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A picture book version of the classic fairy tale. When Goldilocks stumbles upon an empty cottage with three bowls of porridge laid out for breakfast, she sits down to find one that's just right. Little does she know that the porridge belongs to three bears who are on their way home. Featuring colourful illustrations by Lorena Alvarez.

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Help children practise their punctuation and grammar using this handy pad containing 140 pages of activities. Practise using the five most common punctuation marks, identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Part of the Usborne Key Skills series that supports the English lessons children learn at school. Answers are at the back of the book.

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A pocket-sized paperback book packed full of holiday activities and games to play alone, in pairs or in a group. Children can doodle flags and shells onto a sand castle, keep a holiday diary, help campers navigate a maze or play games such as 'Guess the monkey' and 'Land, sea, air'. Perfect for long journeys, quiet times or rainy days.

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Over 100 fun puzzles and games to pass your time at home or away.

Whether you're relaxing on holiday or chilling at home, this book has plenty of puzzles and games to keep you entertained. They range from crosswords and wordsearches to brain teasers, picture puzzles and fun games to play with family or friends.

(Paperback)

Perfect for young horse and pony lovers, this activity pad filled with picture, word and number puzzles is guaranteed to keep children entertained for hours on end. Puzzles include a stable spot-the-difference, an equestrian quiz, a woodland maze and much more. All the answers are at the back of the book.

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Travel through 500 years of history in this fascinating sticker book. Children will enjoy decorating a wide range of houses, including a Tudor farmhouse, Renaissance chateau, Georgian town house and 1940s wartime house. With over 425 stickers of furniture and ornaments, plus links to specially selected websites with video clips and virtual tours.

(Hardback)

A fantastic new addition to the revamped Beginners series, each of which is designed to provide a first step on the road to learning for young readers.

(Hardback)

When the sun goes down, the Dark stretches out. The Dark can be scary, but it can be other things too it depends on how you see it This gorgeous picture book tells the story of a little boys fear of the dark. With friendly text and hundreds of tiny holes that show shadows and a starry sky, this is a beautiful book to share with young children.

(Hardback)

A beautiful collection of eight of the best-loved children's classic stories, enchantingly illustrated and retold for younger readers. Stories include: 'The Railway Children', 'The Wizard of Oz', 'Black Beauty' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'.

(Hardback)

Provides detailed accounts of all the major battles and how the latest innovations such as submarines, tanks, poison gas and barbed wire helped shape the course of the war.

(Hardback)

A comprehensive introduction to an important and fascinating subject, this exceptional new title is published to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of VE Day. Paul Dowswell's informative and accessible text will immerse readers in the era, and hand-coloured black and Ages 9+ years.

This title is part of a series providing a thorough grounding in useful, basic foreign language skills.

(Hardback)

This book explains how almost everything we eat grows from just a small seed - from how a seed sprouts and how fruits grow from flowers by pollination, to how different plants produce vegetables, fruits, leaves, roots and grains. Tropical fruits, cocoa beans and Asian vegetables are covered, as well as rice, wheat, corn, potatoes and more.

(Paperback)

This exciting activity pad is bursting with jungle-themed activities, including a sloth dot-to-dot, monkeys to match and a forest-floor maze. Theres a tropical picture to colour on the back of each puzzle sheet, too. The tear-off sheets are great for sharing, and all the puzzle answers are given at the back of the pad.

(Paperback)

A guide for the novice knight that covers everything from sieges to swordplay, feasts to fights and crusades to courtly love. It brings the period of medieval knights vividly to life.

(Paperback)

One of the Usborne Classics republished for this year's anniversary

7+

One of the first Usborne books to be published, in 1975, and Peter Usborne's all-time favourite.

As used in evidence at the high court trial of Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky, who testified that this book gave away the KGB's tradecraft.

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Discover what life was like in medieval England with this light-hearted sticker book. Featuring humorous illustrations, this activity book consists of an assortment of scenes, with over 600 stickers of people, animals and objects that children can arrange as they wish, to create bustling pictures that show everyday life during the Middle Ages.

(Hardback)

This looks like a book but it's actually a clever sound panel that allows children to hear 128 French words spoken by a native speaker. Simply take one of the 4 cards (each features 16 words and pictures on each side) out of the envelope and insert into the slot as instructed. Press 'go' and then press a picture to hear how the word is pronounced.

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Aspiring ballerinas will love this informative book, showing simple steps to dance along to music from famous ballets including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Simply press the buttons and follow the simple pictures to tiptoe, twirl and skipto the enchanting music.

(Paperback)

Young children should enjoy having the tales in this series read out to them. They are designed for sharing and the pictures and simple text on every page will encourage children to read independently.

(Board book)

Follow a cheeky squirrel as it bounds through the woods, and lift leaves and branches to meet lots of other woodland creatures along the way. This charming book for little children has lots to discover and talk about on every page, from a sleepy owl in the treetops to a herd of deer between the trees and a mole digging underground.

(Paperback)

A quirky retelling of the classic fairy tale, specially written and amusingly illustrated for young children to enjoy.

Illustrations: Full colour throughout

(Paperback)

Wipe-clean pages, stylish illustrations and a wipe-clean pen combine to provide endless opportunities for children to practise letter formation, letter sounds and alphabetical order. There are letters to trace and copy and words to write from 'apple' to 'zebra', and formations for both upper and lower-case letters are shown.