Of all John Fowles' novels The French Lieutenant's Woman received the most universal acclaim and today holds a very special place in the canon of post-war English literature. From the god-like stan...
Ranging from Hans Christian Anderson to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a nordic noel with the very best Scandinavian Christmas talesHave yourself a truly Scandinavian Christmas... O...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane * A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sun...
"Utterly compelling' GuardianLife...is shapeless, it does not point to and gather round anything, it does not cohere. Artistically, it's dead. Life's dead.So begins a l...
At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth century. But gradually, as Sebald's precise, almost dreamlike prose begins to work ...
In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of on...
Themed activities give young children plenty of practice in pen-control - an essential skill they must learn before starting to form letters and numbers. Children will enjoy joining the dots, spott...
Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulation of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel lik...
A fantastic write-in book that helps children learn to write their own stories.Includes lots of different writing activities including a fictional school journal, writing a comic strip,...
A brand new title in the much-loved That’s not my... series. Babies and toddlers will love touching the textured touchy-feely patches and looking for the familiar white mouse. The bright pict...
From rockets to robots, monkeys to monsters and lots more, find out how to draw everything you’ve ever wanted to by following the simple step-by-step instructions in this inspirational draw-i...
Meet five adorable bunnies in this charming addition to the much-loved That's not my… series. Babies love the best-selling That’s not my… books with their bold illustrations, pa...
An original first introduction to the orchestra. With sound buttons on each page, children can listen to the sound of instruments and bring the orchestra to life.
This thoughtful book explores happiness, sadness, anger, fear and worry in a friendly and approachable way for little children. Adorable animal characters experience different emotions, while flaps...
How are you feeling today? This fun, friendly and reassuring introduction to feelings is designed to help young children recognise, understand and name how they're feeling and learn to talk about a...
Lift the flaps to uncover the amazing inner workings of your very own body – from your bones, blood and brain to the bacteria in your belly button. Discover what happens when you eat, how you...
Follow a plane on a journey around the world in this little book, and peep inside its cockpit, engine and even its wings to find out how it works. With colourful illustrations, flaps to lift and ho...
Explore the microscopic world of bacteria, viruses and other microbes with this fascinating lift-the-flap book. Discover how germs spread, how the immune system works, the amazing vaccines and anti...
Why do camels have humps? Why do turtles have shells? And why do fish have fins and birds have wings? Young animal lovers can find the answers to these questions and many more in this lift-the-flap...
What do grown-ups do all day? Lift the flaps to open up a world of possibilities and discover over 100 things you can be from a nurse to a musician or an astronaut. Includes Usborne Quicklink...