Books published by publisher Laurence King Publishing

My Miniature Library is a kit to make a complete collection of tiny books that you can really read! With stories ranging from illustrated fairytales to well-loved nonsense rhymes and books of butterflies, birds and flowers, plus blank books for you to complete yourself, you'll have everything you need to make a little library of beautifully illustrated books.The books are simple to make – just cut, fold, and glue. The kit comes with a miniature bookshelf to press out and make, and easy-to-follow, fully illustrated instructions. Plus the box transforms into a beautiful library scene!

Do you have some crazy inventions up your sleeve?! This book is jam-packed with Andrew Rae's amazing drawings showing all sorts of real inventions that seem too weird to work. How about a dog umbrella? A submarine that looks like a plane... or even a shark. A swimming machine where you don't get wet? A car wash for people? Someone has even made a device to charge your phone using a hamster! There is plenty of inspiration to get kids' minds going, and plenty of room to add their own crazy inventions to the mix. They can design the best dune buggy ever, create a brand new sweet to share with the world, or even draw their very own Transformer dinosaur! Includes a patent certificate for their very own crazy invention!

Art Out of the Box is a fun activity game for both kids and adults – no artistic prowess required! Free your imagination or just fill up a rainy afternoon with 80 lively drawing prompts in Art Out of the Box.Pick a subject card, add a technique card and reinvent the world with your imagination. These 80 cards are all you need for hours of creative drawing fun and screen–free fun. Combine the zany subject and madcap art technique cards and use them again and again, for hundreds of imaginative drawing adventures!Techniques suggested range from physical prompts like drawing with your non–dominant hand to taping two pencils together and using them as a single pen to taking off your shoe and drawing with your feet.Subjects suggested range from drawing a comfy nest of soft, cuddly, fluffy things or drawing a gleaming city from towers of pots and pans or even exploring the world outside to draw a collection of leaves, seeds, weeds, and flowers.What fun, interesting combination will untap your creative imagination?As seen in The Primary Times

Three hundred jungle animals – from the aardvark to the wire-tailed manakin – populate the board of this game. Some are familiar, like the leopard or the hippopotamus, others less so, like the eyelash viper or the giraffe weevil. Pull a counter from the bag and be the first to spot that animal!This beautifully designed game features charming illustrations by Caroline Selmes. Simple to understand but addictive to play, this fun and challenging game will delight adults and children alike.

Mr X the Phantom Thief is back, with a new evil plan! He wants to steal the shining light from the top of the Empire Maze Tower, New Maze City's greatest treasure.Pierre and Carmen are called to New Maze City, along with others of the world's best Maze Detectives, to help solve the puzzles, protect the treasure and stop Mr X. But can you help them make it in time?A thrilling new maze challenge adventure for Pierre the Maze Detective, for all detectives aged 8+.

Growing flowers from seed is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to supplement your borders, bringing instant color to tired gardens. Many of these flowers are also ideal for cutting, so within a single growing season you can produce armfuls of beautiful blooms to cut and bring inside the house.Author Clare Foster and photographer Sabina Rüber have been experimenting with growing flowers from seed for several years. In this book they pass on that invaluable experience, explaining how and when to sow and grow a huge range of flowers from Aquilegia to Zinnia.

Welcome to The Ink House, an artist's mysterious mansion, built on a magical pool of ink that inspires creativity in anyone who lives there. When the artist goes adventuring, animals great and small arrive for the Annual Ink House Extravaganza. The party is about to begin...Featuring a cast of loveable characters and discoveries on every page, this exquisitely inked picture book by acclaimed artist Rory Dobner will surprise and delight readers of all ages.

A thrilling new maze challenge adventure for Pierre the Maze Detective and all detectives aged 8+. Follow Pierre and Carmen to Canal City for hours of puzzle fun in this crazy and colorful activity book!The waterways and streets of Canal City are brimming with people as crowds gather on the eve of the Maze Egg carnival. But the legendary Maze Egg is gone, and Pierre and Carmen find themselves on the case. Can you help them return the Maze Egg to its rightful home before it's too late? Make your way through each beautifully illustrated maze, finding the hidden objects that Pierre and Carmen need to solve the mystery and save the day!• A new adventure for Pierre and Carmen, taking them to the mysterious and visually stunning castle in the sky• Join the adventure as you travel through masquerade balls, tree trunk villages and extravagant observatories• Featuring new full-spread mazes and search-and-find challenges in IC4DESIGN's popular and instantly recognisable trademark style• Suitable for all detectives aged 8+Other Pierre The Maze Detective titles:Pierre The Maze Detective: The Search for the Stolen Maze StonePierre The Maze Detective and the Great Coloring AdventurePierre The Maze Detective: Jigsaw PuzzlePierre The Maze Detective: The Sticker BookPierre The Maze Detective: The Mystery of the Empire Maze

Come on a new magical coloring adventure, from your home right the way to the ends of the earth! Color your way through a riotous world of dragons, witches, lagoons, mountains, and deserts, inspired by folk tales and landscapes from around the globe.With a beautiful scene that stretches to an amazing 17 feet, this is the longest coloring adventure in the world!

Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for "myrioramas," the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities.London, 1900. A brilliant scientist leaves the world above to create his own world below, determined to prove his radical theory – that gravity is a geometric property of spacetime. What happens when time is bent, space is collapsed, and dimensions overlap? Descend into the shadow world to find out. With many games to play and millions of stories to tell, each turn of the card is a new adventure. Where will the story take you?

Discover a whole new way to color with this small-scale, pocket-sized edition of Johanna Basford's bestseller Secret Garden.Sharpen your pencils for this mini inky adventure created in beautifully detailed, intricate pen-and-ink illustration, all ready for you to bring to life with color. Printed on ivory paper with lay-flat binding allowing for a smooth and seamless coloring experience. It also features two brand-new illustrations.