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Книги издательства «Usborne»
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Dress the dolls in uniforms and outfits as they prepare to go back to school. Little children can dress the dolls for choir practice, for drama club, going on a school trip, and more. Dream jobs features all kinds of occupations that the dolls have been thinking about, such as caring for animals on a wildlife sanctuary, investigating a crime scene as a forensic scientist, working out dance routines as a choreographer and being a racing car engineer. Includes over 600 stickers to create outfits and add accessories to the dolls in the scenes. |
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People from countries all around the world are fascinated by the British monarchy, its history and regalia, and this fantastic colouring book is the perfect way to get to know the UK's royal past. It features lots of detailed pictures to colour in, including Henry VIII and his wives, The Tower of London, The Crown Jewels, lots of intricated royal costumes and a royal wedding. Some of each picture is already coloured in, so children can focus on the interesting bits. Each page also includes fascinating facts about the monarchy. |
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A regal collection of much-loved classics and some less familiar tales, perfect for reading aloud and sharing at bedtime. Book includes favourites such as The Frog Prince, The Emperor's New Clothes, Sleeping Beauty and many more. A lovely gift to be shared together time and time again. |
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Lots of Christmassy scenes to colour in and complete with stickers as Santa gets ready for his busiest time of the year! Help Santa pack his sleigh, complete his band of reindeer and decorate a Christmas tree. With over 250 stickers of elves, reindeer, stockings, presents and delicious Christmas food. The perfect gift to keep children busy during the run-up to the festive season. |
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A challenging puzzle adventure for young children with a picture puzzle to solve on every double page. Designed to help develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, it also tests readers' comprehension, maths and logic skills. It includes stickers. |
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Follow the adventures of pirate schoolboy Joe and his uncle, Buccaneer Bill, as they search for treasure on Deadly Isle. Children can help the pirates navigate rocky reefs and outwit crafty rival pirate, Captain Cutthroat, by solving puzzles and adding stickers on the way. Helps to develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, maths and logic. Hints, along with the answers to all the puzzles, are included at the back of the book. |
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The speed with which Pompeii was enveloped by volcanic lava has left us an extraordinary and unique record of daily life in a Roman town. This information sticker book tells the story of that fateful day and its legacy, through photographs of mosaics, paintings and statues that were amazingly preserved and discovered in the ashes. |
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This collection of stunning watercolours, each accompanied by a black and white line drawing of the same image, allows you to copy the colours of the original or create your own unique version. Includes lots fascinating snippets of information about the wildlife of the rainforests. |
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From the tops of the trees to the forest floor, this book is full of some of the weird and wonderful things that live there. But the world's rainforests are in danger — find out why and what will happen if people don't change the things they do. With fabulous photos and simple text, shows some of the weird and wonderful things that live in rainforests and describes the dangers facing them. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. |
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A ghoulishly good picture book with an attached sound panel to send shivers down young spines. The spooky illustrated scenes show cackling witches, wailing ghosts, oozing slime monsters, groaning mummies and a fiendish party at the end. Little hands won't be able to resist pressing the buttons to play the blood-curdling sounds and using the sturdy picture tabs to find their favourite scenes. |
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William Shakespeare's tragic play about The Moor of Venice, fully illustrated and retold for younger readers. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, this book is written for fully confident readers who still need to gain the stamina needed for standard length books. Perfect for children who can read fluidly but are still gaining confidence. |
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Join Princess Posy as she prepares for a magnificent Masked Ball at Puzzle Palace. Children follow a trail of clues in order to undo a troublesome spell, solving puzzles, adding stickers and spotting all kinds of things on the way. Helps to develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, maths and logic. Hints, along with the answers to all the puzzles, are included at the back of the book. |
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A marvellous medley of monsters to colour, from the micro to the mighty. There are munchy monsters midnight-feasting, and bogeymonsters under the bed; terrible trolls and howling werewolves, as well as monsters of myth and legend. Also contains drawing and doodling activities including designing and naming monsters, writing a mini-monster tale, and escaping the Minotaur's maze. |
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This is a stylishly illustrated book, full of line drawings of beautiful clothes and costumes just waiting to be filled with colour, with lovely watercolour examples to follow. It is an interactive way to learn about the history of fashion, with suggested colour pallettes and fascinating facts about the outfits featured and the type of people who would have worn them. It will appeal to children and adults alike. |
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This work contains four new editions in the popular Discovery series, which currently contains over 13 titles. Visually exciting and highly informative, each book presents its subject in a fun and accessible way. Internet links offer a fascinating selection of recommended web sites — with sound, animation and video clips which provide additional information for projects and homework. |
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Introducing young children to dogs, this book can be used in the classroom and at home. Informative and straightforward text is enhanced by detailed illustrations, photography, a glossary of useful words and a selection of related websites; accessible through the Usborne Quicklinks site. |
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These are four new titles in the fantastic First Reading series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership and enthusiasm for reading. Each of these four exciting new stories is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations. |
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This title presents seven new titles in the award winning Very First Reading series, designed for children who are learning to read. It is based on the principles of synthetic phonics as recommended by the DCSF (now DfE)'s 2006 Rose Report on the Teaching of Early Reading. Most schools now incorporate phonics in teaching beginner readers. It includes inspired rhyming stories on themes children love, including ships and sailors, magic and mix-ups, exploration and adventure, not to mention animals and pets (some distinctly spooky ones!). It provides superb artwork by world-class illustrators in a brilliant range of styles. It is designed for a child to read together with an adult, with the child taking a greater share of the story in each book to achieve confident, independent reading. It includes stories followed by fun puzzles to test comprehension and provide further practice. It gives guidance notes for parents in each book, with further extensive support for parents and teachers on the Usborne Quicklinks Website. |
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From the birthplace of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon to the breathtaking scenery of the Lake District, this beautiful colouring book will take you on a tour of some of the most interesting and scenic parts of Great Britain. With charming line drawings of Britain's great landmarks and views, this colouring book will provide hours of activity for young and old alike — a brilliant activity to share together. |
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This book contains a collection of some of the best-known Greek myths, full of brave heroes, terrifying monsters, powerful gods and great adventures. The vibrant illustrations and careful retellings bring the myths to life for children of all ages. |
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