Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child, who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With her spectacular vision and belief in the power of architecture, she founded her own firm and designed some of th…
Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific exploration and religious beliefs and how they fit together. Throughout the centuries humans have been looking for answers to BIG questions - how did the universe start? Is there a God behind it? Has science explained away the need for a God, or can fa…
When Agatha was young, she read books every night, but always had her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, challenged the minds of millions of readers, making her the queen of mystery and the bestselling novelist of all time. This inspiring story of this imaginative author features a facts and photos section at the…
Have a fun day out at the water park. Help the children get changed into their swimming costumes, whizz down the water slide and race across the indoor pool. Children will love playing with the easy-to-handle mechanisms in this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn, which is part of the Busy Book series. Author BiographyRebecca Finn…
Push, pull and slide the tabs to go on an adventure in the Busy Jungle! Discover sleepy sloths, tigers on the prowl and chattering monkeys as you explore the jungle from top to bottom.Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text, lots to spot and talk about, and wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw, which is part of the popular Busy Bo…
When a new theme park opens next door to their circus, nobody comes to see the Lollipop Fairies' famous show.