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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! will amaze and astound children and adults alike with thousands of strange stories, unusual feats and hair-raising oddities from around the world. Bursting with thousands of extraordinary facts and accompanied by lists, stunning photography, infographics, and the science behind some of the weirdest stories, Ripley's Believe It or Not! will entertain, inform and flabbergast you with stories of people who are pushing the boundaries. This year's annual takes the reading experience to the next level with mini games, interactive video content, quizzes, secrets to be unlocked and many more innovative features. No Christmas is complete without it. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781529916607 • Author: Ripley • Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions: 23.5 x 2.2 x 30.5 cm

Introduce your child to the world of learning and satisfy their thirst for knowledge! Packed with fun subjects that children will be familiar with, such as games, sports, pets, food we eat, seasons, and weather. This children's knowledge book is a must-have addition to every family library! Does your little one have big questions about the world we live in? This fully updated kid's encyclopedia from DK has all the answers!  This illustrated encyclopedia is perfect for curious children aged 4-7 years! It is sorted into themes to make finding information and learning new things quick and easy. The clear text is perfect for parents to read aloud or for beginner readers to read themselves. There is no better starting block for learning than with My First Encyclopedia! Packed with fascinating facts and modernised content, plus a mixture of bold new photography and specifically tailored illustrations, the design and layout are guaranteed to capture a child's imagination. It is the perfect gift for young children who are not afraid to ask why. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241659847 • Author: DK • Publisher: DK  • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  80 • Dimensions: 24 x 1.2 x 30.9 cm

The hilarious joke book from comedian and Great British Bake Off star, Matt Lucas! If you’re planning on reading this very very very very very very very silly book of jokes, there are some things you’re going to need: Spare pants In case you wet yours. Needle and thread In case you split your sides. Large box In case you laugh your head off (you’ll still want to keep it, right?) With laugh-out-loud artwork from Sarah Horne, illustrator of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken.  Are you ready? Come on in then – the jokes are waiting!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780755501816 • Author:  Matt Lucas  • Publisher:  Egmont • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  160 • Dimensions: 14.8 x 1.2 x 21 cm

Discover everything there is to know about your favourite football heroes then take on an action-packed mix of puzzles, quizzes and ultimate trivia! Featuring the very best of European football, this book is packed with tactical trivia and awesome activities that will keep any football fan busy. With fun facts and super stats about the hottest players in the world, football fans can take their knowledge of the beautiful game to the next level. Discover the secrets of every position and learn from the techniques of Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah, to Joshua Kimmich and Virgil van Dijk.With loads of puzzles, quizzes and activities, it's time for the ultimate kick-off.  Product Information: • ISBN:  9780008603571 • Author:  Farshore • Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  96 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 0.9 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

Want to impress your friends and family with both useful, worthless but undeniably interesting facts? Then Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture and Everything in Between is the book for you! Know the answers to a variety of questions such as: When did zero become a number? Who was the inventor of Bitcoin? What did the Big Bang sound like? How have sports changed around the world? What’s a malapropism? and many more! With 63 chapters, this book has a nice mix of science, history, pop culture, and all sorts of stuff in between. Each chapter contains 25 concise yet engaging factoids that are sure to make you think and at times laugh. I guarantee you’ll find it one of the best tools to pass some time, relax alone, or connect with others. So sit back, relax, and get ready to learn some truly interesting facts!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9798887680026 • Author: Jordan Moore  • Publisher: Red Panda Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  198 • Dimensions: 17.78 x 1.14 x 25.4 cm

This is a wonderful flap book introducing children to the way their own bodies work in a fun and informative way. It is a new, smaller format of the Look Inside series, perfect for little fingers. It is full of surprises to keep enquiring minds entertained, including flaps beneath flaps and a cheeky peek inside a toilet cubicle. Young readers' minds will boggle as they learn about how their brains work, what happens when they eat, how their lungs use oxygen and much more.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781409549475 • Author:  Louie Stowell  • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  14 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 2.2 x 21.4 cm

Discover the best way to practise your times tables with this fantastic 10 Minutes A day Times Table test book! Understand multiplication, division and much more! Take the brain-testing challenges and develop strong maths habits in order to help you pass your SATs. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409341406 • Author: Carol Vorderman • Publisher: DK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 29.8 x 21 x 1cm

A cookbook packed full of mouth-watering Christmas recipes for cakes, biscuits and treats.  Recipes include chocolate orange hearts, mince pies, white chocolate brownies and spiced apple muffins. Illustrated with step-by-step instructions and spiral-bound so book lies flat when in use. Includes decorating and wrapping ideas to make delicious treats into wonderful Christmas gifts.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780746097649 • Author: Fiona Patchett  • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  48 • Dimensions:  20.6 x 1.2 x 24.6 cm

