July 2014 Usborne New Titles The Usborne Art Book About Colour 6.99 Explore 15,000 years of colour in art, from the very first paints made from crushed insects to how later art movements used colour to convey different meanings. A fascinating introduction to colours and their effects, featuring artists such as Jan van Eyck and Pierre-Auguste Renoir as well as modern art and artists. Written in association with The National Gallery, London to tie in with the upcoming Making Colour exhibition, and with web links for additional information. Code 57765 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2190 Paperback Age 7 years + 48 pgs Size: 260 x 205 mm COMING SOON Get Ready for School Shapes Sticker Book 5.99 A fun and colourful sticker book which helps children learn how to recognise and name shapes ahead of starting school. With over 300 stickers, young children will enjoy helping the animals in this book find the right shapes to complete simple pictures. A great way to help children develop vital preschool skills. Code 58233 Coming Soon Paperback Age 3 years + 24 pgs + 8 sticker pgs Size: 276 x 216 mm Kings and Queens Sticker Book 6.99 A fun and informative, illustrated sticker book featuring over 100 stickers with portraits of British Kings and Queens from the 10thcentury to the present day. Children can match the sticker portraits to the paintings in the frames on each themed page, which are organised in chronological order and include the Tudors, Stuarts, Queen Victoria, the Windsors and Queen Elizabeth II. Stickers help to fix the images and historical facts into readers minds. Includes fascinating facts about the lives, loves and feuds of Britain s monarchs, with internet links to carefully chosen websites to find out more. Code 58305 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2189 Paperback Age 7 years + 32 pgs + 10 sticker pgs Size: 276 x 216 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 2) Holiday Colouring & Activity Book 4.99 A holiday-themed activity book with colourful write-in activities and sunny scenes to colour in. Activities include designing and decorating a sandcastle, stamping passports and creating a decadent ice cream sundae. Pop it in your suitcase to keep children occupied when travelling or during other quiet times during the holidays. Code 58314 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2192 Paperback Age 5 years + 32 pgs Size: 305 x 238 mm First Thousand Words in English Sticker Book 7.99 A sticker book version of the classic Usborne First Thousand Words in English, with over 500 colourful stickers which give learning an interactive element. Each sticker shows a picture with a word or phrase for children to hunt for and place on the correct scene. Provides a treasury of learning opportunities, from early reading and word recognition to spelling and dictionary use. Code 57040 Half-price sample: 3.99 on Code N2186 Paperback Age 5 years + 64 + 6 sticker pgs Size: 305 x 229 mm First Thousand Words in Arabic 6.99 A bilingual English/Arabic word book illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Arabic vocabulary. Includes an explanation of the Arabic alphabet and English/Arabic word list. Words are written in Arabic script, with a pronunciation guide in Roman letters. Readers can hear how to pronounce all the Arabic words by listening to a native speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website. Code 57039 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2202 Paperback Age 5 years + 64 pgs Size: 305 x 229 mm First Thousand Words in Hebrew 6.99 A classic bilingual English/Hebrew word book, illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Hebrew vocabulary. Includes an explanation of the Hebrew alphabet and an English/Hebrew word list. Words are written in Hebrew, with a pronunciation guide in Roman letters. Readers can hear how to pronounce all the words by listening to a native speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website. Code 57036 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2200 Paperback Age 5 years + 64 pgs Size: 305 x 299 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 3) First Thousand Words in Latin 6.99 A classic bilingual English/Latin word book, illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Latin vocabulary. Includes an English/Latin word list and a pronunciation guide to ensure effective, long-term learning. Readers can hear how to pronounce all the words by listening on the Usborne Quicklinks website. Code 56615 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2199 Paperback Age 5 years + 64 pgs Size: 305 x 229 mm First Thousand Words in Japanese 6.99 A classic bilingual English/Japanese word book illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Japanese vocabulary. Next to each picture, the Japanese word is written in kana, the Japanese syllabic signs often used for beginners, along with a transliteration in Roman letters. Includes a short introduction to kana with a simple pronunciation guide and an English/Japanese list of all the words in the book. Readers can hear how to pronounce all the words by listening to a native speaker on the Usborne Quicklinks website. Code 57037 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2201 Paperback Age 5 years + 64 pgs Size: 305 x 229 mm The Tin Soldier (Picture Book) 4.99 Tom is delighted when he receives a box of tin soldiers for his birthday, but will he be as pleased when he discovers that they come to life when he s asleep? Hans Christian Andersen s classic tale, specially retold for young children and illustrated with bright, stylish