Best Selling Books by Anna MILBOURNE

Immerse yourself in five different animal scenes from all around the world in this gorgeous pop-up book. Ingenious paper engineering brings Richard Johnson''s adorable animals springing from the pages - with actual movements. Tigers prowl and monkeys swing, pandas play, a turtle flicks its flippers to glide over a coral reef, and tall giraffes raise their heads right out of the book!

Children observe as a bird makes a nest, lays eggs, the eggs hatch, and the new baby birds begin to grow.

Pipkin the smallest penguin is always asking questions, but what he wants to know most of all is how high is the sky? So, he sets off to see how far up the sky goes and finds that it really is very high indeed.

This beautifully illustrated book contains all of Charles Dickens'' novels, and the novella A Christmas Carol, all skillfully retold for children. The retellings simplify the novels for a young modern reader, with quotations from the original text throughout. Wonderful illustrations by Maria Surducan show the characters and the smoggy London scenes. * The perfect book for children studying Charles Dickens, or those who simply enjoy reading wonderful stories. Each story has an introductory plate showing all the main characters and introducing the plot, as well as single and double plate illustrations depicting scenes from the story. Includes a section all about Charles Dickens, his times and other writings. An heirloom of the future, this beautiful book is richly produced to a standard this timeless classic deserves, with a padded Hardback cover, a ribbon marker and traditional binding.

A beautiful picture book following two children on a summer walk. Gently presented information explores different aspects of a sunny day, from the effects of sunshine on flowers, to the long shadows cast as the sun begins to set. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.

Comprehensive and beautiful volume of Greek Myths, including maps, glossary and every story you can think of! This comprehensive volume of Greek Myths is perfect for a family bookshelf, containing all of the best known myths, told in a detailed and fresh way to alight the interest of any child or adult with an interest in the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece. Beautifully illustrated plates introduce all the characters, story by story, from the most famous to the more obscure. This book serves as a wonderful introduction or a further, detailed exploration of the classics for both young and old.

This space-soaring adventure lets young children glimpse what it would be like to fly into outer space, walk on the moon, and look back at Earth from a very long way away. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton, specially written for children just starting to read alone. This ebook includes audio and reading-related puzzles. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

How do horses learn to trust people? Why do wild horses live in herds? How do they keep warm in winter? Why do horses roll on their backs? You''ll find the answers, and lots more, in this charming book, packed with informative text, step-by-step illustrations, beautiful photographs and links to websites with fun activities.

Why do cats purr? How do cats say hello? Which cat has no tail? In this book you''ll find the answers and lots more about the curious world of cats.

Introduce young children to the vastness of the universe with this captivating tale of a little girl imagining a trip to outer space. A combination of illustrated pictures and NASA photographs allow children to glimpse what it would be like to fly into outer space, walk on the moon, and look back at Earth from a very long way away. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet. "An excellent first space book." - English Association Book Awards

Discover all kinds of things underground in this interactive book. Have you ever wondered what''s under the ground? A fascinating world lies hidden there. In an exciting journey into the Earth, young children can lift flaps and peep into holes to find ants and bunnies, pipes and trains, fossils and even lava!

Follows the adventures of a baby stegosaurus as he grows up and explores the prehistoric world.

A delightful picture book about a wonderfully wet walk. Simple text and colourful illustrations introduce the science of rain to very young children. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.

Pipkin the penguin sets out to discover how many things are in a million, with the help of his mother and a playful seal cub.

Take a closer look at nature in this wonderful pop-up book, which brings a nature walk to life - springing out from the pages! See a pop-up bees buzzing in the flowers, a mouse in a blackberry bush, and watch a moving woodpecker pecking and a frog swimming by in a pond. A wonderful way to celebrate nature with little children. With free online audio to listen to.

Several children enjoy playing in the snow.

Peep Inside is the very young children''s lift-the-flap information book series, the younger cousin of the Look Inside series which is, in turn, the younger relative of the bestselling See Inside series. With flaps and holes to peep underneath and through, life on a farm is revealed. Snippets of information are combined with intriguing and stylish pictures.

