Collection: Children's non-fiction

Feelings aren't always easy, especially when they are other people's. This book teaches kids (and grownups) how to feel 'with' someone, and not just for them.

Does your child love weather? Do they think that they might want to work with weather one day when they are grown up? Help your child to find out about all sorts of weather jobs that people do as they join Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia, on a magical tour of the world of work.

Join historian Dominic Sandbrook as we follow the most famous queen of all from Alexandria to Rome, through doomed love affairs and epic battles, to the serpent's bite which will change the course of history forever.

Bees, beetles, bugs, butterflies and more - love them or hate them insects are everywhere. Discover the different varieties, body-structure, life cycles, and behaviour - from why bees make honey to which insects have ears on their knees. Find out what the earliest insects looked like, how insects...

From Andy Warhol to Jackson Pollock and Michelangelo, introduce your child to the complete picture of art through the ages and across the world.

This is a compendium of poetry prompts from Joseph Coelho (Children's Laureate 2022-2024). Each fun and engaging prompt for writing a poem helps children discover how to write poems and then read them out loud. This is a book to build confidence and literacy skills through channeling children's i...

Heaps of funny facts and cartoons about the animal world's most hilarious adaptations! Animals have developed some downright strange features and behaviours to survive day in and day out. This book's lively artwork and side-splitting jokes bring these behaviours alive - and uncover the awesome sc...

This is a graphic retelling of Mandela's story which gives children a visual snapshot of his life and long fight for freedom, while educating them on everything from the history of racial segregation to the importance of equality. You may already know that Nelson Mandela ended apartheid in South ...

Take to the skies and meet the world's most amazing birds. Navigate your way across the continents using detailed maps and discover birds of prey, birds of paradise, aquatic birds and more. Fun lift-the-flaps offer kids an immersive experience, revealing surprises, wow-factor facts and a fascinat...

Have you wondered why astronauts float in space and why the moon changes shape? Join the sleepover in this book and discover lots of science words, meanings, and facts. This is the perfect first look into space, giving little astronauts the space vocabulary they need.