Did you know: A shark as long as a bus roamed the oceans? Hamsters with horns once burrowed the Earth? Giant armadillos grew to the size of a family car? Find out about the fascinating prehistoric beasts that once walked, swam and hunted across the Earth. Compare these with their closest modern relatives, or other living animals with amazing features. From cow-sized rodents to furry prehistoric rhinos - packed with beautiful pictures and amazing facts, essential stats and scale diagrams, this is the ultimate guide to prehistoric beasts!

Discover the many wonders Planet Earth has to offer in this inviting sticker book. Travel to dusty deserts, the icy Arctic and lush tropical rainforests to find out about the incredible plants and animals that live there. Add over 150 stickers to bring the scenes to life.

SPLASH! Dive down deep and go on an incredible journey into our oceans. With over 80 flaps to lift, discover the mind-boggling array of animals and plants that live under the sea, and find out why – without the oceans – life on Earth wouldn’t even exist. With Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites for videos and information on how you can help our oceans.

Learn all about one of the most unique places on the planet, the Galapagos islands, in this beautifully illustrated children's book. This is the ultimate book about the Galapagos for kids, covering the formation of the islands, the fascinating animals that live there, the evolutionary traits of the flora, the diverse climates, the brilliant conservation efforts and much more! This beautifully illustrated and photographic book provides a fascinating tour of the flora, fauna, and geology of the Galapagos islands. Children can learn about the unique and incredible wildlife, volcanoes, climate and Darwin's theory of evolution from his visit to the Galapagos. This educational book for children aged 7-11 features: - Pages on geology, evolution, flora and fauna - everything that makes the Galapagos islands incredible and unique - Educational content surrounding the Galapagos islands' conservation efforts, endemic species, incredible animals, evolution, geology, migration and much more - Beautiful and unique illustrations paired with expert-written text The Galapagos islands is one of the most stunning, biologically diverse, nature-rich places on Earth - and this book covers everything that makes them one of the most unique places on the planet.

Where did life come from? Why do animals look the way they do? How did it all happen? Find out about the incredible story of evolution, from the very first life to the amazing variety of plants and animals on Earth today. With lots of flaps to lift and a gentle, narrative style.

Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the Sun! Exploded images of everyday objects, from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate, will take you on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that one in every four animals on Earth is a beetle? Were you aware that white chocolate isn't technically chocolate? Or that the dwarf planet Pluto is so small that two of it could sit side-by-side across the USA? 13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters will give you lots of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out not blend in and that on sharks on average only kill 6 people annually while people kill 100 million sharks a year! Awesome images will draw you into 13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible and fascinating information will keep you there.

Discover some of the most incredible creatures on Earth in this interactive atlas of world wildlife. Featuring over 180 animals from a variety of habitats, lift the flaps to explore the Amazon Rainforest, Madagascar, the Great Barrier Reef and many other wonders of the natural world.

Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the Sun! Exploded images of everyday objects, from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate, will take you on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that one in every four animals on Earth is a beetle? Were you aware that white chocolate isn’t technically chocolate? Or that the dwarf planet Pluto is so small that two of it could sit side-by-side across the USA? 131/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters will give you lots of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out not blend in and that on sharks on average only kill 6 people annually while people kill 100 million sharks a year! Awesome images will draw you into 131/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible and fascinating information will keep you there.

Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the Sun! Exploded images of everyday objects, from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate, will take you on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that one in every four animals on Earth is a beetle? Were you aware that white chocolate isn’t technically chocolate? Or that the dwarf planet Pluto is so small that two of it could sit side-by-side across the USA? 131/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters will give you lots of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out not blend in and that on sharks on average only kill 6 people annually while people kill 100 million sharks a year! Awesome images will draw you into 131/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible and fascinating information will keep you there.

Travel around the world in this non-fiction narrative approach to the animal kingdom. Go on a journey that spans every corner of our planet. What do freezing mountain peaks, vast deserts, lush forests, and the deepest, darkest oceans have in common? They're all places that incredible animals call home. Through the Animal Kingdom invites you on a journey through these habitats to discover the secret lives of the animals that live there. Track a bald eagle as it soars majestically over the Rocky Mountains, follow migrating wildebeests across the Serengeti as they attempt a dangerous river crossing under the watchful eyes of hungry predators, or trace the tracks of the solitary amur leopard - the rarest cat on Earth - as it silently stalks its prey through the icy forests of the Siberian wilderness. Through the Animal Kingdom is the first instalment in a new series aiming to reinvent early reference for a new generation of reader, and is perfect for adventurous animal lovers anywhere.

