ACHUKA Book of the Day 24 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A superbly and distinctively illustrated guide following the journey of one book across the globe, from a printing press in a factory far, far away, over land and across the sea, to the hands of a young boy. With stylish, contemporary artwork from Klas […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Very large format anthology of illustrated biographies of notable spies. For as long as there have been secrets to keep, there have been spies, the world over, trying to uncover this classified information. Spying goes on all the time, and everywhere, but some of the most astonishing exploits occur during wartime. The […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An important new series from Oxford which provides accessible introductions to the ideas, facts, and vocabulary behind an absorbing range of subjects. Meticulously researched and authoritative but written in simple language by experts in their fields, these Very Short Introductions for Curious Minds can help anyone get to grips with the basic principles […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Already the fifth book in Dominic Sandbrook’s children’s history series. Adventures in Times is a fantastic series written by a historian with a novelistic flair for high incident. In an Author’s Note at the end of this book, he explains that, because little is […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Published in association with Kew. What do you see when you look at a tree? Leaves and twigs and branches? Or do you see a real, living thing, that moves, and breathes and dances? This wonderful picture book with exquisite watercolour and hand-finished artwork explores themes of empathy and personal growth through the eyes […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop We are all on Earth but for a fleeting moment, yet no two lives are the same. From the delicate mayfly, which lives for just a few precious hours, to the death-defying immortal jellyfish, this book about animal life cycles is a celebration of creatures big and small. Beautifully written by bestselling […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A bare-all, refreshingly honest guide for teens. Being a teen is tough enough without having to navigate the minefields of discovering sex, love and bodies. And sex education at school doesn’t always cut it. Sex educator and journalist Milly Evans is here to help. As a young adult who is still figuring […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 2 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “[Wilson] is to be praised for this superb distillation, which is much more perceptive than the lumpy official biographies.” Telegraph “Packed with detail and conversations that bring to life all those who have been most important to her.” Daily Mail An admirably brief and accessible […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Award-winning marine biologist Helen Scales introduces children to the wonders of shells (from seashells to land snails) through the art of observation. Using a friendly question-and-answer format, she explores, through a richly sensory experience, the incredible diversity of shells around the world and showcases the environments molluscs inhabit. From what a shell’s […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A welcome antidote to stale ‘must-read’ lists.” Guardian An inspiring collection of over 100 pieces of writing – poems, prose, letters, speeches, song lyrics, quotations, and more – from Shakespeare to Stephen Hawking; Greta Thunberg to Galileo; Malala to Martin Luther King; Lin-Manuel Miranda to Lord Tennyson – which are in turn […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 12 May 2022 Times Children’s Book of the Week 23 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Grey’s jokes and wild imagination elevate this far above the many non-fiction science titles for children flooding the market. It’s in the running for the greatest children’s picture book about Earth.” The Times Mini Grey’s […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II has been long and eventful. Over the past 70 years, Great Britain has seen incredible changes in the ways we live, think and feel, shaped by the inspiring people who were born in Britain or arrived on its shores. As we approach the Platinum Jubilee […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “[Dunlap] anchors the book solidly in primary-source material, following Thoreau’s copious recorded observations of nature, including his classic work Walden, crafting an insightful and vivid portrait for readers.” Horn Book “[A] richly detailed field guide to Thoreau that offers older readers ample inspiration for outdoor exploration. Back matter includes further resources, notes on […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 9 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Blackwells Inspired by the true story of his father’s cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 20 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Published by What on Earth Books, a UK-based children’s non-fiction publishing house founded in 2010 by world history author Christopher Lloyd and illustrator Andy Forshaw. Antarctica – vast, cold and mysterious. This frozen continent is full of incredible stories. Discover incredible wildlife, awe-inspiring landscapes […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Where on Earth are you, right now? It’s late where I am and almost everyone’s asleep, but I’m awake, looking out into the night. Wondering… As the clock strikes midnight, a little girl and her sister visit animals of every shape and size, all […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The nature elements that appear as motifs throughout the artwork, coupled with detailed close-ups of the processes of whittling, sewing, and bookbinding, reveal just how much Morris’ art was connected to his appreciation of the beauty of the natural world. A harmonious picture book whose […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 31 Mar 2022 Amazon Bookshop “Vibrant and fun.” Simon Smith “Vivid, fine-lined watercolors by Chau offer sweeping, energetic cartoon-style scenes. Chinese calligraphy appears throughout, while plentiful onomatopoeia and staccato sentences successfully evoke the action in this dynamic profile of a living legend.” Publishers Weekly An action-packed picture book biography about […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Mar 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An inspiring picture book about the meteorologist whose discoveries helped us understand how weather works. When Joanne Simpson (1923-2010) was a girl, she sailed her boat beneath the puffy white clouds of Cape Cod. As a pilot, she flew her plane so high, its […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop From the author of Under The Stars, Astrophysics For Everyone. Did life on Earth arrive on a meteorite from outer space? Are there living beings on planets beyond our solar system? If they are out there, what might these aliens look like? Would they be smart, curious, scared? Would they even want […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 17 Mar 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A gorgeous, moving look at motherhood from different cultures and eras. Each of Greban’s breath-taking pencil and watercolor illustrations of a mother and child is paired with a free form poem by Delforge imagining the experience and thoughts of that mother. A wonderfully diverse […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Great for dipping into. Perfect for primary classroom libraries. Some of the numbers can seem a little arbitrary and many will quite quickly become out of date. The page designs don’t quite meet DK’s usual high standards. DK’s cool compendium takes children on a number crunching journey around the wonders of our […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Mar 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An impressive gift and coffee table book compiled by someone with years of experience as a childminder. Nearly all the photos in this richly illustrated and well-designed title are by the author herself. Do you remember those unexpected, gloriously lazy days of childhood, where time seemed to stretch out forever? Zoe Lake […]