Step-by-step photos and encouraging performance tips from top magician Jake Banfield will turn you into a professional in no time! Magic Tricks with Coins, Cards, and Everyday Objects will teach you how to make magic with anything you can get your hands on.

With magic tricks of varying levels of difficulty divided by category--card tricks, coin tricks, everyday objects, and mind reading--this book offers an insider's view of the popular world of street magic, where magicians specialize in up-close, informal tricks to bamboozle their audiences.

Along with card trick basics, the introduction sets out the rules for performing magic and offers suggestions on how to combine tricks for maximum impact, tips on rehearsing and practice, and advice on how to develop your own performance style to truly wow your audience.

Then, explore top magic secrets to learn how to:

• Make a card chosen by a volunteer disappear, and then reappear inside an orange!
• Melt a coin through an audience member's hand!
• Make two paper clips fly through the air like trapeze artists and end up magically linked!
• Turn into a magical ninja, harnessing a secret force to chop a carrot in two with only a banknote!
• Tear a length of thread into pieces, and then miraculously restore them into one long piece again!
• Amaze your volunteer by knowing exactly which word they're thinking of!
• And so much more!

This book contains everything you need to start face painting There's a huge variety of fun faces to choose from: go for a wild animal and paint a giraffe or tiger; a dainty Snow Queen or pretty Flower Garland; scare your friends with a terrifying Zombie or a nasty Witch. Clear, step-by-step photographic instructions mean that all the faces are easy to follow and try, plus there are tips and suggestions for ways to tweak the designs. All projects use a set colour palette and are carefully chosen to appeal to girls and boys alike. Readers of all abilities can get stuck in as each project is graded with a difficulty rating of 1 to 5. A 'techniques and materials' section outlines everything you need to start face painting, from paints, to different brushes and sponges. Tips and techniques are described so you can practise your painting skills before your begin. This book is sure to provide hours of fun

Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, the bee tends to the flowers and plants. As the seasons change and the garden blooms into a wildlife wonderland, the bee is joined by well-loved minibeasts and creatures - worms, beetles, spiders and mice - who make the wild garden their home.

A rhyming poem builds page on page, echoing the life the bee brings to the garden. Beautiful foldout illustrations will transport readers into the world of the bee as it navigates the flowers and plants of the garden.

Teach your children about the crucial role bees play in the beautiful cycle of life in this charming tale of the workings of the natural world.

Go sight-seeing in California to find the famous Hollywood sign, journey through the mountains in Idaho to spot a black bear, and venture north in New York state to view the beautiful Niagara Falls. There's so much to see!

Every state has its own dedicated page containing feature boxes and Fast Facts panels, while a map of the full country shows how each state fits into the USA. This exciting first atlas engages young readers, encouraging them to learn about their own country--a must for any young citizen's book shelf.

All you need to complete the activities are some coloring pencils and a big appetite!

Design your own delicious menu, untangle a maze of messy spaghetti, spot the odd one out of scrumptious desserts and so much more. Ideal for keeping children entertained anywhere from a restaurant to a waiting room, these activities can also be done at home on wet weekends or after school!

This book includes loads of activities, including:

• Coloring and drawing
• Dot to dot
• Sudoku
• Find the hidden object
• Word searches
• Guess who?

The perfect boredom-busting companion for any meal, this book will keep readers busy for hours!

Get up-close with the most fearsome animals in the animal kingdom!

With incredibly detailed photography of animals' gruesome features and fascinating facts about terrifying predators from all over the world, this is an electrifying read for fearless children everywhere. Find out which predators have the sharpest teeth, who has the biggest claws, and more in this intriguing read. Come closer, only if you dare!

Explore the seasonal workings of farms around the world, and how food can be grown using sustainable methods that focus on quality versus quantity to ensure an environmentally healthy future. The World That Feeds Us explores fascinating farms and farming techniques around the world, including:

• Global cacao production
• City farms, on rooftops, and beyond
• Heirloom crops and heritage breeds
• Farmer's markets across the globe
• High-tech machinery such as farmbots

With incredible photos and fascinating text, this book is a celebration of biodiversity and nature. From the Borneo ant to the flying dragon, find out all about these amazing animals and the extraordinary abilities that make them the superheroes of our planet. For example:

• A hammerhead shark can see 180 degrees
• The webbed gecko can glide across the desert sand
• The springbok is super fast!

