Collection: Children's non-fiction

Teaming with fascinating facts, history, photos and activities, this book will inspire children to dig out their family records to discover their own ancestors and family connections. Using step-by-step activities, readers will be able to trace their histories through existing family records and ...

Encapsulating a real love of and enthusiasm for numbers, this collection of original poems about maths provides delightful insights into the world of numbers. The contents range from poems about the magic number nine and the power of the decimal point to Archimedes.

A collection of over 60 poems, 'Follow That Word' delivers John Agard's musings on people and places from the modern and historical world.

There she was on the news, Miss Goody Two-Shoes, caught on CCTV. Don't look so shocked! Of course you know who. Who else but Goldilocks? Here are 29 poems that shine a 21st century spotlight on fairy tale characters.

Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this fun and factual biography series! How did Harriet Tubman help hundreds of enslaved people reach freedom? Born into slavery on a Maryland plantation, Harriet's life was full of hardship. In 1849, she made the brave decision to run a...

Join Roma Agrawal, the award-winning young structural engineer who worked on The Shard, for an exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the world's most amazing landmarks. Meet the extraordinary people who challenged our beliefs about what's possible, pioneering remarkable inventions that helpe...

Technology and engineering surround us. From HUGE things, like spaceships and skyscrapers, to much smaller things like the toaster in our kitchen and the shoes on our feet. But all of these things only exist because of seven small inventions: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens,...

This collection of poems and pictures is the fourth collaboration between Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman.

A collection of poems which won the 1990 Signal Poetry Award. The author also wrote the "Happy Families" series, "Ten in a Bed", "Woof!", "Please Mrs Butler", "The Mighty Slide" and "Ha Ha Bonk Book".