Books published by publisher Carlton

The essential unauthorized guide to everything Super Mario, loaded with facts, fun, and secrets from more than 35 years of the popular game. Celebrate the world's most famous plumber with this fantastic unofficial guide to gaming’s greatest hero. Packed with illustrations, We Love Mario! features a treasure trove of entertaining background, from the character’s earliest appearances to his current superstardom in Super Mario Odyssey. All the best games are rated and their hidden secrets revealed. Plus, fans can find out more about Mario’s world and even discover which Mario character they are. Nobody comes close to matching Mario’s fame, and this is a fun, irreverent look at Nintendo's greatest icon.

Cristiano Ronaldo: The Ultimate Fan Book gives a unique insight into the life and career of the 2013 FIFA World Footballer of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo. Filled with facts and stats, and 100 stunning photographs, you will learn about his childhood, growing up on the small island of Madeira, joining Sporting Clube in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, before lighting up the European stage, with starring roles for Manchester United and Real Madrid. He displays outstanding skill, devastating pace, fantastic ball control and incredible power shooting with either foot. All in all, few contemporaries can match his talents. Written in a lively, buzzing style and filled with fun features, fantastic photographs and enlightening quotes, Cristiano Ronaldo: The Ultimate Fan Book celebrates the Portuguese maestro's early life - he was named in honour of former US President Ronald Reagan - and his career on and off the pitch. All in all, this is a highly entertaining insight into a football legend.

Meet the terror-inspiring dinosaurs from the entire Jurassic World series—and make them come alive with amazing AR! This thrilling Special Edition features the most advanced AR technology yet, a brilliant overview of both the Jurassic World trilogy and Jurassic World, and brand-new profiles for Tyrannosaurus rex, Indominus rex, and Velociraptor, as well as other favorites from the original films. With the cutting-edge augmented reality, you can take control of the dinosaurs (and even walk one across your floor!); connect with friends on other devices in dual-user mode to roam, explore, and snap photographs with your favorite prehistoric creature; enjoy a ride in the Gyrosphere; and even trigger multiple dinosaurs at once. It’s a must for every fan of the series and dinosaur lover.

The ultimate illustrated hardcover dedicated to the singer who’s causing a worldwide fan frenzy—now expanded with an extra eight pages! With every album he releases, excitement over Shawn Mendes’s work just keeps growing. This richly illustrated book enthusiastically delves into the heartthrob’s background: his discovery on Vine, use of social media to connect with his millions of followers and fans, world tour, chart-topping albums and EP, and friendship with such high-profile musical mentors as Taylor Swift, Fifth Harmony, Hailee Steinfeld, The Vamps, and Austin Mahone. Eight added pages to the previous edition include fabulous new photos of the music superstar!

Dive into the ocean and meet monsters with the magic of augmented reality! Colossal squid, deadly box jellyfish, and giant tube worms: Ocean Monsters is packed with fascinating information about the biggest, fiercest, and strangest creatures that live in our oceans. Thanks to the AR app, you can come face-to-face with a life-size, sharp-toothed shark; walk with a giant Japanese Spider crab; and drive a submersible through the watery depths . . . all from the convenience (and safety!) of your tablet or smartphone.

Published in association with Imperial War Museums, The Story of the Second World War for Children sensitively teaches kids about history’s deadliest conflict. Packed with photographs, maps, and detailed cross-sections of famous tanks, aircraft, submarines, and warships, this fascinating exploration of the Second World War outlines key battles and shows how the conflict affected people across the world—not just the soldiers fighting on land, at sea, and in the air, but also the children evacuated to the countryside, bombed-out city dwellers, and civilians working in munitions factories. Bite-sized feature boxes throughout highlight subjects of particular interest to youngsters, including life inside a U-boat; spy and resistance equipment; a wartime recipe; and the trials of surviving a Russian winter as a soldier.

Get ready to discover your favorite monster trucks and the awesome tricks they can do. Packed with record-breaking stats and facts, this is the ultimate high-octane introduction to these mighty monsters! Which mega-machine has the biggest tires? The fastest speeds? The coolest features? Find out all about the best trucks ever! Filled with flips, jumps, crashes, and more, Monster Trucks Superstars thoroughly covers these irresistible vehicles, from their wild paint jobs and crazy attachments to their protective roll cages and specially made seats. Take a close look at the Max-D (for “maximum destruction), which pushes gravity to the limits with new and exciting tricks; the fine-tuned, super-speedy Raminator; the Monster Mutt, with its trademark ears and wagging tail; and the fearsome El Toro Loco. Every one is thrilling and unique!

Are you ready to make your favorite MY LITTLE PONY characters jump off the page? This is no ordinary book! Now kids can enjoy nine interactive digital experiences through incredible 3D augmented reality animations. Just download the free app to your tablet or smartphone (both ios and Android), and enter the magical land of Equestria, where you’ll join Twilight Sparkle and her pony friends on their amazing adventures. Play in single-mode or connect your device to a friend’s, or try life-size mode and watch your favorite pony grow to her real size, right in your bedroom!

Do you know your dung from your droppings—and poodunnit? Learn how to track animals by their poop, footprints, and more! Get the scoop on poop—discover whodunnit with Poodunnit! Can you tell the difference between the delicate droppings of a deer and the smelly scat of a fox? Did you know that a whale’s poo is orange—or which dung can be burnt for fuel? Can you identify which creatures have been in your backyard? Find out in the ultimate detective guide to animals around the world—camels in the desert, polar bears in the Arctic, jaguars in the Amazon rainforest, fish in the ocean, and so many more! Read the clues and guess which animal made what, then turn the page to find the answers—you may be surprised at the animals you discover. Fun illustrations and photos; clear, humorous text; and “scat stats” with essential facts, make this the perfect book for kids curious about the animals around them.

Feel the excitement of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom through the power of AR—and bring dinosaurs to life through mind-blowing digital magic! Experience the biggest blockbuster event of 2018 in a real-world setting! This, the official Augmented Reality book for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is jam-packed with exclusive movie imagery, fun background trivia, and next-generation, interactive digital technology that brings the film’s dinosaurs to life. Fans can bond with and train Blue and collect all the dinosaurs from Jurassic World in the app. From brand-new movie dinosaur characters including awesome Baryonyx and a terrifying new hybrid, to old favorites like T. rex and Stegosaurus, this Jurassic World AR book will wow readers all over again.

This is the only augmented reality character guidebook to the world of DreamWorks' smash-hit TV series Dragons: Race to the Edge and the How to Train Your Dragon movies. Simply download the free iOS or Android app, point your smartphone or tablet at the pages of the book... and bring your favourite dragons and riders into your world with incredible 3D augmented reality experiences. Fly Toothless, Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf & Belch around your bedroom, then head outside and grow them to their real size. You can take photos as you train the dragons, then share your pics with your friends and family.

For young Arsenal fans, the only official Arsenal activity book available, complete with the lovable mascot GunnersaurusYoung Gunners will love getting creative in this fun-packed official Arsenal Sticker Activity Book. It's crammed with puzzles to solve and simple activities to complete, including word searches for player names, help Gunnersaurus play spot-the-difference, matching activities, completing the famous Arsenal cannon badge, and a nail-biting penalty shoot-out game. Plus there are 150 full-color reusable stickers for fans to complete the activities, decorate the pages, or stick wherever they like!