Details techniques and strategies for staying alive while marooned on a desert island, including how to start a fire, find food and water, and deal with mental anguish.
Decorate your very own doll's house inside the pages of this stunning colouring book. Colour and doodle your own Victorian doll's house and its inhabitants. With gorgeously detailed illustrations, and
Explains the history and causes of Sudan's civil war and the crisis in Darfur that followed through written correspondence between two children, one from Northern Sudan and the other from Southern Sud
Featuring Captain Henry Skull and the rascally crew of the Scurvy Dog, this book helps you uncover fascinating facts about a pirate's life at sea, and includes unexpected surprises and the answer to a
Presents information about vampires, looking at traditional and modern lore about their characteristics, vampires in literature, and some of the historical figures thought to be vampires.
Discusses the history of Iran along with the current political situation, and includes a few letters between an Iranian-American girl living in Los Angeles and an Iranian boy living in Tehran.
Presents information about space aliens and ufos, looking at sightings of them, aliens in literature, some of the controversial evidence for them, and some of the ways that strange phenomena can be ex
Come aboard the Scurvy Dog—if you dare! Captain Skull and his rascally pirate crew await you. Your job: to take the reusable stickers and get the galleon ready for battle. Equip the ship with a Jolly
This fact-packed series gives creative young people all the advice they need to enter into exciting, aspirational fields like film and music production.
From gigantic lizards to hideous-looking mutants, monsters come in all shapes and size. In Monsters, young students will read hair-raising stories of dangerous monsters as they discover how these fear
In this spine-tingling book of haunted houses and mysterious thumps in the night, children will follow the trail of ghosts through history--from Sleepy Hollow to the Chinese Ghost Festival. Thrill-see
Featuring a colour insert guide to the decks on board, letters from the passengers and crew and and a look at the events that led to the ship's unpredictable sinking, Titanic, A Very Peculiar History
When the Tudors weren't otherwise occupied with beheading wives and enemies, they were threatening to, or earning themselves nicknames like “Bloody Mary” and “The 9 Day Queen.” This very peculiar hist
From traditional dances and dishes to words of wit and wisdom, Ireland: A Very Peculiar History? takes a lively look at the Emerald Isle. Starting with the earliest inhabitants, it celebrates the coun
This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of lif
Explore the quirky side of the journey to the afterlife—and the grisly process of mummification, from embalming and stuffing the corpse to preparing a home for eternity. This creepy entry in the Very
Welcome to Jasmine Palace! Open the golden gates, and step back in time to the 18th century. Explore the royal home and, with the reusable stickers, prepare everything for a grand ball. Help the princ
In Cricket, A Very Peculiar History Jim Pipe uniquely explores one of this nation's greatest and the second biggest spectator sport on the planet. From the hazy bat-and-ball origins of the game to the
As if the plague wasn't bad enough, here comes the fiery antidote! As famous diary-keeper Samuel Pepys, you'll witness four days and four nights of fire and live to tell the tale. Find out how people
Charting the quirky past of one of the most important cities in the world, this title challenges what you thought you knew and blow your mind with things you most certainly didn't.
Humans have always loved to play games, from dice games in ancient Iran 5,000 years ago to chess and cards in the Middle Ages. Today, fanaticism over console games is at an all-time high, with players
From the road to war to the long fight back, explore the seminal event that shaped the world we live in today.World War Two was the most destructive event of the twentieth century, and this small but