This book is from the Animal Powers series, which celebrates the weird, extraordinary, and truly amazing powers of some of nature's most incredible animals, while celebrating biodiversity and encouraging young readers to value the natural world around them. Also available is Superpowers of Nature, which showcases the amazing superpowers of the animal kingdom.

Discover which animals are the best of friends and all about the fun they have together! Find out fascinating facts about each animal and the characteristics which make them so super cute.

From the rock and pop of Western youth culture to the haunting sounds of traditional Mongolian throat singers, all humans in all parts of the world make music. Its harmonies affect us in a deep way and its beauty is universal.

We have developed hundreds of styles of music played with all kinds of instruments, large and small. The very first instruments were simple flutes made from animal bones, but we soon developed a vast array, making all kinds of sounds. Today we can use the latest computer technology to create any sound imaginable, and musicians continue to explore the endless possibilities of music.

Presented chronologically to show how music has developed and changed over time, this book pinpoints the musicians, genres and musical events that everyone should know.

Little Platypus has a small, but happy family! Little Platypus lives with his brother and Mummy, and they only come out at night! Little Platypus is super excited to introduce us to his family and explore their riverside home together by moonlight.

​Beautiful and bright illustrations will make this informative book a hit with children of all ages! This charming celebration of platypus' will show children just how amazing nature is and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for the planet and its weird and wonderful creatures.

Learn about one of nature's most fascinating creatures:

• What a platypus looks like from its webbed feet to its duck-like bill
• How a female platypus lays eggs
• How they hunt and survive in the wild
• How they use their super sixth sense of electroreception
• Why they are so unusual, and so fascinating!

In this Really Wild Families series, based on the everyday adventures of wild animals, discover what the littlest members of the family get up to! Through their eyes we will explore their habitats, family dynamics and how they play, grow and survive as a family.

What does it really mean to be human? In the future, might we be forced to rethink the answer? In this fascinating book, explore these questions through topics like:

• Prosthetics and implants
• Plastic surgery
• Performance drugs
• External memory
• Genetic modifications
• Nanotechnology
• Smart drugs (cognitive enhancers)
• Cyborgs
• Bioprinting

Frog is looking for somewhere new to live. Near the ducks is too loud, under the willow tree is too dark, and by the cherry tree is too dangerous Will Frog find the perfect place to live? This delightful picture book about friendship and the changing seasons is perfect for parent and child to read together in summertime. Little ones will learn about what happens in summer and then explore the activities, crafts, and discussion points at the back of the book to further develop their understanding of the natural world.

• Defy gravity with air pressure
• Extract DNA from a living thing
• Learn the science of SLIME
• Create a lightning bolt in the dark
• Prove theories about light with Newton's wheel

The Richardson's are having a big family reunion and Chloe can't wait to meet her new baby cousin. But as everyone is gushing over baby Braeden, Chloe can't help but feel different.

She doesn't have the Richardson nose like Braeden and she doesn't have the Richardson chin either. She doesn't have them because Chloe was adopted. Chloe doesn't feel like a Richardson at all, until her parents come over and play her tell me again game to remind her how special and loved she is.

Little Bee has a BIG family! She has over one hundred sisters and a few baby brothers, and they all live together in the nest with their Mummy, the Queen. Little Bee is super excited to introduce us to her family and explore the nest together.

Learn all about nature's hardest worker:

• What happens in the nest
• What pollination is
• Who the queen is
• How honeybees talk to each other
• Why bees are so important

Beautiful and bright illustrations will make this informative book a hit with children of all ages!

In the Really Wild Families series, based on the everyday adventures of wild animals, discover what the littlest members of the family get up to! Through their eyes we will explore the habitats, family dynamics and how they play, grow and survive as a family.

Little Elephant has a big and loving family led by her Mummy and she can't wait to introduce you to her siblings, aunts, and cousins. Little Elephant walks miles every day with her herd, are you excited to join her journey?

Beautiful and bright illustrations will make this informative book a hit with children of all ages! This charming celebration of platypus' will show children just how amazing nature is and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for the planet and its weird and wonderful creatures.

Learn all about nature's largest land animal:

- What happens in the herd
- How they are 'ecosystem engineers'
- The role of female elephants
- Why elephants are endangered

This adorable story is followed by a fun factivity section packed with craft projects, case studies, and a quiz section at the back of the book, so you can put everything you have learnt about Little Elephant and their herd to the test.

In this Really Wild Families series, based on the everyday adventures of wild animals, discover what the littlest members of the family get up to! Through their eyes we will explore their habitats, family dynamics, and how they play, grow and survive as a family.