Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Language & Literature

What is a bumbleshoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in the Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 500 words to amaze, confuse and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this ...

Behold the scorpion Stingaling, a most repulsive ugly thing! Watch out - for no animal is half so vile as Crocky-Wock the crocodile. And that's not to mention Roy, a plump and unattractive boy - half-baked, half-witted and half-boiled, but, worst of all, most dreadfully spoiled. Beware! This wick...

Packed with a dimensionally transcendent TARDIS-load amount of jokes, gags and riddles, this is the official Doctor Who joke book! Remember: it's funnier on the inside!

Welcome on board the Dragon Ark... Join the Dragon Protector and meet the magnificent beasts already aboard her ark, then travel the world together, seeking out these secretive creatures to observe and protect them in their natural habitat. With dragon numbers in rapid decline after being hunted ...

"There is an exemplary amount of information in Dragons presented in a decidedly friendly way. Children will be captivated and will surely want to learn more about these mythological beings. Vividly illustrated and humorous."

"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's 'a biographer's dream.' Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What ...