A fantastic new addition to the series for babies on the go. Age 6 months + Each book, based on a simple theme, can be clipped to baby''s pram so that it never falls out. Simple pictures designed to engage very young children. Ages: 6 months +

Peep under leaves and behind branches to discover hibernating squirrels, creepy crawlies and more in this charming introduction to trees, filled with intricately cut flaps and holes to peep through. Find out what trees need to grow, what happens to a tree through the seasons, how long an oak tree can live for and much more.

A very simple non-fiction, lift-the-flap book for small children, packed with holes to peep through, flaps to peep beneath and snippets of factual information about what happens when night falls. Peep Inside is the very young children''s lift-the-flap information book series; above that is the Look Inside series for 4+ readers and the See Inside series for slightly older children.

Peep inside a forest to discover what lives there and how the forest changes through the year. Peep into tree hollows, between ferns and under branches to find fawns, wolves, bears and squirrels in the scenes gorgeously illustrated by Simona Dimitri. A charming first reference book, perfect for sharing with little ones. This handy format is perfect for small children, and there is so much to look at, spot and talk about that is sure to be read again and again. Part of a bestselling series; other titles include Peep Inside Animal Homes, Peep Inside The Zoo, Peep Inside the Farm and Peep Inside the Garden.

Come on a bug hunt in this little flap book. Peep under leaves and into hives to see where all kinds of bugs live, and find out how some build their own homes. A new book in the delightful, popular series written by Anna Milbourne introducing young children to the natural world around them. The simple, clear information about bug homes has been engagingly written especially for young children. The sturdy flaps and holes to peep through encourage curiosity in the young children. Charming, bright illustrations by Simona Dimitri brings the bugs'' world to life in an approachable way.

Discover or rediscover the fantastic stories from Shakespeare plays with this complete book! In this beautifully-illustrated book you will find the thirty-seven plays that Shakespeare wrote, retold for children from 8 to 88! You will be pleased with re-reading the all-time favorites (Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night''s Dream or Hamlet) but also with discovering the less well-known stories.

Have you ever wondered where butterflies come from? Meet a little stripy caterpillar in this pretty picture book and you''ll find out.

Follow the little dinosaur around the forest and meet more dinosaur friends. In a forest there''s a big egg - guess what hatches out? A little spiky dinosaur! Babies and very young children will love lifting the sturdy flaps to follow the little spiky dinosaur around the forest to discover all the others. There are little fast ones, lumpy bumpy ones, feathery ones and very, very tall ones!

Peep under flaps and through holes to explore the snowiest places on Earth in this little wintry book. Peep under the snow to see polar bear cubs coming out of their den, seals and narwhals in the icy sea, peep behind penguins near the South Pole to meet their fluffy chicks, and peep behind the clouds to see the Northern Lights glowing in the sky. Another, very topical addition to add to the award-winning peep inside series. Sweet first discovery of Arctic/polar animals encourages young children to have a love of nature and snowy places - vital to the environmental concerns of today. Simple child-friendly text and irresistibly designed flaps encourage children to actively enagage with the subject, building their learning confidence.

Explores the world of frogs with interesting facts such as how tadpoles turn into frogs, and the biggest frog in the world.

How the Elephant got his Trunk is written especially for children who are learning to read, and developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Principal Lecturer in Education and reading specialist at the University of Roehampton. Delightfully illustrated, these books combine great stories with simple text to excite and inspire any beginner reader. Long ago, elephants had short noses. This story tells how their noses became long. This fun story also has puzzles to solve at the end.

The pictures in this book show scenes from different towns, with many things to find and count in each scene. There are 1001 things to count altogether.

Once, when the world was new, Camel had no hump. This is the tale of how that changed. A charming retelling of one of Rudyard Kipling''s beloved Just So Stories, specially written for children who are learning to read and beautifully illustrated by John Joven. With puzzles and answers at the back of the book.

Have you ever watched the sea creep up the seashore? Here you can discover the wonderful things it leaves behind when it slips away again.

Come on a bug hunt in this little flap book. Peep under leaves and into hives to see where all kinds of bugs live, and find out how some build their own homes. A new book in the delightful, popular series written by Anna Milbourne introducing young children to the natural world around them. The simple, clear information about bug homes has been engagingly written especially for young children. The sturdy flaps and holes to peep through encourage curiosity in the young children. Charming, bright illustrations by Simona Dimitri brings the bugs'' world to life in an approachable way.