Books published by publisher Carlton

Get pedaling! Packed with cycling tips, tricks, facts, and history, plus inspirational profiles of top riders, this is the ultimate portable handbook for bike-crazy kids. Whether your thing is mountain biking or road racing, it’s all here, from fixing a puncture, to learning a BMX stunt, to buying your next bike. There’s even a write-in logbook section to record personal cycling achievements, a handy gatefold guide to essential bike maintenance, and cool stickers to customize gear.

From cute to creepy and daft to deadly, this book celebrates some of the weirdest and craziest animals on the planet! Open the pages and discover strange creatures you could only imagine in your dreams... Except these bizarre animals really do exist! Discover the world's animal oddballs with colourful photographs, stat boxes, and That's Wild! quirky facts which will engage and entertain young readers. In a time when animals are increasingly under threat from habitat destruction, hunting, and other environmental dangers, it's ever more important that children learn about the extraordinary creatures of the natural world.

Watch Transformers come to life as never before! Not only will fans find out who’s who in the all-action world of Crown City, they can then bring their favorite Autobots and Decepticons to life with incredible 3D augmented-reality animations—and interact with them on their smartphones and tablets.The only augmented-reality character guidebook for the world of Hasbro’s smash-hit animated series, Transformers—Robots in DisguiseIn single-user mode, bring Autobots and Decepticons to life in the palm of your hand—it’s time to take control of Bumblebee, Grimlock, Steeljaw and Optimus Prime!Switch to lifesize mode and watch your favorite Transformer grow to real size, right there in your backyard. Then take photos of the moment and share them with your friends and family!In dual-user mode, connect your device to a friend’s, and battle Underbite against an Autobot of your choice!You can even customize your very own Transformer! Choose your components to make the ultimate Transformer, and then watch in amazement as augmented reality brings your unique design to life in 3DEasy-to-download free app for both iOS and Android

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: The Ultimate Fan Book takes you into the Swedish football superstar's world like no other book. Filled with facts and stats, and 90 stunning photographs, you will learn about his childhood, growing up in Sweden, joining his home-town team, FF Malmo, before lighting up the European stage, starring for clubs in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France. You can discover how he honed his incredible technique, his instinctive eye for goal, ability to sniff out a chance and how he became a global superstar. Written in a lively, buzzing style and filled with fun features, fantastic photographs and enlightening quotes, Zlatan Ibrahimovic: The Ultimate Fan Book celebrates the Swedish maestro's early life and his career on and off the pitch. All in all this is a highly entertaining insight into a football legend.

Enter a fascinating world where the impossible becomes real, and art and science come together to entice children. Here is a visual feast for young fans of optical illusions! It’s filled with paradoxes: images that appear to be two or more objects at once; artfully camouflaged animals; shape and line puzzles that confuse our perception; patterns that look as if they’re moving; psychedelic twisters, and so much more. Some are classic, while some are new adaptations of less well-known illusions. Simple explanations reveal the science behind the trick, so kids can understand why every design works the way it does.

Ahoy, there! Get set for a thrilling voyage as you explore pirates throughout history and across the globe. Includes maps and profiles of the scurviest seadogs ever. Who were the real pirates of the Caribbean—and beyond? Find out! Pirates: True Tales of Seafaring Rogues brings us face to face with some of the most villainous and scurrilous rogues ever to sail the seven seas. Travel from North Africa to the China Seas to meet the notorious Blackbeard, the fearsome Barbarossa brothers, and the women pirates Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Zheng Shi. With sumptuous maps, themed spreads, and true tales of a pirate’s daily life, this book takes you on an epic adventure.New in paperback edition of Pirates: Dead Men's Tales.

Be a builder of dragons! Create 13 expertly designed and fantastic creatures in Minecraft with this incredible step-by-step guide. Minecraft is arguably the world’s most influential online game, and now its modeling gets a fun fantasy twist with dragons of all shapes and sizes! This step-by-step player’s manual helps children aged 9+, as well as “kids of all ages” (i.e. mom and dad), build incredible masterpieces inspired by monsters of legend, as well as real-life dragon-like creatures. There’s even information on all kinds of dragons, with pictures, facts, and mythology. Featuring everything from cockatrices to dragonets, Komodo dragons to ice dragons, this cool interactive guide will inspire readers to push their imaginations to the limit as they construct amazing Minecraft models. And each build is rated a Quick, Intermediate, Master, or Supreme Master Build, so you’ll know how hard it is to make and how long it will take.

Mount your trusty steed and prepare for a thrilling journey! Knightworld brings the battles, legends, and heroic deeds of these gallant men in shining armor to sword-swinging life. Intricate illustrations of weapons combine with awe-inspiring CGI scenes to depict life in a medieval castle. From sieges and strongholds to dungeons and drawbridges, the brave of heart will find much to explore.

Bring the world of Toy Story—one of the most beloved animated films of all time—off the pages of the book and into your room with Augmented Reality! Since 1995, when it was first released, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story has been a global phenomenon and a favorite with both children and adults. Now, for Toy Story 4, fans of these classic movies can enjoy the first-ever Augmented Reality character guidebook to the series. Simply download the free app, then scan the pages to bring Woody, Buzz, and brand-new characters from Toy Story 4 to life. This incredible interactive book delivers friends to play with, chances to stretch kids’ imagination, and puzzles to solve with the gang. Yeehaw!

Moto GP has never been seen like this before! This unique visual study of the world's leading motorcycle championship features 109 photographs that put past and present side by side. This stunning look at the world of Moto GP features fascinating vintage photographs alongside related images from the modern era. Offering a fresh perspective, it covers the legendary champions, famous tracks, great races, and life away from the track. Written by leading motoring journalist Michael Scott, Moto GP Yesterday & Today reveals that even though technical details of the sport might have changed over the years, many fundamentals still remain unaltered.Reissue.