Kids Reference and Non-Fiction Books

Philosophy is a way of thinking about just about anything.  It asks big questions, such as "how can I be good?" or "what makes something beautiful?" Using lively examples, humorous illustrations and simple thought experiments, this book opens up the world of philosophy to children and adults with enquiring minds.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781474950886 • Author:  Rachel Firth, Minna Lacey & Jordan Akpojaro • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  128 • Dimensions:  24.8 x 17.4 x 0.9 cm

Catch up with all of your favourite football players with the number 1 Football Series. From the playground to the pitch, read all about each player and manager in this boxset, perfect for all football fans! Titles in this Collection: • Sterling • Zlatan • Vinicius Junior • Bale • Mordric • Odegaard • De Bruyne • Van Dijk • Maguire • Alexander Arnold • Alisson • Southgate Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781789468595 • Author: Matt and Tom Oldfield • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Boxset

Discover how some of today’s most talented footballers rose from their humble beginnings to become the best in the world. Read the STORIES, look up the STATS and relive the MAGIC MOMENTS in this 10-book mega pack! Featuring: • Haaland • Mbappe • Bronze • De Bruyne  • Rashford • Grealish • Messi • Salah • Ronaldo • Kane Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804538562 • Author: Simon Mugford & Dan Green • Publisher: Hachette Children's Books • Format: Box Set • Number of Books: 10 

Get into the Christmas spirit with this ho ho ho-larious joke book! With a range of laugh-out-loud festive jokes, this book is the perfect gift for kids to share with their friends and family. Filled with fun, laughter and Christmas cheer! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781916763234 • Author: Andrew Pinder • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Paperback

Football Rising Stars dives into the incredible journeys of ten of the world’s best young players. Featuring fresh talents from England, France, Spain, Canada and the USA, the series covers their unique rise – from playing football in the park to performing in front of capacity crowds on the biggest stage and in the biggest leagues. This 10 book box set includes Leah Williamson, Mallory Swanson, Chloe Kelly, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Georgia Stanway, Aitana Bonmati, Allessia Russo, Jordyn Huitema, Ella Toone and Sophia Smith. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802630909 • Author: Harry Meredith • Publisher: Sweet Cherry Publishing • Format: Book Collection • Number of Books: 10 

The ultimate guide to one of the most popular online games around! With hardback cover, 64 full-colour pages and lots of exclusive features. Plus games, quizzes, tips and fun facts all included in every publication. Excellent for all ages! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781915994417 • Author: PBR • Publisher:  Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 29.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 cm

Greatest Football Stars dives into the incredible journeys of the world’s greatest players of all time. Featuring talents from all around the globe, this series covers their unique journeys to stardom – from playing football in the park to performing in front of capacity crowds on the biggest stage and in the biggest leagues. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802635621 • Author: Luke Paton • Publisher: Sweet Cherry Publishing • Format: Box Set • Number of Books: 5 

Find out about every dinosaur that’s ever been discovered in this Dictionary of Dinosaurs!  From Aardonyx to Zuniceratops, read about when they lived, where they lived, what they ate and much more. Featuring epic artwork from Dieter Braun, and up-to-date facts from top dinosaur experts. Includes the world's best loved dinosaurs such as Diplodocus, T-rex, Triceratops,Velociraptor, Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780785842910 • Author: Dr. Matthew G. Baron  • Publisher:  Wide Eyed Editions • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  184 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 2.2 x 24.8 cm

Have a merry LEGO® Christmas with 50 festive build ideas! Use your LEGO collection to create Christmas tree decorations, santa hats, snowflakes and more. Plus challenge your friends and family to fun LEGO games. You won't run out of ideas over the holiday season with this perfect stocking stuffer. Let the holiday fun begin!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241381717 • Author: Elizabeth Dowsett  • Publisher: DK • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  80 • Dimensions:  15.5 x 2 x 21.5 cm

Discover why some birds fly, but others don't. Get close to bugs and beetles you never knew existed. Swim with fish and sea mammals. Fall in love with baby animals. Go on an African safari. Meet the tiny things you can't see, but live closer to you than you could ever imagine! Featuring more than 2,000 animal species, from aardvark to zebra, this animal encyclopedia for children is packed with stunning close-up photographs of animals and awesome facts. You'll discover how animals and plants live together in their natural habitats and how we can help endangered species. There's so much to discover about the animal world, so dive in and see what you can find out  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780785842927 • Author: Jayne Parsons • Publisher:  DK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  376 • Dimensions:  21.8 x 2.4 x 27.5 cm

