Everything a good spy needs to know about secret codes, disguises, shadowing and observation skills. This essential guide to spying is packed with useful skills and tips, such as shaking off a trail, scrambling secret messages and creating amazing disguises. Spies in training can use the activity pages to create camouflage headbands, decode messages and spot enemy spies in crowds of people. A brand new edition of a much-loved Usborne classic, sure to entertain and delight a brand new generation of spies.
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781409584384
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 202 x 136 x 15 mm
Le Carré for ten-year-olds, this book made espionage seem like a perfectly viable profession. - Author David Nicholls in The Saturday Times
As someone who had planned on a career in espionage fromthe age of nine or so, thanks to the Knowhow Book of Spycraftand its companion volume, the Official Spy’s Handbook – it isno exaggeration that, for years on end, these books were mylife – my heart soared as the news that our secret services arebeing urged to recruit middle aged mothers. - The Sunday Times
From cracking secret codes and creating effective disguises to tracking and decoding signals it's a book to be kept close at hand but hidden from the unknown enemy. - Parents in Touch
I love a book that encourages kids to be creative and The Usborne Official Spy’s Handbook is just that! - The London Mummy Blog
I remember reading this when I was a kid in the 80s with my sister and brother. We loved it, LOVED it so much! - Reader's review by ling
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