New Releases by Lucy Bowman

What do soldier ants do? Which ants can float on water? Why do some ants fly? Which ant has the most painful sting in the world? In this book, you'll find the answers, and much more, with clear photographs, detailed illustrations, step-by-step text and links to carefully chosen websites.

The dolls love travelling the world in their girl band. Use the stickers to dress them for a dance rehearsal, a day in the recording studio, a big performance and their jet-setting world tour. With over 400 stickers of glamorous dresses, cool costumes, instruments, microphones and more.

From the tops of the trees to the forest floor, this book is full of some of the weird and wonderful things that live in rainforests. But the world's rainforests are in danger - find out why and what will happen if people don't change the things they do.

Dress best friends Sophia, Amber and Lacy for a night at the movies, a sleepover, a horse-riding lesson and lots more fun activities together. There are over 350 stickers of party dresses, wetsuits, riding gear and more, with a fold-out back cover to park spare stickers when not in use and a page for children to draw their own best friend.

Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch the prehistoric scenes burst into color! There are 16 scenes with velociraptors hunting for food, pterodactyls flying high in the sky, baby dinosaurs being born and much more. The back cover folds out so you can place it between the pages and prevent colors running onto the page beneath.

A fun, write-in book packed with brain-teasing puzzles, useful facts and clever tips that show how to play chess and improve your game. Some of the puzzles are answered using chess-piece stickers and all the answers are at the back of the book. Simple puzzles show how to use the pieces, with more tricky puzzles on tactics and checkmates.

A fantastically festive write-in activity book, packed with puzzles, codes to crack, games to play, doodles to draw and lots more. Activities include helping Santa fill his sack with presents, decorating a Christmas tree, making snowflake decorations, and an advent calendar to colour in day-by-day.

Bókin sigur frá, hvar fólkini búgva, sum fara út í rúmdina, og hvussu tey koma hagar. Eisini hoyra vit um, hvussu tað er at arbeiða, eta og sova har

50 cards of unique, mind-bending puzzles. Each card has amazing replayability, as with the wipe-clean pen you can have as many goes as you like. The pack includes travel adventures, dangerous mazes, cunning word games and so much more. You can even design your own puzzles and challenge your friends. Ideal for long journeys and holidays. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

"Learn how to fold eight amazing origami models with this pack. Includes an instruction book with easy-to-follow, illustrated step-by-step instructions, and 75 beautiful and uniquely designed origami sheets to tear out and fold. The sheets come in two sizes and include both model-specific designs and designs you can use for any origami model. Animals included: fox, whale, crane, elephant, fih, owl, rabbit and dragon. Has an introduction as well as a folding guide."

A new addition to the range of Usborne Snap cards. Each colourful card is illustrated with a garden-themed picture, including plants, objects and creepy crawlies. Simple instructions are included on the back of the box. Young children can learn to identify different things they might see in a garden. An exciting game for two or more players which is great for sharing with family and friends. The cards can also be used to play the matching game, 'Pairs'.

This brilliant reference book reveals how astronauts live in space, featuring fascinating scenes and photos from the International Space Station. Discover how atronatuts keep fit in zero gravity, why they wear a tether on space walks and what types of food are safe to eat in space. An intriguing introduction to living in space with easy-to-read text, beautiful photographs and step-by-step visual explanations. An unintimidating book, its contents is accessible to young children but of interest to all. Includes internet links to websites with video clips that show how astronauts live, eat and sleep on the ISS, and games and activities about living in space. A completely rewritten, updated new edition of 9780746074497.

Dress the dolls as they play with their cats in the garden, take them to a grooming salon, visit to the vet and stay at a cattery. As well as the outfits for the dolls, the stickers also include toys for the cats and lots of accessories, such as bowls, beds and cat boxes. An irresistible book that's perfect for any cat lover or fan of the bestselling Sticker Dolly Dressing series. Features reuseable stickers, laminated pages and a fold-out cover where you can put your stickers while designing different outfits.

New title in the ever-popular Sticker Dolly Dressing series. Now with reusable stickers, laminated page and gatefold "sticker park".

Play-guess the future with these origami fortune tellers. There are a hundred different easy-to-fold fortune tellers. These will be a treat for sleepover parties, for playgrounds or for long trips!

Dress and accessorise the beautiful bridesmaids in time for the wedding in this wonderful addition to the hit Sticker Dolly Dressing series.

A fun, write-in book packed with brain-teasing puzzles, useful facts and clever tips that show how to play chess and improve your game. Some of the puzzles are answered using chess-piece stickers and all the answers are at the back of the book. Simple puzzles show how to use the pieces, with more tricky puzzles on tactics and checkmates.

This fantastic book is brimming with 1000 horse-themed stickers. The reader can choose which ever stickers they like to fill the colourful scenes, creating pictures of their own.

This Sticker Dolly Dressing book features stickers to dress the characters ready to ride and look after the horses.

Contains a variety of games including mazes, number puzzles, shape puzzles and word games.

A tear-off pad of beautiful patterned and coloured paper plus instructions for making 5 different origami models. Includes 100 sheets of patterned paper plus simple, step-by-step instructions for making five different designs - a swan, butterfly, sailing boat, fox and frog. A lovely gift - no need for extra materials as all the paper to make 100 origami creations is included in the book.

Which fish can breathe on land? What happens when a seagull drinks too much water? Find out lots of fascinating facts about the seashore and the creatures that live there in this colourful information book, specially written for children just beginning to read on their own. Includes full-colour photographs and links to recommended websites to find out more about life on the seashore. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet. "Excellent for helping children to learn to use books for research. Short chunks of text and plenty of pictures make these books really fun to read." - Parents in Touch

A book packed full of 1000 stickers. There are some scenes depicting pirate life that you can add stickers to, but there are plenty more stickers that you can use to decorate whatever you fancy.