Ex-Special Operations Executive agent Duncan Forrester has returned from the war and is back at his Oxford college as a junior Ancient History Fellow. But his peace is shattered when a much-disliked Fellow is found murdered in the quad. Forrester is not convinced of the principal suspect's guilt and, on the hunt for the true killer, he finds himself plunged into a mystery involving lost Viking sagas, Satanic rituals and wartime espionage.

Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, this book compares the biggest and smallest plants and animals in the world, showing why size is important for their survival.Find out about a range of animals from huge elephants, lengthy crocodiles and ginormous whale sharks to small shrews, tiny hummingbirds and microscopic fairy flies. See each in their own habitat and discover how they have grown so big or small.Covering fish, birds, trees, flowers, insec...

Travel back more than a quarter of a billion years to a time long before the dinosaurs . . .There was a time when there was no grass, or birdsong, or flowers. When no Stegosaurus or T. rex had ever walked the Earth, and no Pterodactylus had ever flown through the sky. Sounds quiet, doesn’t it? But it wasn’t. It was CRAWLING with life. The world looked very, very different then – and the animals did, too. So, grab your binoculars, tread quietly and let’s hea...

Duncan Forrester's research on an Aegean island is interrupted first by the murder of a British archaeologist, and then by the outbreak of the Greek Civil War. The worship of ancient gods may provide a clue to the murderer, but in such a tumultuous time, little is what it seems.

Good manners are important for little ones to learn. Join animal friends for a story about saying ‘Thank you’, ‘Please’ and ‘Sorry’, and about learning good manners. A bilingual text.

"A WONDERFUL BOOK" Monty Python's Terry Jones on The Age of TreacheryIt's 1947, and Duncan Forrester is called upon to investigate the bizarre killing in the British Museum of a Foreign Office official who had consulted him about an ancient Sumerian seal. Then terrorists target the Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin himself, and Forrester is asked to join his security detail in New York, where the fate of British Palestine is to be decided at the newly founded United Nations. But as yet more d...

Inspired by the real-life symbiotic relationship between sloths and moths, this lovely tale shows that friendships can sometimes be complicated.Sloth and Moth live together in a tree. They are close—very close. Moth lives on Sloth's back. They do everything together. They take naps, eat treats, and play games. They even take Sloth's weekly "business trips" together. They are together all the time. And that's okay . . . for a while. But as Sloth grows older, he feel...

***WINNER OF FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR***Watch thundering herds of dinosaurs crash through thick forests.Dive into a sea of glass reefs, emerging from the water to see monkeys fighting for survival on an accidental raft . . .**Travel millions of years into the past, to when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth.Find out how plants and trees and creatures great and small shared a world very...

At the end of a warm, dark night in the rainforest, dawn starts to break. Soon, animals will rise to greet the day. But not everyone is waking up. Some animals haven't even been to bed yet! Small brown bats have been busy all night, swooping and looping through the starry skies. Now it is time for them to settle in among the trees. But one baby bat wants to stay up and play. How will her mother convince her it's time to close her eyes and go to sleep?Lyrical text and soft, soothing...

Animals are so familiar but what makes an animal an animal? Produced in partnership with the Natural History Museum (NHM), this clever and clear explanation of animal classification puts your animals in order and explains why classifying animals is important.From whales to worms and snakes to stinkbugs, every creature ever discovered has been identified and added to a group within the animal kingdom. Scientists use this classification system to help them research, ...

What is happiness? Is it holding hands with a friend or jumping in a muddy puddle? Is it playing on the swings, or warming up with a cuddle? A bilingual text.

With gorgeous illustrations and a delightful rhyming text, Feelings are Wild is the perfect invitation for kids to talk about all the ways they feel.It's true!Feelings are WILD!But whether we are grumpy or glad, brave or sad, with a big hug, a kind word, or a little time we can embrace all our wild and wonderful emotions.A warm and playful counting book to help little kids understand their big feelings.