Many years ago, before the world bloomed in magnificent colors, the Earth lay stark and gray. The animals that graced its skies and roamed its lands were the colors of dirt, clay, and stone . . . . . . until Rainbow descended to bestow her colors on the creatures of the world. Each bird asked for a bright and beautiful color: green for Parrot, red for Cardinal, and yellow for Canary. But will there be any colors left for little Gouldian Finch? He soon learns the power of patience and the beauty of all creatures. Based on a Belgian folktale, this beautifully told and illustrated tale is a timeless treasure for every collection. Retold by Annemarie Riley Guertin.

Raft down rapids to see raccoons, ski across ice to spot emperor penguins and dive underwater to explore the coral reef and learn why discovering animals is SUPER exciting! From the leafy green canopy of the rainforest, where gibbons communicate by singing, to the scorching hot desert where one of the world's DEADLIEST scorpions lives, planet Earth is full of AMAZING animals that are just waiting to be discovered. Did you know that marine iguanas sneeze out salty sea water after a big swim? Or that a narwhal's tusk is actually a very, VERY long tooth? And did you know that dung beetles are the STRONGEST animals on earth? Explore a different habitat on every spread, with fun and vibrant illustrations and fact-filled text for intrepid adventurers who want to know EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Readers will be taken all around the globe to discover a world of animals across rainforests and jungles, rivers and rapids, deserts and ice, and much more.

Raft down rapids to see raccoons, ski across ice to spot emperor penguins and dive underwater to explore the coral reef and learn why discovering animals is SUPER exciting! From the leafy green canopy of the rainforest, where gibbons communicate by singing, to the scorching hot desert where one of the world's DEADLIEST scorpions lives, planet Earth is full of AMAZING animals that are just waiting to be discovered. Did you know that marine iguanas sneeze out salty sea water after a big swim? Or that a narwhal's tusk is actually a very, VERY long tooth? And did you know that dung beetles are the STRONGEST animals on earth? Explore a different habitat on every spread, with fun and vibrant illustrations and fact-filled text for intrepid adventurers who want to know EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Readers will be taken all around the globe to discover a world of animals across rainforests and jungles, rivers and rapids, deserts and ice, and much more.

This Is Our World, written by Tracey Turner, is a colourful celebration of our planet's cultural and environmental diversity - an unforgettable journey that brings the people, customs and wildlife of twenty places around the world vividly to life for young readers. The guides are children who tell us about the animals, plants and weather that they encounter; the feasts and festivals they enjoy; and the clothes they wear, the way they learn, the languages they speak, and the sports and games they play. The tour is truly global, as we journey from Australia's desolate Red Centre to bustling Beijing, from the windswept Outer Hebrides to the rock houses of Cappadocia in Turkey, via the Amazon rainforest, New York City, the Siberian tundra, and a floating village in Cambodia. This is both a beautiful gift book and a highly-accessible home reference, sure to foster an interest in the wider world, in travel, in diversity and in conservation. It teaches us that despite its countless languages, customs and traditions, it really is a small world after all.

Did you know that many animals make their homes in the coldest, most barren places on Earth? Meet emperor penguins, arctic foxes, and more in the pages of My Home on the Ice.

A beautiful book of extinct and endangered creatures, and a hopeful look at the future Shine a spotlight on animal species throughout history and the ones alive today in Animals Lost and Found, through beautiful illustrations and interesting facts. Children will learn about animals lost to extinction, animals we thought we'd lost but have found, and animals that are the focus of conservation efforts all over the world. This educational book for children aged 7+ is packed with intriguing information about extinction and the different possible causes of it. Children can learn about how natural and unnatural extinction relates to the world we live in today, in a clear and easy way. Animals Lost and Found features: - A very positive outlook on conservation efforts and success stories from around the world - Focus pages on extinct and endangered animals - as well as one or two, who it turns out, never were! - Beautiful illustrations by award-winning wildlife illustrator Jonathan Woodward - Incredible conservation work that has been done around the world, like the reintroduction of Red Kites to Britain, and the effect the wolves had to the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park - A global look at success stories and what it can do for the planet Animals Lost and Found is not just about lost species, but also teaches children the incredible work that is happening around the world to prevent any further loss of species and looks at animals saved from extinction like the Blue Iguana! Learn the incredible stories of uncovering species thought to have been gone, reintroduction of species, and what we as humans are doing and can continue to do to help.