Introduce your little one to the world of jokes with over 60 jokes and rhymes! There are 'Knock, knock!' jokes, 'Doctor, doctor' jokes, monster jokes, and plain daft jokes. There are silly rhymes, crazy crossbreeds and a whole library of joke titles. Each one is in a large easy-to-read typeface and has its own humorous illustration to make it even funnier! Kaye Umansky is best known as the creator of Pongwiffy (Puffin) - hugely popular with children because of the irreverent humour. Kaye's trademark humour is evident in all her books and she is well qualified to write a joke book for very young children. Perfect for playground comedians!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241685945 • Author:  Kaye Umansky • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  64 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 0.4 x 12.9 cm

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

In Football Rules the World, discover how football became the most popular game it is today, boasting a mind-blowing 3.5 billion fans worldwide! The daring duo of Dan and Simon will usher you through the story of football – the highlights of course! You'll meet the legendary players and inspirational managers of the beautiful game, relive the magic moments and read stories of epic wins and glorious goals from around the globe. Wonderfully illustrated - bringing football's history back to life – Football Rules the World is packed with plenty of jokes, funny characters, as well as the facts and stats that fans of Football Superstars have come to know and love. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804535998 • Author: Simon Mugford • Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  128 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.2 x 19.8 cm

Push, pull and slide the tabs to mark the end of Ramadan and prepare for Eid celebrations inBusy Eid! Join the family as they decorate the house, wrap presents for their friends and enjoy a delicious feast! Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with sweet rhyming text and wonderful illustrations, part of the bestselling Busy Book series. Listen along to an audio recording of this story by scanning the QR code on the back cover. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781035028283 • Author: Campbell Books  • Publisher: Campbell Books • Format: Board book • Pages: 10 • Dimensions: 18.2 x 1.7 x 18.1cm 

See behind the scenes at a bustling airport, as planes speed along the runway and soar into the sky in this fascinating book with over 50 flaps to lift! Young children will be fascinated to find out how an airport works, and see the equipment and machines, vehicles and passengers, all colourfully illustrated.  Scenes include ‘Handling baggage’, ‘Preparing the plane’, ‘Taking off’ and ‘Carrying cargo’. Richly informative and full of surprises, this book is perfect for little fingers and curious minds. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781409551768 • Author: Rob Lloyd Jones • Publisher:  Usborne • Format:  Hardback • Pages: 14 • Dimensions:  22.4 x 18.9cm

Explore parts of the world that you have never seen before with this fascinating lift-the-flap book.  With over 80 flaps to lift, intrepid explorers can discover our world, from the layers that make up planet Earth to the tiniest insects in the rainforest and the creatures who live at the very bottom of the sea. Includes pages about the hottest and coldest parts of the world, and a map with lift-the-flap details about each continent. A colourful and fun introduction to geography with internet links to find out more.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781409563945 • Author:  Emily Bone  • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format: Hardback • Pages:  14 • Dimensions:  20.2 x 1.9 x 22.5 cm

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

Filled with over 100 fun, Key Stage 2 curriculum-based exercises, this workbook is the perfect way for kids aged 7–9 to sharpen their problem-solving and reasoning skills and support their learning at home. The book features 12 sections, each one focusing on a different maths topic – from multiplication and fractions to geometry and statistics. Each section is filled with exercises to help children practise their problem-solving skills, such as fraction subtractions, co-ordinate grids, written equations and pictograms. Written by an experienced educational consultant and featuring engaging illustrations by artist Chris Dickason. The book also features a glossary of key maths terms at the back.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781780559230 • Author: Kirstin Swanson • Publisher:  Michael O'Mara • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  64 • Dimensions:  28 x 21.6 0.3 cm

Addio is a young noblemouse looking for a mental-maths adventure.  Help him as he joins Subtracto, Multiplus and Diviso, the Mathsketeers, as they team up to protect the mouse king. Follow the trail of maths puzzles using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to defeat their feline nemesis, Count Catulus. It's up to the reader to join the adventure, follow the narrative and work out the answer to each fiendish problem.  There are lots of mental-maths activities that will test children's numeracy skills, answers to fill in, as well as helpful tips and tricks to learn along the way. Maths content includes: - Introduction to simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, gradually increasing in scope and difficulty - Partitioning numbers, adding and subtracting money, tricky three-digit sums, fractions - Multiplication tables, division practice, inverse operations, arrays and much more Get ready for a swashbuckling maths adventure. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781780557458 • Author:  John Bigwood • Publisher:  Buster Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  32 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.2 x 0.8 cm