The story of music from prehistory to the present day Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite musical style, but how did your top choice come about? Why did jazz go Latin, or blues influence rock? Find out in Music, a visual history of the most unifying art form in the world. Every musical revolution from bone flutes to electronica and from jazz to hip-hop is charted in this visually stunning history of music. Key musical innovators like Mozart, Elvis and Johnny Cash are profiled with biographies that detail their lives and works and every development from baroque to rock and roll is covered. Music also includes illustrated histories of instruments and listening suggestions for each musical genre. Whether you are young or old, into hip-hop or opera, Music will hit the right note with you.

The ideal first book to introduce the alphabet to toddlers — packed with colourful images and clear word-labels to encourage early learningHelp your toddler learn their ABC in My First ABC. With 16-pages of colourful, bright photographs alongside clear word-labels your little one will master their ABC in no time. From A to Z each page introduces the next letter of the alphabet with one clear object to engage your toddler and make early learning simple and fun!Perfect for encouraging children to build vocabulary and language skills My First ABC helps toddlers grasp early concepts. Your little one will love discovering their letters while holding the chunky pages of this tactile board book. Read it together and help them turn the pages as they learn.

The ideal first book to introduce colours to toddlers — packed with colourful images and clear word-labels to encourage early learningHelp your toddler learn all about colours in My First Colours. With 16-pages of colourful, bright photographs alongside clear word-labels your little one will begin to recognise red from yellow and even multi-coloured objects too. Each page introduces one colour using an object or animal to fully engage your toddler and keep early learning simple. Perfect for encouraging children to build vocabulary and language skills My First Colours helps toddlers grasp early concepts. Your little one will love discovering colours while holding the chunky pages of this tactile board book. Read it together and help them turn the pages and learn all about colour.

You can introduce your child to the world of learning with this children's encyclopedia. The perfect introduction to encyclopedias for any child, My First Encyclopedia, is packed with easy-to-read words, detailed images and exciting topics to engage your child in learning in a new way. My First Encyclopedia is sorted into themes, to make finding information and learning new things easy. Entries are presented clearly, so children can understand the ideas whether you are reading with them or they are learning independently. With subjects that children will be familiar with, such as games and sports, pets, food we eat, and seasons and weather, this encyclopedia helps encourage and develop educational skills. Helpful notes to parents and teachers and fun learning tools like games and quizzes will also help to encourage an interactive learning experience. There's no better way for young readers to satisfy a thirst for knowledge than with My First Encyclopedia, making learning fun for you and your child.

«Be afraid, be very afraid...a century of cinema nightmare with John Landis. From B-movie bogeymen and outer space-oddities to big-budget terrors, «Monsters in the Movies» by horror film maestro John Landis celebrates the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk or rampage across the Silver Screen. Feast your eyes on a petrifying parade of voracious vampires, flesh-eating zombies and slavering werewolves as Landis explores the historical origins of archetypal monsters. Filled with the author's own fascinating and entertaining insights into the world of movie-making along with contributions from some of the world's leading directors, actors and special-effects wizards, this book is stunningly illustrated with over 1,000 movie stills and posters from the unrivalled archives of the Kobal Collection to keep you entertained right until the curtain comes down. Get ready to sit on the edge of your seat — «Monsters in the Movies» is coming soon...»

«Hunt for first word objects with your toddler in «Little Hide and Seek Words». Your child will want to return to the book again and again, as they try to spot all the different things from around the home, garden and bathtime. Help your child to turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and a teddy hiding on each one, your toddler will love learning about first words. The final page brings all the first words together on one big, extra-detailed pop-out i-spy scene. Look, learn and play together.»

«Make your own detailed human skeleton model with this step-by-step kit. You can learn all about what makes up the human body with this fact-packed book all about bones, joints and muscles. With everything you need to make a skeleton model inside, Make Your Own Skeleton helps you put together all the different parts of the human anatomy to make a 65-cm tall human skeleton model! With 67 sturdy photographic «bones» easily slotting together, plus clear step-by-step photographs, you'll learn all about the different parts of the body as you easily build your model skeleton. You can find out all about bone shapes and sizes, how they grow and repair and see how muscles are responsible for doing every day activities like walking or throwing. Learn all about ligaments and tendons and see how everything works together to keep you moving! With this 3D human skeleton model you'll learn everything you need to know about human anatomy.»

«Meet The Avengers in an incredible, super-sized sticker collection. This bumper «Marvel Avengers Assemble! Ultimate Sticker Book» is packed with more than 250 easy-to-peel colour stickers. Join the Earth's mightiest heroes as they assemble to battle the most lethal villains the universe can throw at them. It features your favourite Avengers — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wasp and Ant-Man — and some of their most fearsome foes. Great scenes taken straight from the comics mean you can create your own action-packed adventures. Don't forget, you can use your stickers again and again. If you still want more, there are tons of cool facts about The Avengers to dazzle your friends.»

Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive volume of Marvel's premier Super Hero team ever. Follow the genesis of the team and the individual heroes — including Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk — and their many friends and foes.

Meet the Avengers, Earth's the world's mightiest Super Hero team! From the Hulk and Iron Man to Captain America and Thor, over 220 Avengers characters are included in this ultimate character guide. This revised edition features updated images and text for many exciting characters, as well as a further 60 new heroes and villains. Find out about each character, with detailed facts, stats, powers, allies and foes. Created in full collaboration with Marvel Comics and packed full of original comic book art, this character guide is a must buy for all Super Hero fans! (copyright) 2014 MARVEL.

