This is Troll Wood. No one goes there. Will you? We will. And they did.A family in need of a new home find themselves in the mysterious Troll Wood and forced to take shelter there. But within the wood
Italy's gardens speak to us all. In the history of gardening they are the bridge between our world and the ancient world. Their harmony, symmetry and serenity are at once inimitable and universally co
Extinction: not the end of the world? is a highly readable introduction to the causes of extinction, the different types of extinction and how relevant it is to the world today. Ideal for those who ar
This evocative collection of natural history drawings, produced over a period of more than two hundred and fifty years, captures the rich variety of animals, birds and insects to be found in India and
The fifth book in an innovative series by the distinguished Director of Learning and Public Affairs at the world-renowned Dulwich Picture Gallery introduces children to visual tricks of the trade in a
Everything readers need to know about the cultivation and propagation of snowdrops — tips, tools, and sources of supply — are contained in the pages of Snowdrops. These flowers are the harbinger of sp
The magnificent country houses built in Britain between 1890 and 1939 were the last monuments to a vanishing age. Many of these great mammoths of domestic architecture were unsuited to the changes in
A fully illustrated collection of fascinating facts, statistics, trivia and opinion based on A Wainwright's legendary guidebooks to the English Lake District.
Animal expert Tamsin Pickeral and award-winning photographer Astrid Harrisson come together to celebrate the beauty and diversity of this magnificent animal.
This anthology brings together some of the finest writing about the Peak District through the ages, illustrated by period art works, engravings, vignettes and photographs.
In a series of arresting and information-packed spreads, we follow the course of the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to the River Thames at Limehouse.
The first part of this book explores Arabella Lennox-Boyd's philosophy and establishes the principles of her approach to design: the importance of relating the garden not only to the landscape but als
?The period illustrations and dance diagrams are charming, but Fullerton's discussion of dance in Austen's novels is both incisive and entertaining. From the Netherfield ball in Pride and Prejudice to
This new edition has been brilliantly revised and updated by Chris Jesty to meet the goal Wainwright set for the original edition: 'to enable walkers to follow the Pennine Way without putting a foot w
A teenage boy trying redeem his life by working in an African refuge for orphans and the sick finds himself caught up n the midst of human trafficking.
Amazing, bored, excited, magical, naughty, sad, zestful?.you can feel any way you like in this exciting collection of poems about feelings from A to Z. Exploring all kinds of moods and emotions , the
Ask any graphic designer the world over about their preferred approach to setting type, choosing a colour, or beginning a new layout, and you will rarely get exactly the same answer twice. Every creat
The IT'S NOT FAIRY flaps round all night,sorting out what's wrong or right .But there's so many kids saying it's not fair —she's ranting and raving and tearing her hair.She's shouting, 'The very next
Joy Larkcom, proclaimed by the Observer 'the queen of vegetable growing', transformed the experience of growing vegetables in Britain - and indeed can be said to have played a large part in changing t
This is a children's art book for grown-ups. In everyday language it shows how to explain to children what to look for and how to enjoy works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.How to Talk
Social historian Paul Barker explores the remarkable town of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, through a mixture of personal and family memories, interviews, investigation and criticism.
Solve riddles, find out how to please a weasel, and discover what happened to the boy called Lucky... This brilliant collection is full of wit, wordplay and wisdom from Roger McGough, 'the trickster y
The decorated Ice Age caves are some of mankind's greatest artistic achievements, and there is no substitute for seeing the caves themselves. There you can see the art ? paintings, engravings, bas-rel
Tyrone lives and breathes cricket, and he practises all the time, but he's not quite good enough to be picked for the school team. That is, until the day he meets Nick...
How one little girl gathers together all the different people and families in her street, to help one old man dig his garden - and how the resulting Digging Party has far-reaching results for the comm
Amsterdam is renowned for its beautiful gabled canal houses and is perfect for sightseeing by bicycle. But it can be daunting to find yourself in a long queue to see the artworks in world-famous museu
Wilf and his family have moved to the seaside to start a new life by opening a run-down cafe. But for his parents it's all too much, and quite separately they decide to take a break from the family, n
Everything tastes better in the open air, around a fire. Here are 100 recipes to inspire you to venture outdoors and eat wild all year round. From the simple dishes that sustained our ancestors to fea
"??while many projects have tangible payoffs ? a sun clock, musical percussion sticks, magic wands and charcoal pencils pleased both the boy and me ? each project seldom requires more than a page of d
Everyone loves a tea party. Mix-and-match crockery, bone-handled knives, lace and linen, sweet peas and roses, home baking and a slug of gin in the tea cup - they're all back in vogue. Indoors by the
From garter snakes and vipers to boas and pythons, Snakes describes the biology and natural history of this ecologically diverse and important group of animals. Natural History Museum expert David Gow
From the effects of rising sea levels to changes in animal behaviour and human lifestyles, these powerful stories portray the issues surrounding climate change in personal terms and so bring them vivi
Charles Dowding, the master of no-dig gardening, developed his highly successful methods of vegetable growing through 30 years experience of growing and selling vegetables and extensive experiments. T
In this compact guide, the erudite and highly readable Francis Russell describes fifty-two places in Jordan, following an itinerary that allows the independent sightseer to see as many major monuments
Maya Brown is very excited to be back in London after her time in Derbyshire and her adventures in Leeds following her mother's kidnapping last summer. But her return to the city is quickly marred by
In 1788, nearly 1,500 people on 11 sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia, and those who sailed in them were the community who established the first European colony in Australia. The A
