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

Greatest Football Stars dives into the incredible journeys of the world's greatest players of all time. Featuring talents from all around the globe. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802635355 • Author: Luke Paton • Publisher: Sweet Cherry Publishing • Format: Box Set 

Get ready for hours of laughter with this hilarious 5-book set! Includes: • Gross Jokes • Silly Jokes • Dinosaur Jokes • Knock-Knock Jokes • Animal Jokes Product Information: • ISBN: 9781837251193 • Author: Michael O'Mara • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Box Set

The official Minecraft Annual of 2026, full of updates, builds, activities and more! 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 a biome personality quiz, loads of fun activities and tips on surviving a trial chamber, where to find all the wolf variants and how to loot an ancient city. Plus discover a mob board game, awesome builds and survival challenges for you to complete in-game! This is a brilliant gift for any Minecraft fan! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008682200 • Author: Mojang AB • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 cm

A MATCH! publication with hardback cover, 64 full-colour pages and lots of exclusive features. Full of top Football Skills tips, with a countdown of the ultimate players and their best tricks. Plus fun facts in every publication. Excellent for all ages! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917522106 • Author: Match! Magazine • Publisher: Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 28.5 x 19 x 1 cm

The new Pokémon Annual 2026 introduces fans to the brand new HORIZONS series. Meet Liko as she joins a crew of friendly Trainers aboard the Brave Olivine airship and discovers their name – the Rising Volt Tacklers and get ready for battle as they encounter a new set of villains – the Explorers! Journey across Paldea to discover new Pokémon and learn everything there is to know about this exciting new region. This annual features stories, profiles, activities, colouring and a PaldeaPokédex filled with awesome Pokémon facts and stats. Every Pokémon fan will love the Pokémon Annual 2026. Perfect for Christmas. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008701604 • Author: Pokémon & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 cm

Features, puzzles, quizzes, stats, profiles and the best photography – all this and much more is inside Arsenal FC Official Annual 2026! Relive the highlights from the season across the club, and much more! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917538299 • Author: Arsenal FC • Publisher: Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 28.5 x 19 x 1 cm

Do you love everything about video games? You can’t wait to explore the coolest open worlds, and peek behind the scenes of the most popular consoles, developers and games? Then we’ve got exactly what you need: Gamer’s Edition 2026, the brand-newmust-have from the ultimate authority on record breaking. WHAT’S NEW? This year, we focus on the top 100 Greatest gaming characters of all time. From Lara Croft to Link and the crew of Mass Effect, to Minecraft’s Creepers to Cloud Strife and his one-winged nemesis Sephiroth, read about some fan-favourites in video gaming history and see where the most iconic characters ranked. Because the cake might be a lie, but the worldwide success of these characters is very much real! Did your favourites make the list? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781913484842    • Author: Guinness World Records • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 26.4 x 18.9 x 1 cm

The eye-catching and entertaining Disney Princess Annual 2026 features favourite Disney Princesses: Moana, Ariel, Raya, Rapunzel, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana and Aurora. As always the annual includes engaging stories, fun activities, games, colouring, posters, profiles and much, much more. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008682187 • Author: Disney & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 x 0.75 cm

The Manchester City FC Official Annual 2026 is packed with all things City! With features on players like Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush and Yui Hasegawa, there’s a focus on new signings such as Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki and Rayan Ait-Nouri. There are quizzes, picture puzzles and wordsearches to solve. The ideal gift for any young City fan! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917538442 • Author: MCFC • Publisher: Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 28.5 x 19 x 1 cm

The ultimate Christmas bestseller of amazing facts, extraordinary stories, and eye-opening pictures is back! Every year Ripley's Believe It or Not! storms the bestseller list as it unveils the latest collection of weird but true stories, bite-size, jaw-dropping facts, and amazing photographs gathered from all over the world. This year ... Gasp at the paddle-steamer made entirely out of ice. Find out who invented the bullet-proof vest. Meet Fedy, the cross-eyed cat, who has 400,000 followers on Instagram. Discover the whereabouts of the volcano that blasts out gold. Shudder at the Australian mosquito that sucks blood from frogs' nostrils. Visit the city of Chefhaouen in Morocco, where every building is painted blue. And much, more more... No Christmas can possibly be complete without Ripley's! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529961027 • Author: Ripley • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 29.9 x 23.6 x 2.2 cm

