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This funny and educational book will take you on a journey across the world and through time, all through the medium of the toilet. It is packed full of fun facts and historical stories, all involving toilets and poo! It covers all you could possibly need or want to know about topics relating to the loo, including the history of toilet paper, how sewage systems work and inventions and innovations from long ago right up to the present. The reader learns about historical events, and scientific advancements, all in a light-hearted and engaging way.

Sometimes thoughts of the climate crisis can be overwhelming, and it can be hard to stay motivated or even figure out where to begin to help our beautiful Earth. This soothing treasury is brimming with fascinating and true stories that answer some of those questions, showcase the resilience of nature and fill the reader with hope for the future.

In today’s world, everywhere we look is news – in the papers, on television and on social media. But do we understand how it really works? This factual guide gives the fascinating inside story on this ever-relevant topic.

Science journalist and children’s author Emma Young combines her passions in this accessible non-fiction book exploring the thirty-two senses (identified so far) that help humans to survive in the world.

Arun does not like tests. When his teacher announces that his class will be having a timed maths test on all kinds of maths, Arun instantly feels ill, and all he can think about is ways he can avoid sitting the dreaded test. In his desperation, Arun comes up with ‘The Plan’ and, with some help from his mischievous younger brother, explores tactics from feigning illness to staging a revolution in school, all in an effort to avoid his exam.

Did you know your nose can detect over 50,000 different scents, or that the Siberian tiger is nine and a half tins tall at the shoulder? In this bright and cheerful book small children can learn about their body in a fun and memorable way. A series of sweetly drawn and diverse cast of characters help the reader explore unique ways of measuring their body from height to taste to hair.

This is a short but mighty book seeking to explain the biological and societal structures of a family. It focuses mainly on pregnancy, birth, babies, and families and as such is suited to children who have questions about how they became part of a family, before their development focuses on their own growth and change.

How do Meerkats order Pizza? The fascinating answer to the title of this book is that they vote! How do we know this? Why science and research of course! Brooke Barker, the author and illustrator of this fantastic non-fiction book shows us wild animal facts through the people who study them.

In this Frankenstein-inspired tale about a boy who was made by Professor Hardacre, Stitch has a naive but positive outlook on the world – a world that he has only seen outside the window of the castle in which he and his friend Henry Oaf live. He soon discovers that not everyone sees him as someone they can trust and sets out to show others that everyone is different and should not be simply judged by how they look. Along the way, Stitch has to come to terms with who he is, and with the help of the professor’s new assistant, Alice, he leaves the castle for the first time.

This book is sure to be a favourite with little ones, with the popular toddler subject matter of dinosaurs! Throughout the pages, we are met with lots of different species of dinosaur, names kindly spelled out phonetically to help children and parents alike with the tricky pronunciations. There is plenty of nature vocabulary to learn on each page as well as ‘find me’ activities, making this read not only fun and interactive, but also educational.