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From the wonders of space to Greek myths, here you’ll find our huge selection of bestselling children’s reference books, including maps and atlases, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and more. Discover the best nature guides for kids, or pick an inspiring present from the Little People, Big Dreams series for the next generation of changemakers.

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Our Bestselling Children's Reference Books

See Inside Your Body
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See Inside Your Body
Katie Daynes
£9.99
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See Inside How Things Work
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See Inside How Things Work
Conrad Mason
£10.99
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Look Inside Space
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Look Inside Space
Rob Lloyd Jones
£9.99
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A Child's First Bible
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A Child's First Bible
Kenneth N. Taylor
£12.99
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Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas
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Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas
Alex Frith
£12.99
Board book
You Are A Champion
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You Are A Champion
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
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King Charles: Volume 97
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King Charles: Volume 97
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
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Oxford School Dictionary
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Oxford School Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
£7.99
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Sticker Encyclopedia Things That Go
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Sticker Encyclopedia Things That Go
DK
£7.99
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
£8.99
Paperback
Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!
DK
£20.00
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See Under the Sea
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See Under the Sea
Kate Davies
£10.99
Board book
Oxford Mini School Dictionary
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Oxford Mini School Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
£4.99
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Why Money Matters
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Why Money Matters
Deborah Meaden
£9.99
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Our Best New Children's Reference Books

My First Book Of Dinosaurs
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My First Book Of Dinosaurs
Emily Kington
£12.99
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Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs
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Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs
DK
£9.99
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Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia
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Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia
DK
£14.99
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What Do We Know About History?
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What Do We Know About History?
Philip Steele
£16.99
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How It Works: Light
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How It Works: Light
Sarah Hull
£10.99
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Ultimate Mammalpedia
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Ultimate Mammalpedia
Stephanie Warren Drimmer
£19.99
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Our World in Numbers Animals
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Our World in Numbers Animals
DK
£14.99
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Glow
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Glow
Jennifer N. R. Smith
£16.99   £14.99
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I Am, You Are
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I Am, You Are
Ashley Harris Whaley
£12.99
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Glow
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Glow
Noelia Gonzalez
£16.99
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50 Words About Nature: Animals
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50 Words About Nature: Animals
Lily Holland
£5.99
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50 Words About Nature: Bugs
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50 Words About Nature: Bugs
Lily Holland
£5.99
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Amazon River
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Amazon River
Sangma Francis
£10.99
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Wonderfully Wired Brains
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Wonderfully Wired Brains
Louise Gooding
£12.99
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Animal Atlas
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Animal Atlas
Ingela Arrhenius
£14.99
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Timelines of Everything
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Timelines of Everything
DK
£20.00
Hardback
5 Minute Human Body Stories
5 Minute Human Body Stories
Gabby Dawnay, Mimi Purnell
£16.99
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From the hairs in your nose to the nails on your toes... we all have a body and here's how it grows!
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Our Best Children's Science Books

See Inside Your Body
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See Inside Your Body
Katie Daynes
£9.99
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Kay's Anatomy
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Kay's Anatomy
Adam Kay
£8.99
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Kay's Marvellous Medicine
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Kay's Marvellous Medicine
Adam Kay
£8.99
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Unlocking the Universe
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Unlocking the Universe
Stephen Hawking
£9.99
Paperback
The Planets
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The Planets
Fiona Watt
£12.99
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Why Is the Sky Blue?
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Why Is the Sky Blue?
DK
£14.99
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Ada Twist, Scientist: Brainstorm Book
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Ada Twist, Scientist: Brainstorm Book
Abrams
£9.99
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Everything Under the Sun
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Everything Under the Sun
Molly Oldfield
£25.00
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Timelines of Science
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Timelines of Science
Leo Ball
£20.00
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Kay's Marvellous Medicine
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Kay's Marvellous Medicine
Adam Kay
£14.99
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Eureka!
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Eureka!
Wenjia Tang
£19.99
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Outdoor Activity Lab
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Outdoor Activity Lab
Robert Winston
£14.99
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The Big Bonkers Body Book
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The Big Bonkers Body Book
John Farndon
£14.99
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Kitchen Science
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Kitchen Science
L Minter
£12.99
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How It Works: The Body
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How It Works: The Body
Kate Barnes
£10.99
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Women in Science
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Women in Science
Pervin Saket
£24.99
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Our Best Children's Natural History Books

First Sticker Book Planet Earth
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First Sticker Book Planet Earth
Kristie Pickersgill
£5.99
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The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells
Robert Macfarlane
£14.99
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£6.99
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Slow Down
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Slow Down
Rachel Williams
£17.99
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A First Book of Nature
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A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
£12.99
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On The Origin of Species
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On The Origin of Species
Sabina Radeva
£8.99
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
Anita Ganeri
£6.99
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The Big Book of Blooms
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The Big Book of Blooms
Yuval Zommer
£14.99
Hardback
Fungarium
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Fungarium
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
£20.00
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
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RSPB First Book Of Trees
Derek Niemann
£6.99
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Bugs
Mike Unwin
£7.99
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Birds
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RSPB My First Book of Garden Birds
Mike Unwin
£7.99
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The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
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The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
Andrea Pinnington
£14.99
Novelty book
RSPB Birds
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RSPB Birds
Miranda Krestovnikoff
£12.99
Hardback
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Positive Thinking for Children and Young Adults