Discover everything there is to know about your favourite football heroes in the Match Attax Annual 2026! Featuring action from all of Europe’s top teams, this action-packed title covers all the highlights from the best leagues around Europe, as well as the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. Discover profiles on the hottest players such as Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, relive the greatest goals and revisit all of the best footy action of the year. With dozens of activities and puzzles, this footy book will keep readers busy for hours on end! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008682194 • Author: Match Attax & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 cm

Dive into redstone with the official Minecraft Inventor’s Gift Box, packed with tips and tricks for Minecraft players. Ever wanted to build a redstone contraption? Seeking inspiration for your next epic build? This gift box is the perfect toolkit for unlocking the inventor in you! Learn the basics of redstone in the Mini Redstone Handbook, start to apply your creative skills with Amazing Bite-Size Builds Mini Edition and then take inspiration for an immense build in Epic Inventions. Plus kit out your bedroom with the double-sided poster and door hanger, and build yourself a little creeper friend to keep you company as you play! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008537449 • Author: Mojang AB • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Dimensions: 27 x 22 cm

The official Sonic the Hedgehog Annual is back! Fill your egg heads with puzzles, quizzes, character bios, crafts, comic stories and updates from the world of Sonic. Think you can keep up with the blue blur? Then get ready to race through mazes, codebreakers, sudokus, spot the differences and more. Or maybe you want to assist the evil Dr. Eggman and create a new terrifying invention … your choice! Dive into Sonic’s adventures and catch up with his latest campaigns alonside his best buds Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Shadow and more. Learn all about the speedy crew with fact files and brush up on your Sonic knowledge with the timeline. This year’s annual is stuffed full of fun, perfect for Sonic the Hedgehog fans. So what are you waiting for? Gotta go fast! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008682286 • Author: Sega & Farshore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 72 • Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.2 x 0.75 cm

Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses made history once again by retaining their European crown at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 in Switzerland, and this official annual is your ultimate celebration of that unforgettable triumph. If you love everything about England football, this annual is packed with pride, passion and unbeatable football content. A must-read for all lovers of the beautiful game. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917538381 • Author: England FA • Publisher: Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 28.5 x 19 x 1 cm

A fantastic 6-book collection featuring your favourite F1 racing legends, with 101 facts in each book. Featuring: Fernando Alonso, Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035089895 • Author: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Box Set

A new title in the ‘Buster Laugh-a-Lot’ series, this rib-tickling collection has hundreds of hilarious jokes for funny kids to enjoy and share. Why did the vampire’s breath smell? Because he had bat breath. Why did the brain never take a shower? It didn’t want to be brainwashed. Why did Cinderella’s team always lose? Because her coach was a pumpkin. Filled with over 300 laugh-out-loud jokes this super silly collection is guaranteed to have kids rolling on the floor laughing. Designed to be easy to read and even more fun to share it features giggle-inducing illustrations by Andrew Pinder for extra fun. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781837250295 • Author: Caroline Rowlands • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Paperback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.82 cm

Discover the planet's amazing wildlife with specially commissioned LEGO® models and maps. A stunning, interactive animal book for kids featuring a detailed LEGO map, dotted with charming micro build creatures, introducing each of the continents. This animal atlas also comes with 60 bricks and detailed instructions on how to build four exclusive mini models: panda, penguin, giraffe, and kangaroo. Which animal gobbles up 4,000 clams in one meal? Where can you find a snail as big as a tennis ball? Find answers to these questions and be inspired by tons of LEGO ideas in this awesome atlas for children! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241316573 • Author: Rona Skene • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Hardback • Pages: 80 • Dimensions: 28.1 x 22.2 x 2.3 cm

It was a year to remember and 2026 could be even bigger for Eddie Howe’s Magpies – and the Newcastle United FC Official Annual 2026 brings all supporters closer than ever. Packed with interviews, photographs, insights and memories, it’s the perfect way to look back and enjoy a wonderful 2024/25, as well as staying fully informed for the current campaign and testing your knowledge with puzzles and teasers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917538466 • Author: NUFC • Publisher: Grange Communications Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 64 • Dimensions: 28.5 x 19 x 1 cm

A humorous yet historically accurate look at life in a thirteenth century medieval castle.  Inventive embedded flaps on page allow children to explore the hidden world of the castle. Young readers are taken on an exciting journey in which they encounter a magnificent banquet, a thrilling tournament and a dramatic siege. David Hancock's bright, detailed illustrations combined with informative and friendly text, provide children with an entertaining insight into life long ago.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780746064467 • Author: Katie Daynes  • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  16 • Dimensions:  22.6 x 2.2 x 28.5 cm