Books with author Ruth Brocklehurst

Helping little princesses everywhere create a wide range of sparkly projects, this is a fun-filled new title in the phenomenally successful "Usborne Activities" series. It provides step-by-step instructions that help children make all manner of shiny creations, including a chic handbag, stylish sash, shimmering chandelier and a sparkly tiara. It includes two pages of silver foiled stickers to make creations truly sparkle!

From the familiar to the exotic, children will love finding the animals to spot in this revised picture puzzle book full of different habitats. Bright, busy scenes provide plenty of material for both readers and pre-readers to talk about, with things to find and count on every page. Simple text and eye-catching illustrations combine to help children develop skills in reading, counting, matching and identification.

Learn all about the first major conflict of the 20th Century in this thought - provoking and informative new title. This title provides detailed accounts of all the major battles and how the latest innovations such as submarines, tanks, poison gas and barbed wire helped shape the course of the war. It explores the impact of the war on the home front, especially the changes it made to the lives of British women. It looks at the cultural legacy of the war and how it inspired the works of War Poets, writers, artists and filmmakers. It is illustrated with dramatic photographs and detailed colour maps. It is internet-linked to provide young learners with the opportunity for further independent research.