You Are A Champion
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You Are A Champion
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
Paperback
You Can Do It
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You Can Do It
Marcus Rashford
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
My Hidden Chimp
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My Hidden Chimp
Prof Steve Peters
£14.99
Paperback
You Are Awesome
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You Are Awesome
Matthew Syed
£9.99
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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
Camilla Pang
£8.99
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Break the Mould
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Break the Mould
Sinead Burke
£9.99
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Dare to be Different
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Dare to be Different
Ben Brooks
£20.00
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Mission Total Resilience
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Mission Total Resilience
Ant Middleton
£9.99
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Dare to Be You
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Dare to Be You
Matthew Syed
£9.99
Paperback
Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going
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Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going
Clare Balding
£9.99
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Mission: Total Confidence
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Mission: Total Confidence
Ant Middleton
£9.99   £8.49
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Allies
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Allies
Shakirah Bourne
£12.99
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Be Resilient! (Mindful Kids)
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Be Resilient! (Mindful Kids)
Dr Sharie Coombes
£9.99
Paperback
The You Are Awesome Journal
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The You Are Awesome Journal
Matthew Syed
£7.99
Paperback
Back On Track
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Back On Track
Matthew Burton
£8.99
Paperback
Your Mood Journal
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Your Mood Journal
Fearne Cotton
£12.99
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The New Children's Encyclopedia
The New Children's Encyclopedia
Claire Hibbert, Giles Sparrow
£18.99
Hardback
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This beautifully designed and meticulously researched encyclopedia covers wide-ranging subject matters with authority, while remaining absolutely accessible for young readers.

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Our Best Children's Encyclopeadias

Guinness World Records 2024
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Guinness World Records 2024
£22.00   £11.00
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Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything
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Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything
DK
£25.00
Hardback
My Very Important Human Body Encyclopedia
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My Very Important Human Body Encyclopedia
DK
£16.99
Hardback
Britannica's Baby Encyclopedia
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Britannica's Baby Encyclopedia
Sally Symes
£20.00
Hardback
Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi!
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi!
DK
£20.00
Hardback
Knowledge Encyclopedia Science!
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Science!
DK
£20.00
Hardback
My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things
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My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things
DK
£14.99
Hardback
My First Encyclopedia
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My First Encyclopedia
Priddy Books
£12.99
Hardback
Why? Encyclopedia
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Why? Encyclopedia
DK
£14.99
Hardback
First Children's Encyclopedia
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First Children's Encyclopedia
DK
£12.99
Paperback
Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean!
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean!
DK
£20.00
Hardback
DK Children's Encyclopedia
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DK Children's Encyclopedia
DK
£20.00
Hardback
Guinness World Records 2023
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Guinness World Records 2023
Guinness World Records
£22.00
Hardback
Knowledge Encyclopedia
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Knowledge Encyclopedia
DK
£25.00
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How Everything Works
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How Everything Works
DK
£25.00
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The Football Encyclopedia
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The Football Encyclopedia
Clive Gifford
£12.99
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Festivals of the World

First Festivals: Ramadan
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First Festivals: Ramadan
Ladybird
£6.99
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The Miracle of Hanukkah
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The Miracle of Hanukkah
Malachy Doyle
£6.99
Paperback
British Museum: Celebrate!
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British Museum: Celebrate!
Laura Mucha
£18.99
Hardback
Baby's First Hanukkah
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Baby's First Hanukkah
DK Children
£3.99
Board book
All About Eid: Things to Make and Do
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All About Eid: Things to Make and Do
Sarah Shaffi
£6.99
Paperback
Around the World in 80 Festivals
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Around the World in 80 Festivals
Nancy Dickmann
£15.99
Hardback
Ramadan
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Ramadan
Hannah Eliot
£5.99
Board book
Little First Stickers Eid
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Little First Stickers Eid
Usborne
£5.99
Paperback
Mr. Men Little Miss Happy Eid
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Mr. Men Little Miss Happy Eid
Adam Hargreaves
£6.99
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The Big Book of Festivals
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The Big Book of Festivals
Joan-Maree Hargreaves
£12.99
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Rama and Sita: The Story of Diwali
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Rama and Sita: The Story of Diwali
Malachy Doyle
£7.99
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Lunar New Year Around the World
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Lunar New Year Around the World
Amanda Li
£7.99
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Diwali
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Diwali
Hannah Eliot
£5.99
Board book
The Best Diwali Ever (PB)
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The Best Diwali Ever (PB)
Sonali Shah
£6.99
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Little First Stickers Chinese New Year
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Little First Stickers Chinese New Year
Amy Chiu
£5.99
Paperback
I Love Chinese New Year
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I Love Chinese New Year
Eva Wong Nava
£7.99
Paperback
Peppa Pig: Chinese New Year
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Peppa Pig: Chinese New Year
Peppa Pig
£4.99
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Our Best Children's History Books

