The perfect dictionary for home and school from about age 9 to adult. Text written in friendly, accessible language. Over one thousand superb color illustrations.

Inspire beginner writers with this handy thesaurus, packed with simple words and more advanced vocabulary to help young children write with confidence and style. With colorful pictures and organized by topic for easy reference, children can find words to describe feelings, food and drink, transport, hobbies, jobs, animals and much more.

An interactive way for children to learn about grammar and punctuation and how to apply it to everyday writing.

This down-to-earth guide is designed to take the mystery out of managing your money.

A fact-packed, beautifully illustrated, all-round introduction to the human body and how it works. Full of extraordinary photographs, detailed diagrams, stunning scans, x-rays and microscope images of the human body. Engaging text and clear, simple explanations of all the main bodily functions.

Discover the history of the world thanks to this detailed book with lots of timelines to help children understand the chronology of world history.

From the big battles to kings and warriors, from peasants to palaces, this lavishly illustrated book is crammed with essential information about the medieval world. Follow the Crusades to the Holy Land, explore China with Marco Polo and visit a Mayan ball game. Find out how a knight trained for battle, who invented fireworks and who the Vandals were.

Science is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with snippets of information about all aspects of science from particle physics to genes and DNA.

What are phantom islands? How did the Black Death cause an ice age? How could graffiti save endangered tortoises?

From atoms to X-rays and from the Big Bang to the Internet, brilliant breakthroughs by successful scientists have changed the world again and again.

Caring for the Earth is the biggest challenge facing us all today, but what can YOU do to help?

An essential home or school reference book for chemistry students. Arranged in five color-coded thematic sections covering all aspects of the chemistry curriculum.

An essential reference book which explores key concepts and basic ideas of physics, all clearly explained with simple text, colorful pictures and diagrams.

Everyone studying math needs this book. It includes over 500 definitions of key terms and concepts, more than 300 useful illustrations and diagrams, over 100 worked examples to show to put theory into practice, comprehensive cross-referencing and a detailed index and Internet links to recommended math websites.