This beautifully illustrated art book provides the perfect introduction to art for young children. Packed with colourful photographs and cartoons, it contains over 30 of the world's best-loved works of art reproduced in stunning detail and specially chosen to appeal to children.[...]
A fascinating and insightful look into the world of art, containing 22 famous works by painters such as Monet and Van Gogh, right up to modern artists such as Jackson Pollock and Damien Hurst. Find out the story behind the works of art and the artists who painted them. As well as a basic theoretical[...]
A guide to England's capital city that contains a brief history of London since Roman times. It provides information about its people, places and tourist attractions such as the Natural History Museum, Buckingham Palace, Regent's Park and London Zoo. It is useful for visitors, both young and old or [...]
Describes the life of the Bard, from his childhood in Stratford-Upon-Avon to his career as a playwright and performer and the influence.[...]
A cloth-bound book that retells eighteen classic fairytales from across the world such as "The Frog Prince", "Sleeping Beauty", "Prince Ivan and the Firebird", "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast", and "The Snow Queen".[...]
Offers an introduction to 35 of the world's best-known, best-loved paintings. This title features the "Mona Lisa", "Girl with a Pearl Earring", Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and "The Scream". It also includes information about each painting, artist and art style.[...]
Contains easy ideas for drawing faces. This book features simple, step-by-step instructions that show how to create portraits, caricatures and cartoons, using pencils, pens, pastels and paints. It provides quicklinks that link to websites with practical tips, examples of faces and animals by real ar[...]
Part of the "Young Reading" series, this title presents a tale of good and evil, in which the virtuous heroes must face the villainous vampire Count Dracula.[...]
Children will have hours of fun matching the 80 full-colour stickers to the photographs of the famous sights and landmarks. With a map of London's centre and plenty of fascinating facts to learn, this is great for taking on a trip to London.[...]
This is a glorious colouring book with that details from 15 famous paintings to colour in. Produced in association with the National Gallery, it includes full colour reproductions of each picture and tips for colouring in. There are also two pages of stickers of famous works of art and a sticker gal[...]
The Greek myths have inspired some of the most famous artwork ever created. This art sticker book uses amazing paintings and sculptures to introduce the characters and stories of Greek mythology. Gods and heroes, the monsters they battled and the magical world they lived in are all explored with the[...]
The enchanting tale of a magical pot and what happens when it is stolen specially retold for younger children, with humorous illustrations by Mike and Carl Gordon.[...]
Shakespeare's plays have inspired many artists, and this information sticker book makes use of some of their artworks to illustrate the life and times of the world's most famous playwright and the characters he created. Adding the 90 stickers to the pages provides a wonderful, interactive introducti[...]
This is the classic Persian folktale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. A poor fisherman finds a genie in a bottle - a big, bad, hungry genie. What will the fisherman do? This title is part of the Usborne English Language Learner[...]
When Viola is left shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, she must disguise herself as a boy for protection. But when she becomes a page for Duke Orsino, things start to get a little complicated.[...]
An introduction to colours and their use in paintings, including where colours come from, how paints are made, and how painters use paint to make us see the colour effects they want. It also shows how different colours affect each other, and how they can change our moods and perceptions.[...]
Victor Frankenstein drömmer om att skapa en ny
varelse. Han samlar ben och kött från kyrkogårdar och han gör beräkningar och bygger apparater. En natt väcks hans skapelse till liv och istället för den storslagna människa Frankenstein tänkt sig står han nu ansikte mot ansikte [...]
När Jonathan Harker kommer fram till Draculas kusliga slott är han lyckligt ovetande om ondskan som lurar där inne ett urgammalt monster som suktar efter nytt friskt blod. Ska Jonathan och hans
vänner lyckas besegra den blodtörstiga vampyren?
Berättelsen om Dracula är [...]