The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
£8.99
Paperback
Romans Magnified
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Romans Magnified
David Long
£16.99
Hardback
The Incredible Pop-up Mummy
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The Incredible Pop-up Mummy
Moira Butterfield
£25.00
Hardback
History's BIGGEST Show-offs
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History's BIGGEST Show-offs
Andy Seed
£12.99
Hardback
Horrible Christmas
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Horrible Christmas
Terry Deary
£9.99
Paperback
Spies
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Spies
David Long
£18.99
Hardback
Gods of the Ancient World
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Gods of the Ancient World
Marchella Ward
£16.99
Hardback
The Kingfisher World History Atlas
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The Kingfisher World History Atlas
Simon Adams
£14.99
Paperback
You Are History
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You Are History
Greg Jenner
£14.99
Hardback
Unstoppable Us
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Unstoppable Us
Yuval Noah Harari
£20.00
Hardback
The Queen's Wardrobe
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The Queen's Wardrobe
Kate Hindley
£16.99
Hardback
Civil Rights Stories: Human Rights
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Civil Rights Stories: Human Rights
Louise Spilsbury
£8.99
Paperback
The Ancient Worlds Atlas
The Ancient Worlds Atlas
DK, Russell Barnett
£14.99
Hardback
10+ in stock
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From the first cities of Sumer to the empire of the Incas, travel around the world and through 5,000 years of history in this illustrated guide to see where and how ancient peoples lived.
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Our Best Children's Maps & Atlases

Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas
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Lift-the-Flap Picture Atlas
Alex Frith
£12.99
Board book
Children's Illustrated Atlas
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Children's Illustrated Atlas
DK
£14.99
Hardback
Maps
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Maps
Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski
£25.00
Hardback
The Worst in the World
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The Worst in the World
Terry Deary
£7.99
Paperback
An Amazing History Atlas of Scotland
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An Amazing History Atlas of Scotland
David MacPhail
£12.99
Hardback
Children's Picture Atlas
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Children's Picture Atlas
Ruth Brocklehurst
£9.99
Hardback
Children's Illustrated World Atlas
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Children's Illustrated World Atlas
DK
£14.99
Hardback
What's Where on Earth?
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What's Where on Earth?
DK
£14.99
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Atlas of Ocean Adventures
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Atlas of Ocean Adventures
Lucy Letherland
£20.00
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What's Where on Earth? History Atlas
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What's Where on Earth? History Atlas
Fran Baines
£14.99
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Epic Adventures
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Epic Adventures
Sam Sedgman
£12.99
Hardback
What's Where on Earth? Atlas
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What's Where on Earth? Atlas
DK
£14.99
Hardback
The Disney Book of Maps
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The Disney Book of Maps
Walt Disney
£14.99
Hardback
Collins Children's World Wall Map
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Collins Children's World Wall Map
Steve Evans
£5.99
Sheet map, rolled
Atlas of Animal Adventures
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Atlas of Animal Adventures
Lucy Letherland
£20.00
Hardback
Collins Junior Atlas
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Collins Junior Atlas
Stephen Scoffham
£8.99
Paperback
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Our Best Children's Dictionaries

Spanish Pocket Dictionary
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Spanish Pocket Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£8.99
Paperback
Primary Dictionary
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Primary Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£10.99
Paperback
Oxford School Dictionary
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Oxford School Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
£7.99
Paperback
Oxford School Dictionary
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Oxford School Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
£12.99
Hardback
Spanish Gem Dictionary
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Spanish Gem Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£4.99
Paperback
Easy Learning French Dictionary
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Easy Learning French Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£10.99
Paperback
Roots of Happiness
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Roots of Happiness
Susie Dent
£16.99
Hardback
French Pocket Dictionary
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French Pocket Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£8.99
Paperback
French Gem Dictionary
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French Gem Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£4.99
Paperback
Spanish School Dictionary
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Spanish School Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£6.99
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Wolf-Men and Water Hounds
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Wolf-Men and Water Hounds
Manchan Magan
£18.99
Hardback
Oxford Mini School Dictionary
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Oxford Mini School Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries
£4.99
Paperback
Easy Learning Spanish Dictionary
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Easy Learning Spanish Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£10.99
Paperback
German Pocket Dictionary
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German Pocket Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£9.99
Paperback
English Pocket Dictionary
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English Pocket Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£8.99
Paperback
French School Dictionary
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French School Dictionary
Collins Dictionaries
£6.99
Paperback
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