This is a brand new retelling of the action-packed story of Heracles as he completes his most famous set of challenges: the Twelve Tasks. It is a new title in Young Reading Series Two, part of the Usborne Reading Programme. Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University.

This is an excellent reference for school projects. All major topics are explored. It includes free downloadable pictures. Why do things float? What happens to the food you eat? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this lively book that introduces young readers to the wonders of science. It comes with simple text, amazing photographs and illustrations, fun science activities and exciting recommended Web sites.

This title features charmingly illustrated scenes and familiar characters from Usborne's Farmyard Tales series. Children will have lots of fun practising their ABC by searching for words hidden under the flaps.

This is an original write-in activity book packed full of tricky puzzles, doodling, ideas for things to make and do, stories, facts, jokes and word games — all brightly and stylishly illustrated. There's a wide variety of mazes and puzzles to solve, codes to crack, things to spot, pictures and stories to complete, easy-to-follow instructions for making balloon rockets, green slime and a bubbling potion, faking cuts and dusting for fingerprints — and lots, lots more. It includes engaging cover-to-cover, with lots of 'dip in and out' appeal that will keep the reader coming back again and again. This book would make the ideal Christmas gift for any boy, but its lively and diverse content will delight all year round.

This is an original write-in activity book packed full of tricky puzzles, doodling, ideas for things to make and do, stories, facts, jokes and word games — all brightly and stylishly illustrated. There's a wide variety of mazes and puzzles to solve, codes to crack, things to spot, pictures and stories to complete, easy-to-follow instructions for making balloon rockets, green slime and a bubbling potion, faking cuts and dusting for fingerprints — and lots, lots more. It includes engaging cover-to-cover, with lots of 'dip in and out' appeal that will keep the reader coming back again and again. This book would make the ideal Christmas gift for any boy, but its lively and diverse content will delight all year round.

A pocket-sized book that is packed with Christmas-themed doodling and colouring activities to keep children (or adults!) busy for hours. It features snowflakes, ice skaters, reindeers and penguins to doodle, as well as stockings, decorations, and baubles to colour.

This title contains lots of different Christmas-themed activities including colouring, doodling, dot-to-dot and stickers. It is charmingly illustrated and full of opportunities for children to create their own Christmas scenes. It also contains First Sticker Book: Christmas and First Colouring Book: Christmas as well as new doodling and dot-to-dot activities.

This is a new title in the delightful extension of the best-selling That's Not My... series which gives children the opportunity to colour in the well-known illustrations of Rachel Wells. With a coloured-in picture to act as a guide, and a black and white outline to colour on the opposite page, children can follow the colours as closely (or as loosely!) as they like. Children can complete the simple phrase That's my — at the bottom of the colour-in page as an aid to learning their first letters. Colourful stickers encourage creativity.

A box of festive stencils specially designed for little children to use. It includes simple cut-out shapes, such as a snowman, a Christmas tree, a snowflake and a bauble, that are very easy to draw around. Suitable for making home-made Christmas cards or gift tags, it features cards that are strong and durable, and can be used over and over again.

Bah Humbug! That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas — until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is reminded of what it means to have love in his heart, and what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. A timeless story the whole family will enjoy!

From aardvarks to zebras, this pack of cards includes all sorts of exotic animals with hundreds of fascinating facts and statistics. Each card boasts vibrant and accurate illustrations alongside simple annotations pointing out key characteristics. The reverse side holds essential information such as the animal's habitat, size, lifespan, diet and natural predators as well as some interesting 'did-you-know' facts to impress your friends.

This book is bustling with busy Christmas-themed pictures with lots of hidden things to spot and colour in, such as skating penguins, dancing elves, presents, snowflakes, decorations and of course, Santa. This is an ideal book for keeping children busy in the exciting run-up to Christmas. The picture puzzles also include mazes, matching pairs, odd-ones-out and lots and lots of colouring opportunities.

Seven titles in the popular First Reading series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making the book and CD easy to store together. The Young Reading series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.

This title features twenty beautifully designed pop-up Christmas cards for children to colour and send to friends and family. It features two each of ten festive designs, with stylish rounded corners and Christmassy patterned envelopes. The pop-ups come ready assembled and each fun picture to colour has a coloured background making the cards easy for young children to complete.

This is an addition to already successful series of puzzle activity cards. The puzzles help improve word skills, such as vocabulary skills, spelling skills, and recognizing synonyms, antonyms and syllables. It offers an enjoyable way to reinforce vital learning skills. The cards are wipe clean and come with a special pen, making the pack entirely self contained, easily portable and ideal for journeys and holidays.

This is a fantastic addition to the popular Beginners series, providing an informative introduction to the fascinating world of trains for young readers. Terrific reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction, this is an exciting introduction to trains, covering everything from the first steam and diesel trains, to modern day high-speed passenger trains. It also looks at rail networks, underground trains, how trains travel uphill, and famous long-distance train routes, like the Orient Express. It is developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence.

This is a lively introduction to the fascinating world of elephants, complete with amazing photographs, step-by-step illustrations, and weird and wonderful facts. With easy-to-read text specially written with the help of a reading expert, aimed at children who are beginning to read on their own. Part of the exciting Beginners series, now containing more than 45 titles on topics ranging from 'Cowboys' and 'Rubbish and Recycling', to 'The Solar System'.

This is a great big book crammed with huge illustrations and facts about some of the biggest animals on the planet. Each gorgeously illustrated double page is arranged in exciting themes, including the largest creepy crawlies, most dangerous animals and biggest marine creatures. With each animal drawn to scale, the readers will be given an idea of just how huge they really are. The final page reveals some record-breaking animals, including the bird with the biggest beak, the world's largest hunter and which species lays the largest eggs. The book contains pull-out concertina pages and double-door 'gatefolds' which open out to reveal the truly stunning size of some of the world's creatures including the magnificent blue whale.

This is a fantastic big book crammed with the world's biggest ships that ever sailed the seven seas. Young boat enthusiasts will love learning about all the warships, supertankers, Arctic ice breakers, aircraft carriers, hovercrafts and ocean liners featured in this great big book, with lots of stats and facts. Each themed double page is gorgeously illustrated. This title includes four gatefold spreads which open out to reveal the truly stunning size of some of the world's ships.

Children cannot fail to love this fantastic book filled with 1000 fairy-themed stickers. There are colourful pictures to fill with which ever stickers the reader chooses — to create delightful scenes of their own. The scenes include a spring meadow filled with flowers and butterflies, a strawberry patch with bugs and bees, a fantasy fairy castle, and a pond with water lilies and fluttering dragonflies. The extra stickers can be used on postcards, letters and envelopes, too.