Collection: Junior Non-Fiction Language & Literature

Paint pictures with your words! From nursery rhymes and song lyrics to formal speeches and historical documents, figurative language makes any kind of writing come alive. This series shows how metaphors, personification, sayings and similes help tell a story in clever and imaginative ways.

Readers of all ages can learn all about the magnificent unicorns of the past and the charismatic creatures of today with this beautifully illustrated treasure trove of unicorn lore and history from Penelope Gwynne and Katie O'Neill.

Unleash your creative monster and write stories to inspire, amaze and awe your friends. With top tips on getting your story started, learn essential skills for storytellers in this brilliant guide to writing. Give your descriptions claws, add a little bite to your writing and feed your monster in...

800 all-new explosively hilarious jokes for fans of Fortnite.

This book contains a highly illustrated first alphabetical dictionary and an illustrated thesaurus organised by themes and topics. Offering more than the average dictionary, this book contains help with simple grammar and punctuation with example sentences showing how words are used.

The classic Usborne word book as a bi-lingual German/English edition, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. A thousand everyday words illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key German vocabulary. Ages 5+

This is a fantastic storybook, containing two specially extended titles from the "Young Reading" series, "The Story of Robin Hood" and "Adventures of Robin Hood". Re-live Robin's daring escapades with his Merry Men, and then find out about the men who might have inspired these stories. It also co...

An important dictionary and thesaurus for home and school, with over 6,000 words carefully defined in simple language and over 650 colourful illustrations.

A great reference to help children understand the rules of grammar and punctuation. Grammatical concepts are broken down with simple, clear explantations and illustrations. Fun exercises help to make this a lively read, as well as a useful reference.

Purports to be a book, written in 1900, that sheds light on what happened to three historic vampire bloodlines, and that includes booklets, flaps, and letters between the young researcher who discovered it in the 1920s and an alluring woman who seeks his help.