Shortlisted for the Best Children’s Book in the Junior Design Awards 2017
Shortlisted for the School Library Association Information Book Award 2017
Full of fun facts, colourful illustrations, and games that will feed a child’s imagination and quench their thirst for knowledge, whilst supporting the National Curriculum. My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things is the perfect book for children from 4-7 years of age.
Supporting the national curriculum and providing all the information young minds need and much more, My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things is split into six sections covering the Planet, Places, Animals, People, Me, and other very important things – covering everything from the continents to the blue whale in fun and engaging ways.
This beautiful gift package with a padded jacket is bursting with knowledge and loads of very important things to set young minds alight.
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Super Simple Maths: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide (DK Super Simple) (FOR KIDS 10-18 years)
From probability to statistics and from algebra to geometry, this guide makes complex topics easy to grasp at a glance. Perfect support for coursework, homework, and exam revision.
Each topic on the Maths curriculum is broken down into bitesize chunks, to make it simple to understand and accessible for all students. There are colourful diagrams and graphs to make each concept crystal clear and bring maths into focus for visual learners and even the most reluctant mathematicians.
Information panels explore certain topics in greater detail, from calculations worked through step-by-step to stories about maths in the real world. For revision, there are practice questions to test your understanding and handy “Key facts” boxes that provide bullet points that you can easily memorize.
With clear, concise coverage of all the core maths topics, Super Simple Maths is an accessible guide to maths for students aged 11 to 16, making studying for exams the easiest it’s ever been.
Super Simple Chemistry: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide (DK Super Simple) (FOR KIDS 10-18 years)
A fantastic aid for coursework, homework, and test revision, this completely comprehensive guide to Key Stages 3 and 4, and the entire GCSE curriculum, makes chemistry crystal clear and will have you exam-ready in no time.
Each topic is fully illustrated to support the information, make the facts crystal clear and bring the science to life. A large central image explains the idea visually and each topic is summed up on a single page, helping children to quickly get up to speed and really understand how chemistry works.
Information boxes explain the theory with the help of simple graphics. And for revision, a handy “Key Facts” box provides a simple summary you can check back on later.
With clear, concise coverage of all the core topics, SuperSimple Chemistry is the perfect accessible guide to chemistry for children, supporting classwork, and making studying for exams the easiest it’s ever been.
Super Simple Biology: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide (DK Super Simple) (FOR KIDS 10-18 years)
From reproduction to respiration and from enzymes to ecosystems, this guide makes complex topics easy to grasp at a glance. Perfect support for coursework, homework, and exam revision.
Each topic is fully illustrated to support the information, make the facts crystal clear, and bring the science to life. For key ideas, “How it works” and “Look closer” boxes explain the theory with the help of simple graphics. And for revision, a handy “Key facts” box provides a simple summary you can check back on later.
With clear, concise coverage of all the core biology topics, SuperSimple Biology is the perfect accessible guide to biology for children, supporting classwork, and making studying for exams the easiest it’s ever been.
Super Simple Physics: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide (DK Super Simple) (FOR KIDS 10-18 years)
Packed with all the core curriculum topics, this physics book for kids 12+ is the perfect support for home and school learning.
Breaking down the information into easy, manageable chunks, Super Simple Physics covers everything from atoms to astronomy and forces to flotation. Each topic is fully illustrated, to support the information, make the facts crystal clear, and bring the science to life. For key ideas, a “How it works” panel explains the theory with the help of bright, simple graphics. And for revision, a handy “Key facts” box provides a simple summary you can check back on later.
With clear, concise coverage of all the core physics topics, Super Simple Physics is the perfect accessible guide to science for children, will support classwork, and make studying for exams the easiest it’s ever been.
Life Cycles: Everything from Start to Finish (DK Life Cycles) (FOR KIDS 7-13 years)
Shoot back in time 4.5 billion years to see how planet Earth was formed and then leap into the future to see what happens when stars die. Everything has a beginning and an end, but what happens in between?
Each page focuses on at least one life cycle. Meet dolphins jumping in the ocean waves, penguins travelling on the ice, and butterflies fluttering in the sky. You’ll take a closer look at the life cycles of environments, too. Discover how a river forms and changes over time. Find out how a tree grows and all of the other life cycles it supports within it. See the amazing sculptures the oceans make out of cliffs. Dive beneath the surface to see how coral reefs form, and what causes them to die. Follow the life cycles of weather – from water cycles to ice ages, to give you a better grasp of the climate situation we find ourselves in now.
