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  • Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry

    Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry

    • Ruth Awolola, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Abigail Cook, Jay Hulme, Amina Jama, Riya Chowdhury, Elanor Chuah, Joe Manners, Pop Up Projects, Arts Council England
    • Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781910959374
    • Published: 26-10-2017

    An exciting collaboration between Otter-Barry Books and Pop Up Projects, introducing new voices in poetry for 10-14 years old. Rising Stars, sponsored by Arts Council England's Grant for the Arts programme, is a poetry anthology showcasing the work of five debut poets from dive...

  • Build It!: 25 creative STEM projects for budding engineers (metric ed.)

    Build It!: 25 creative STEM projects for budding engineers (metric ed.)

    • Caroline B. Alliston
    • QED Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781784938482
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    UK metric edition. This collection of 25 fun, achievable STEM projects is the perfect way to encourage budding engineers and scientists and to show them how science applies in the real world.Using easy-to-source objects and following illustrated step-by-step instructions, design an...

  • Coder Academy: Are you ready for the challenge?

    Coder Academy: Are you ready for the challenge?

    • Sean McManus, Rosan Magar
    • The Ivy Press
    • ISBN13: 9781782405030
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    \"As well as featuring cool illustrations, the book comes packed with extras including stickers, a poster, and 3D model robots to press out and construct. If you're learning to code for the first time, then this book is the perfect way to get started.\" - The Week Junior *Book of the Week*<br...

  • I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

    I'm Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups

    • Chris Harris, Lane Smith
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781509881048
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    'Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight.' - Stephen Fry. If I ever find myself holding a gecko . . .I'll lecko.Forget what you think you know about poetry - this is something totally different. Chris Harris's I'm Just No Good At Rhyming...

  • Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe

    Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe

    • Rachel Renee Russell
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471167751
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Nikki Maxwell and her BFFs are all counting down to the end of the school year. Nikki thinks she has her summer all figured out, with lots of fun plans to hang out with her friends and her crush, Brandon. It's going to be perfect! Squeee!But then a new boy turns up at school and sh...

  • La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One

    La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One

    • Philip Pullman
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780385604413
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have...

  • Maths Quest: Escape from Hotel Infinity

    Maths Quest: Escape from Hotel Infinity

    • Kjartan Poskitt, Sachin Nagar, Amit Tayal
    • QED Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781784938512
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Seeking shelter from a storm, your troubles have only multiplied ... can you get to grip with numbers and Escape from Hotel Infinity? Use your problem-solving skills and mathematical knowledge to help save the day! Finding the answers will enable you to advance through the story, following the...

  • Optical Illusions

    Optical Illusions

    • Gianni Sarcone, Marie-Jo Waeber
    • QED Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781784938475
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2018 The brain is an amazing thing, but it doesn't always get things right when it comes to sight. This book is here to explain why, with astounding images, baffling puzzles, and simple reveals which show the reader how each tri...