences, mazes, drawing, follow the line games, copy colouring and more. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008616885 • Author: Disney & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.11 x 22.23 x 0.38cm

Hey Barbie! Welcome to the Official Barbie Annual 2025! Join the Barbies for mindful affirmations, have fun making friendship bracelets and explore what you want to be when you grow up. The Barbie Annual 2025 includes colouring, dot-to-dot, wordsearches, mazes, spot-the-difference, journalling prompts, personality quizzes and plenty more. Oh, and lots of pink, of course! The perfect stocking filler and Christmas present for Barbie fans! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008656843 • Author: Barbie • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29 x 22.1 x 1 cm

Welcome to the Official Sonic Annual!  Packed with puzzles, quizzes, character stats, gaming timeline, classic comic story and updates in the world of Sonic - including brand new game Sonic X Shadow Generations!  Fans of Sonic the Hedgehog will also enjoy learning about the past year's exciting updates in the world of Sonic, as well as discovering fun facts about their favourite characters. Oh, and Dr. Eggman will be there too. Be ready to help Sonic thwart his evil plans... Get ready for the third movie and brand new video game with the official Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2025! The perfect entertainment for fans of everyone's favourite speedy blue hedgehog.  Let’s Roll! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008664275 • Author: Sonic • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 x 1.2cm  

Join Gabby, Santa Kitty and the rest of the Gabby Cats from the hit show DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse in this purr-fect Official Annual.  Join the Christmas party in the dollhouse... play games, tell stories and help the Gabby Cats prepare for Christmas. The perfect stocking filler for Gabby fans everywhere! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408374412 • Author: Hachette • Publisher: Hachette • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 22.6 x 29 x 1cm

He's Oor Wullie, your Wullie, abody's Wullie. Generations have enjoyed his mischievous tales as he wages war on boredom or embarks on some get-rich-quick scheme. First published in The Sunday Post in 1936, Oor Wullie truly is Scotland's favourite son. Join him in his most recent comic strip capers in this year's must-have comic book collection. Settle down and enjoy some fun with Wullie and his pals, Primrose Paterson, Bob, Soapy Soutar, Wee Eck, Jeemie the moose, and Harry the faithful wily Westie. And don't forget the much-harangued PC Murdoch, Auchenshoogle's legendary law enforcer! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781845359935 • Author: Oor Wullie & DC Thomson • Publisher: Booksource • Format: Paperback • Pages: 100 • Dimensions: 26.5 x 19 x 1cm