This is an all new activity collection with the ultimate blend of facts and fun. Perfect non-fiction books for kids, the Ultimate Factivity Collection is packed with exciting activities, fun challenges and interesting puzzles designed to inspire creativity. Bursting with puzzles, games, drawing activities and more than 500 stickers, alongside amazing facts and information, Marvel The Avengers Ultimate Factivity Collection keeps you entertained for hours. You can learn all about Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and many more Super Heroes, and use the stickers inside to create your own adventures. Packed with all your favourite Super Heroes and their enemies, you'll have so much fun with this exciting, interactive Factivity Collection. With Marvel The Avengers Ultimate Factivity Collection, learning has never been so fun! (copyright) 2014 MARVEL.

Each book from a set is devoted a separate letter. Thanks to fine bright drawings the child will fast learn all alphabet. Book covers fit together to make 24-piece picture puzzle.

«Hunt for favourite pets, farm animals and many more with your toddler in «Little Hide and Seek Animals». Your child will want to return to the book again and again, as they try to spot all the different things from a lamb, puppy or polar bear club, looking for its mummy in every scene. Help your child to turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and a puppy hiding on each one, your toddler will love learning about first animals. The final page has one big, extra-detailed i-spy scene. Look, learn and play together.»

Play hide and seek on every page with this surprise pop-up book filled with colourful toys. You and your toddler will enjoy finding the toy elephant hiding throughout Little Hide and Seek Colours. Help your child turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. Your child will want to return to the book again and again as they try to find the colourful toys and help them get back to their owners. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and a different coloured item hiding from their toy owner on each page, your toddler will love learning about colours. Blue doggy has lost his blue spoon! Help him find his spoon and more of his missing items. The sturdy, compact format is perfect for preschoolers to hold as they read and learn about colours. Look, learn and play together with Little Hide and Seek Colours.

I spy with my little eye something beginning with...Little Hide and Seek Farm Hunt for favourite farm animals and tractors with your toddler in Little Hide and Seek Farm. Your child will want to return to the book again and again as they try to find the lost gosling and help the other farm animals with their lost things. Help your child to turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and the gosling hiding on each one, your toddler will love learning about what their baby farm animals, tractors and pigs get up to. The final page has one big, extra-detailed i-spy scene. Look, learn and play together.

Play hide and seek on every page with this pop-up book filled with playful pets and i-spy games. You and your toddler will enjoy finding the cute pets playing hide and seek throughout Little Hide and Seek Pets. You can help your child turn the pages as they play i-spy games and spot fun surprises including dogs, cats, fish and more playful pets. Your child will want to return to the book again and again as they play i-spy games to find the cute pets and help them get back to their owners. With five themed hide and seek scenes and a different animal hiding on each page, your toddler will love learning about pets. Help your toddlers find fluffy bunny, he is playing hide and seek on every page too! The sturdy, compact format is perfect for preschoolers to hold as they read and learn about dogs, cats and other playful pets. Look, learn and play hide and seek together with Little Hide and Seek Pets.

Play hide and seek on every page with this surprise pop-up book filled with cars, planes and things that go. You and your toddler will enjoy helping the workers hunt for their lost vehicles in Little Hide and Seek Things That Go. Your child will want to return to the book again and again as they try to find the lost boats, trucks, cars and lorries and help them get back to their owners. Help your child turn the pages as they solve riddles and spot fun surprises. With five themed hide-and-seek scenes and a toy train hiding on each page, your toddler will love learning about what these machines and emergency vehicles get up to. The final page has one big, extra-detailed i-spy scene. Look, learn and play together with Little Hide and Seek Things That Go.

This is the definitive visual guide to 5,000 years of British history, now in paperback. The History of Britain & Ireland traces the key events that have shaped the British Isles. From the Elizabethan age of Shakespeare to the Iraq and Afghan wars of the 21st century, this beautifully illustrated book offers a definitive visual chronicle of the most colourful and defining episodes in British history. This paperback edition is updated to include recent events such as the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Packed with visually arresting illustrations and clear, concise text, you can now explore the long and fascinating story of the British Isles. It includes profiles of key people in history such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Alfred the Great, Charles Dickens, Queen Elizabeth I and Winston Churchill. The History of Britain & Ireland (previous hardback edition ISBN 9781405364287) is ideal as a family reference for the home as well as a key history companion for schools.

A treasure trove of human creativity from around the world. History of the World in 1000 Objects takes a fresh look at world history, viewing cultures and early civilizations through the objects that they created. Humanity is defined by our talent for making things from everyday objects to inventions that changed the world. From a Viking wooden comb to a 1950s fridge-freezer you can uncover what the people's priorities were at the time from what they created. Each culture's objects are grouped under key themes, from art to the history of technology and together build a story that gives real insight into civilization, plus the accessible visual approach to history makes it easy to compare how people lived at different times and in different parts of the world. The objects, from swords and spears to astrolabes and maritime atlases, are showcased through stunning photography from around the world. Celebrate our extraordinary legacy of creativity with History of the World in 1000 Objects.

Open your eyes to a world of discovery and find out everything you wanted to know about horses and ponies with Eyewonder Horses and Ponies. If you're dreaming of owning a pony Eyewonder Horses and Ponies explains everything you need to know about these fantastic animals. From riding and racing to working horses and horse breeds you'll discover how to care for your pony, horses in the wild and even the art of horse whispering. Brimming with fun facts for kids, Eyewonder Horses and Ponies is the ideal homework or school project helper as well as the perfect first information book for those who love animals.