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365 Science Activities
Various
Spiral-bound (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Oct. 1, 2014)Explore science in a fun new way, with a different activity or experiment for every day of the year. Hands-on science to fascinate children, with often surprising results. Will inspire the scientists of the future. Further resources are available online via the Usborne Quicklinks website.
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Peep Inside a Fairy Tale Little Red Riding Hood
Anna Milbourne
Board book (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Feb. 1, 2016)Journey into the woods with Little Red Riding Hood, peeping through the trees, lifting flaps to see what's beneath things, and watching granny's cottage emerge with each turn of the page. Delicate cutaways and holes to peep through are layered on top of each other to create a magical filigree effect, drawing children in to the story.
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That's not my Otter
Fiona Watt
Board book (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Oct. 5, 2017)Meet five adorable otters in this charming addition to the much-loved That's not my... series. Babies and toddlers will love touching the textured patches as they meet otters with shiny noses, fuzzy ears and fluffy tummies. The bright pictures and textures to stroke are designed to help develop sensory and language awareness.
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Little First Stickers Halloween
Kirsteen Robson
Paperback (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Sept. 5, 2019)Add spooky stickers to bring the Halloween scenes in this book to life. Fill haunted houses with ghosts and ghouls, show witches cooking up sinister concoctions in their cauldrons, and terrify ghost-train riders with screeching bats, menacing monsters and more. Perfect for keeping children entertained at weekends, on journeys, or in the holidays.
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Little Sticker Dolly Dressing Woodland Fairy
Fiona Watt
Paperback (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Oct. 3, 2019)A delightful addition to the Little Sticker Dolly Dressing series, filled with fairies, pixies, woodland creatures, plants and trees. Dress the dolls and decorate the pages using the stickers provided. Enchanting scenes include a bluebell wood, gathering fairy dust from flowers and little fairy tree houses.
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Multiplying and Dividing Activity Book
Darran Stobbart
Paperback (Usborne Publishing Ltd, May 2, 2019)Make children maths stars with this fun-packed book, bursting with multiplying and dividing activities. Puzzles include using times tables to complete a jungle maze, dividing treasure between pirates, and lots more. Includes spaces for working out, extra practice pages, quick quizzes and sticker rewards.
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Usborne Phonics Readers 12 illustrated Books Box Set Collection - Read at Home
Phil Roxbee Cox
Paperback (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 15, 2006)Each book contains notes for parents and teachers. Created in consultation with a reading expert, this engaging phonics-based series is especially written to help your child learn to read. Not only are the stories great fun, they also take into account recent research on the most effective ways of teaching reading. Titles in This Set are Big Pig on a Dig, Goose on the Loose, Fat Cat on a Mat, Toad Makes a Road, Ted's Shed, Fox on a Box, Sam Sheep Can't Sleep, Mouse Moves House, Frog on a Log, Shark in the Park, Ted in a Red Bed, Hen's Pens
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It Only Happens in the Movies
Holly Bourne
eBook (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Oct. 1, 2017)Audrey is over romance. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn't mean things are easy. Because real love isn't like the movies…The greatest love story ever told doesn’t feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It features pain and confusion and hope and wonder and a ban on cheesy clichés. Oh, and zombies... YA star Holly Bourne tackles real love in this hugely funny and poignant novel.
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Usborne Animal Sounds Books 5 Books Collection Set
Sam Taplin, Federica Iossa
Board book (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 15, 2019)Usborne Animal Sounds Books 5 Books Collection Set. Children will love this sound book, Just press the page and explore! Titles in this set are Zoo Sounds, Night Sounds, Jungle Sounds, Garden Sounds, Farm Sounds.
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The Usborne Illustrated Odyssey
Homer
Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Sept. 1, 2016)A beautiful edition of Homer's classic tale from Ancient Greece, vividly retold to delight modern readers. Dramatic, stylish illustrations bring to life brave Odysseus' encounters with furious gods, bewitching goddesses, terrifying monsters and a man-eating Cyclops... A beautiful gift for any child who loves adventure stories.
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Write Your Own Sci-Fi and Fantasy Stories
Andrew Prentice
Spiral-bound (Usborne Publishing Ltd, July 11, 2019)Inspire a new generation of science fiction and fantasy writers with this write-in book, filled with an exciting and eclectic range of writing activities, tips and advice. Activities teach how to structure a plot, craft realistic characters, create thrilling action scenes and end a story with a cunning twist.
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What is the Moon?
Katie Daynes
Board book (Usborne Publishing Ltd, June 13, 2019)Explore the magic and mystery of the moon, from why it changes shape and what makes it shine to how astronauts managed to land on it and what they found there. 50 years after the first Moon Landing, this delightful book makes a perfect introduction to the topic for a new generation.