Usborne Books

Kapow! Boom! Discover this awesome activity book, perfect for anyone who wants to start making comics. There's lots of space for children to fill in, with simple step-by-step instructions to help them plan and lay out their graphic stories using speech bubbles and sound effects. Includes ideas for characters and storylines, sample comic strips and drawing tips. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805074854 • Author: Louie Stowell • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 96 • Dimensions: 24.6 x 20.3 cm

Filled with wintry whimsy, from ice-skating unicorns to snow castles, northern lights and other fantastical delights. A mess-free way to keep children busy in the holidays. Simply tuck the waterproof back flap under each page as it's painted, to stop water from seeping through to the rest of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781801319157 • Author: Abigail Wheatley • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 25.1 x 21.6 cm

This spectacular sticker book is set in the year 2041, where the fastest, toughest, most extreme cars on the planet compete in an epic race through gleaming cities and scorching deserts. Add the right stickers to fit your cars with rocket boosters, grappling hooks and hover wheels. Then read the descriptions, compare the stats, and use them to decide who wins... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474969161 • Author: Simon Tudhope • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.8 x 24.2 x 0.5 cm

An action-packed sticker book full of sporty scenes and over 350 colourful stickers to complete the pictures. Scenes include footballers at the training ground, getting ready for the match and at a victory parade. Includes blank football kit stickers for children to colour in with their favourite team strip. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409510277 • Author: Fiona Watt • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.4 x 23.8 cm

In this funny rhyming story, racing driver Baboon looks set to win the Jungle Grand Prix. But her rival Cheetah will try any trick to stop her. Will he succeed? Find out in this fast-paced addition to the popular Phonics Readers series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805072171 • Author: Russell Punter & David Semple • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm

Flamingo can't wait to play jungle bingo! But who will be crowned winner? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and stylish illustrations throughout. A delight to share with very young children, or for beginner readers to read themselves, and with parent's notes on phonics at the back of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474946575 • Author: Russell Punter & David Semple • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21 x 20.9 cm

Sam Sheep can't sleep. His friends Pup, Fat Cat and Ted can't think how to help. But does Big Pig have the answer? Find out in this charming addition to the Phonics Readers series, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474970136 • Author: Russell Punter • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21.1 x 21 cm

Engaging activities provide endless opportunities for pen control practice. Children can trace over and add their own marks and drawings to the scenes while developing the fine motor skills they will eventually need for writing. There are lots of ideas for things to draw on each page and the fold-out page at the back can be left open for further inspiration. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474998598 • Author: Jessica Greenwell • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6 cm

Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch the jungle magically burst into life! There are 16 scenes to paint with elephants having a bath, parrots flying high in the sky, a tiger and her cubs and lots more. With a handy flap at the back of the book to stop paint seeping through to the page beneath. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474927499 • Author: Sam Taplin • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 24.8 x 16.7 cm

Dive into an undersea world where mermaids gather pearls, meet a mermaid queen, find a treasure chest and dive with seals. With hundreds of stickers to dress the mermaids and add sea creatures and treasure to the scenes, including some extra special sparkly stickers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474973434 • Author: Fiona Watt • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.2 x 23.8 cm

A sunny garden hums, buzzes, creeps and crawls with life... Peep inside to see what you can find. A beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book for very little children with lots of flaps to lift, holes to peep through and animals and insects to spot. Children can peek at the insects buzzing beneath flower petals, spot a sleepy toad hiding in a log pile and lift a lily pad in the pond to uncover lots of tiny baby newts! A charming introduction to the world around us for very young children. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409572138 • Author: Anna Milbourne • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Board Book • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.5 cm

Peep under waves and behind coral to discover hungry sharks, shy sea dragons and lots more hiding behind the flaps in this wonderful first book about the sea. Little children will love poring over the beautifully illustrated scenes, which include a submarine exploring the deep sea, waves lapping onto the shore and a sunken ship. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409599166 • Author: Anna Milbourne • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Board Book • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.7 cm

A beautifully illustrated, non-fiction book to introduce children to dinosaurs for the very first time. Children can lift the flaps and peep through the holes to see a dinosaur egg hatching or trace the outlines of T. Rex's teeth, and find out about spiky dinosaurs, the biggest dinosaurs and dinosaurs from the sea. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409582038 • Author: Anna Milbourne • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Pages: 14 • Format: Board Book • Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.7 cm

Join the fairies as they tiptoe with unicorns in an enchanted forest and skip barefoot beside a misty lake! Explore a secret rose garden in this delightful new addition to the best-selling Sticker Dolly Dressing series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474953658 • Author: Fiona Watt • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.4 x 23.8 cm

Bring the farm to life! Little children can have lots of farmyard fun with this delightful early years colouring book, full of bold, simple outlines of cows, sheep, tractors and more. It's an ideal way to develop pencil control skills. Great for youngsters developing their colouring skills! Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781801319126 • Author: Kate Nolan • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 1.5 x 21.6 x 24.8cm

This delightful sticker book introduces little children to the school day, including the journey to school, taking the register and break time, as well as music, art and PE class. With lots of stickers to add to every page, children will love interacting with the school environment and learning all about what they can expect when they start school. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781803702735 • Author: Holly Bathie • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6cm

Young children will love completing the puzzles in this nature-themed book. As they use the special pen supplied to trace the dotted lines, solve mazes, spot differences and join numbered dots, they will also be practising vital early-learning skills such as counting, observing and pen control. Then they can wipe the pages clean and do them again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781801319188 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6cm

With unicorn-themed mazes to solve, dots to join, differences to spot, objects to count and dotted pictures and numbers to trace over! Little children will have great fun completing the activities while practising the vital pen-control skills they need to be ready for writing. The wipe-clean pen can easily be rubbed off the shiny pages so children can do the activities again and again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781474995641 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.6cm

Visit the beach, go on a camping trip, relax by the pool and zoom down ski slopes in this entertaining activity book. The activities are designed to help young children develop their counting, observation and pen control skills, and the durable pages can be wiped clean so the book can be enjoyed again and again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781474922302 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  24  • Dimensions: 27.7 x 2.2 x 22.5 cm

A fun and colourful wipe-clean book full of dinosaur-themed activities. Children can join the dots around Terry Pterodactyls' wings, circle the difference between Ivan and Isaac Ichthyosaurus and draw a line to Minty Maiasaura's babies, then wipe clean and try again. The activities help develop pen control, an essential skill for learning to write. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781474919012 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 cm