Discover the wonders of our Solar System as you fold out this gorgeously illustrated book. Then turn it over to find lots of fascinating facts about the planets, their moons, and the spacecraft that have been sent to explore them. With links to websites for more information, this is the perfect gift for young space lovers.
Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape. Part of Sophie's plan involves an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but wi…
The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting.
Toucan do many things, but Toucan't do everythings. Meet two little birds who quickly discover that some things can only be done by one bird at a time! The simple, playful text and colourful illustrations will instantly appeal to new and emerging readers.
Billy's grandfather is a retired astronaut who likes to take Billy on trips around the planet Earth. But when the ship's computer takes over, they suddenly find themselves zooming away on a grand tour of the Solar System!
Twins Kitty and Harris Hawk have grown up at the airfield where their father works as an engineer. Kitty in particular is obsessed with the idea of becoming an aeronaut but her father thinks children should stay firmly on the ground. When the twins discover a strange and unusually large egg from which a dragon hatches, little do they imagine that this is the first step on a journey that will se…