Collection: Junior Non Fiction

'1066' has been developed to cater for the needs of teaching a popular topic that leads to the end of Saxon times, and also has implications through medieval times, such as Domesday, Magna Carta, the Wars of the Roses, and the Battle of Bosworth, thus linking Saxons and Tudors and incorporating t...

Designed to tie in with the National Curriculum, each of the four titles in the Turning Points in History series examines the events and effects of a major historical watershed.

Celebrate the magic of Christmas time with this well-loved traditional poem, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

'12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space' looks up to the stars to discover a dozen space travel opportunities that may one day be a reality - with plenty of other creative ways to 'go' to space right now.

The latest volume in this successful series introduces young readers to major movements in art history from Romanesque to Pop art. Filled with gorgeous colour reproductions and packed with fascinating information, this book presents a chronological sampling of the world s important artistic style...

This lively introduction to nearly four centuries of British art offers children a strong foundation for learning in a playful and imaginative way, and will inspire them to dream, create, and think.

Many of today's top designers can trace their obsession with fashion to their early years - but they didn't have a book like this to help and inspire them. Spanning a century, this book focuses on the trends and styles that marked a definitive shift in how people dressed. Lively double page sprea...

This heavily illustrated book, featuring the world's greatest modern artists, provides an introduction for young readers to modern art. Each artist's entry includes a concise biography, reproductions of major works, and texts that speak directly to young readers.

From Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon to the fall of the Berlin Wall; portraits of Albert Einstein, Princess Diana & the Beatles - these & other history-making photographs are presented, offering helpful background information on the events & people they portray, & perspectives on the cir...

A collection of 40 quick, easy-to-resource, tried-and-tested STEM activities for 5-11 year-olds. Each of the activities includes step-by-step instructions and take just 15 minutes to complete.

'A 16th Century Mosque' tells the story of the commissioning and building of the Suleymaniye mosque in Constantinople, one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture.

Help the United Nations to save the world! On 25 September 2015, world leaders at the UN adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These new goals, which universally apply to all people, are a call to take action to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ens...

Books in the 'Dates of a Decade' series look in chronological order at the key events of a particular decade, examining their causes and their consequences. Each book includes eyewitness accounts and excerpts from news reports of the time. Each spread gives references to help children find inform...

The books in this series take a fresh look at the dramatic events, important changes and major figures in world history in ten year periods. Each book contains year by year accounts of world affairs, sport, exploration and developments in science.

Written for children aged 10 years and over, '20th Century Media' is a series that charts the development of newspapers, books, magazines, radio, television and film through to the Internet and the various forms of electronic multimedia now available.