From the single-celled amoeba to how the Earth has formed, the life cycles in this book have been carefully chosen to give you an amazing overview of the universe, and how everything is inevitably linked. Filled with facts to amaze your friends as well as beautifully detailed illustrations by Sam Falconer and stunning photography.
What’s the Point of Science? (DK SERIES – What’s the Point of?) (FOR KIDS 9-15 years)
Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for… JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!
From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this book shows you where science started, why it matters now, and the jaw-dropping places it may lead us to in the future. It will change the way you think about science FOREVER!
Beautiful hand-drawn illustrations show you how history’s most ingenious and daring scientists solved mysteries that had puzzled the ancient world for millennia, triggering an age of discovery that gave us telescopes, flying machines, steam engines, antibiotics, electricity, radio, space travel, and computers. Discover the amazing men and women who challenged conventional thinking and put their lives at risk to learn about everything, from planetary orbits and gold to germs, and from gunpowder to radioactivity.
What’s the Point of Science? explains in super-simple terms how science really works and why it changed the world. It’s packed with surprising facts, tales of ingenuity and endeavour, and beautiful, unique illustrations. This book is about how scientists changed the world, one breakthrough at a time, and it is guaranteed to inspire, surprise, amuse, and entertain everybody who picks it up.
What’s the Point of Maths? (DK SERIES – What’s the Point of?) (FOR KIDS 9-15 years)
Incredible historical stories explore the often surprising origins of the maths we use today, from number sequences to coordinates. Crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers will amuse and entertain even the most reluctant math students. Find out why an hour has 60 rather than 100 minutes and how codes keep our secrets safe. Colourful and uncluttered illustrations make mathematical explanations easy to grasp in seconds and make this user-friendly book simple to navigate and a joy to browse and read.
What’s the Point of Maths? is perfect for those who need some inspiration when it comes to numbers. It combines stories from history with simple visual explanations to bring maths to life. From measuring a pyramid to predicting comets, from counting like the Babylonians to becoming a trillionaire, it shows children why core maths ideas were discovered and invented and how to apply them today – in the classroom and the real world!
Accompanying the fascinating stories are puzzles, games, and amazing facts, as well as a lively challenge to help bring each of the topics to life. Stylish, colourful illustrations make the maths fun and unintimidating, while simple diagrams and steps make explanations easy to grasp in seconds. Throughout the book, worked examples show readers how to solve simple maths challenges, encouraging children to improve their maths skills with hands-on practice.
Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body!: Your AMAZING BODY as You’ve Never Seen it Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias) (FOR KIDS 9-15 years)
Do you ever wonder what is happening inside you right now?
See for yourself with this breathtaking book that takes you on a complete tour of the human body.
Jaw-dropping new computer-generated images showcase the many parts, organs, tissues, and systems that keep you firing on all cylinders! These strikingly realistic pictures zoom in on the amazing wonders of the human body in breathtaking detail.
See how it looks and learn how it works with easy explanations and fascinating facts and figures. Discover why sweating could save your life, how the brain makes memories, and why blood is bright red, together with much, much more in this unforgettable encyclopedia.
Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body! gives you a unique view of the human body inside and out. Part of DK’s hugely successful Knowledge Encyclopedia series, this is the perfect accompaniment to the school syllabus and an essential addition to every family library.
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens (Unstoppable Us, 1)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, illustrated book for middle school readers that looks at the early history of humankind.
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
* This is history like you’ve never experienced it before! *
We humans aren’t strong like lions, we don’t swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don’t have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world?
The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story . . .
Even though we’ll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive—and we’re the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become “unstoppable”?
Well, we have the most amazing superpower: the ability to tell stories. Fairy tales have led us from imagining ghosts and spirits to being able to create money (yes, really!). And this has made us very powerful . . . but very deadly. Nothing stands in our way, and we always want more.
From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances on Earth millions of years ago. So get ready for the most amazing story there ever was – the incredible true tale of the Unstoppables.
Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari has expertly crafted an extraordinary story of how humans learned to not only survive but also thrive on Earth, complete with maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations that bring his dynamic, unputdownable writing to life.