This is a great fun flap book packed with interesting information about space, and the amazing things that float through it - stars, moons, comets, and the planets of our solar system. Each double-page spread has a stunning colour illustration, and several flaps to lift to find out more about what's going on in the scene - such as what goes inside the International Space Station, how astronauts visited the Moon and what they did there, as well as the history of astronomy, from Galileo to the Hubble Space Telescope Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409523383 • Author: Rob Lloyd Jones, Benedetta Giaufret • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 22.2 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm

This brand-new book in the Clever Kids® series contains over 100 quick-fire number puzzles to exercise young minds. From number chains and simple calculations to target sums and times-table challenges, it's packed with activities designed to test maths skills in 10 minutes or less. Written by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, this book is guaranteed to keep children's brains busy and provide hours of fun as they try to beat the clock.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781780558882 • Author: Gareth Moore • Publisher:  Michael O'Mara • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  192 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 19.7 x 2.1 cm

Jamie Smart's bestselling Bunny vs Monkey series expands with a hilarious, giggle-guaranteeing joke book! The silliest joke book ever! Join your favourite comic characters for the craziest joke book ever published. Bursting with hilarious side-splitting gags, to make you and your friends fall about with laughter. Also featuring jokes from readers of The Phoenix comic! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781788453349 • Author: Jamie Smart • Publisher: David Fickling Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9cm

Travel back to the stone age, spend some time with the ancient Greeks, and sail aboard a viking boat with our History Beginners Boxset! This set is great for emerging independent readers with easy-to-read chapters and wonderful illustrations. Perfect for adults to read aloud, these fun and educational books will keep children learning all summer long.  The set includes the following books: • Usborne Beginners: The Iron Age  • Usborne Beginners: The Stone Age • Usborne Beginners: Vikings • Usborne Beginners: Egyptians  • Usborne Beginners: The Maya • Usborne Beginners: Digging up the past • Usborne Beginners: Ancient Greeks • Usborne Beginners: Castles  • Usborne Beginners: The Celts  • Usborne Beginners: Romans Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474929097 • Author: Usborne Publishing • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Box Set • Number of Books: 10 

Jump into the action-packed LEGO Marvel multiverse with DK's latest Visual Dictionary, complete with an exclusive minifigure. Discover everything you need to know about the latest sets, vehicles, and minifigures. See every detail of the Guardians of the Galaxy's spaceship, explore Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, examine the advanced vehicles of Wakanda, discover Spider-Man's most dastardly villains, and find out about your favourite LEGO Marvel minifigures - from Black Panther to The Scarlet Witch. Meet all the iconic LEGO Marvel characters and learn about their allies, villains, skills, vehicles and locations.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241621424 • Author:  Simon Hugo & Amy Richau • Publisher:  DK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  160 • Dimensions:  25.8 x 3.1 x 30.7 cm

This is a re-sized edition of the original flap book that introduces the fascinating world of science in a simple and engaging way for younger readers.  It is full of surprises to keep enquiring minds entertained, including flaps beneath flaps. It includes basic science topics from how plants grow to astronomy and forces. Each double-page includes simple practical experiments for children to try themselves. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781409551287 • Author: Minna Lacey  • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  14 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 2.2 x 22.3 cm

Whether it's walking, talking, breathing, growing, eating or excreting, your body has a LOT going on.  But how does it do it? What's really going on in there? Lift the flaps to find out! Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781409598800 • Author: Matthew Oldham • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 23 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 22.4 x 1.4 cm

Little ones can join in the farm fun by moving the flaps, spinning the wheels and more with this innovative interactive book! Introduce children to farm life as they learn what a cow's day is like, how a farm changes with the seasons and about the different animals and machines that can be found on the farm.  Product Information: • ISBN:  9781409566182 • Author:  Katie Daynes • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  12 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 1.9 x 22.2 cm

Get to know more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO Harry Potter world - including an exclusive new minifigure to add to your collection! Whether wizards, Muggles, friends or foes, find out about all your favourite Hogwarts students and teachers, as well as creatures and other characters. Meet Harry's friends Ron, Hermione, and Ginny; Hogwarts' teachers including Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and Sprout; plus Hagrid, Dobby, and other popular characters from the Wizarding World. Discover all the most popular LEGO Harry Potter minifigures as well as rare and unique minifigures you may never have seen before in the LEGO Harry Potter Character Encyclopedia - the ultimate handbook for fans of LEGO Harry Potter. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241593448 • Author: Elizabeth Dowsett  • Publisher:  DK Children • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  200 • Dimensions: 18.9 x 3.1 x 23.8 cm