pictures. The simple text and vibrant illustrations will appeal to very young children at story time, as well as to older children just beginning to read alone. Code 58048 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2191 Paperback Age 3 years + 24 pgs Size: 250 x 250 mm The Enormous Turnip (Picture Book) 4.99 When the farmer can t pull an enormous turnip out of the ground, he enlists his entire family to help him. Only when everybody works together do they manage to pull the turnip out of the ground. A classic folk tale, specially retold for young children and illustrated with fresh, bright humorous pictures. Young children will love having this tale read to them, but the text also simple enough for confident readers to enjoy alone. Code 58047 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2184 Paperback Age 3 years + 24 pgs Size: 250 x 250 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 4) Sticker Puzzle Holiday 4.99 Follow the adventures of Katy and Tim on their trip to the Puzzle Holiday Park. Children can work their way through the story by adding stickers, solving puzzles and spotting all kinds of creatures, from stinky skunks to juggling spiders. Helps to develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, maths and logic. Hints, along with the answers to all the puzzles, are included at the back of the book. Code 58325 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2188 Paperback Age 4 years + 32 pgs + 2 sticker pgs Size: 250 x 196 mm Sticker Puzzle Palace 4.99 Join Princess Posy as she prepares for a magnificent Masked Ball at Puzzle Palace. Children follow a trail of clues in order to undo a troublesome spell, solving puzzles, adding stickers and spotting all kinds of things on the way. Helps to develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, maths and logic. Hints, along with the answers to all the puzzles, are included at the back of the book. Code 57780 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2194 Paperback Age 4 years + 32 pgs + 2 sticker pgs Size: 250 x 196 mm Sticker Puzzle Pirates 4.99 Follow the adventures of pirate schoolboy Joe and his uncle, Buccaneer Bill, as they search for treasure on Deadly Isle. Children can help the pirates navigate rocky reefs and outwit crafty rival pirate, Captain Cutthroat, by solving puzzles and adding stickers on the way. Helps to develop essential skills including visual discrimination, sorting and matching, maths and logic. Hints, along with the answers to all the puzzles, are included at the back of the book. Code 58283 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2203 Paperback Age 4 years + 32 pgs + 2 sticker pgs Size: 250 x 196 mm Baby s Very First Touchy-Feely Fingertrail Play book 7.99 Little hands will find lots to explore in this bright and vibrant board book full of textured fingertrails to follow and touchy-feely patches. This book will engage even a tiny baby s attention with bright, eye-catching illustrations and lots to look at. COMING SOON Part of an extensive series for very young children, perfect to give as gifts and great to share with a baby. Code 58153 Coming Soon Hardback Boardbook Age Birth + 10 pgs Size: 185 x 185 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 5) Usborne Phonics Stories Cow Takes a Bow and Other Tales 9.99 Six lively rhyming stories with humorous illustrations, perfect for sharing with young children. Stories use phonic repetition and simple rhyming text, specially designed to help develop essential language and early reading skills. Suitable for reading aloud or for beginner readers. Guidance notes at the back explain how parents can help their children get the most out of this book and develop early reading skills. Code 58095 Half-price sample: 4.99 on Code N2185 Hardback Age 3 years + 144 pgs Size: 210 x 210 mm Celtic Patterns to Colour 5.99 Celtic patterns to colour, with added historical facts and images. Designs are taken from ancient stone carvings, pottery and jewellery and include the intricate knotwork patterns for which the Celts were famous. An interactive way of finding out about the images, motifs and colours typical of Celtic art. A unique book for design-lovers of all ages. Code 57465 Half-price sample: 2.99 on Code N2182 Paperback Age 7 years + 32 pgs Size: 250 x 216 mm Pirate Stories for Little Children 12.99 Step aboard, shipmates! A collection of seven tales of adventure and piracy on the high seas. Sure to keep young buccaneers entertained, these colourfully illustrated adventures are full of buried treasure, pesky parrots, hungry sharks, and lots more. Perfect for reading aloud to young children or for older children to read by themselves - beautifully bound in a traditional style, this is a book to treasure. Code 57057 Half-price sample: 6.49 on Code N2187 Hardback Age 5 years + 176 pgs Size: 200 x 200 mm Extreme Sports (Beginners Plus Series) 6.99 An introduction to extreme sports including mountain biking, skydiving, urban sports like skateboarding and watery extremes such as surfing and whitewater kayaking. Find the answers to qustions such as What makes a sport extreme?, How fast do you fall in a skydive? and Where are the biggest waves ever surfed? Combines photos and factfiles with comic-style picturestrips of real-life extreme sports stories. Internet links allow readers to find out more at carefully selected and monitored websites, via Usborne Quicklinks. Code 56422 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2181 Flexiback Age 7 years + 80 pgs Size: 204 x 150 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 6) My Second Life (Fiction) 6.99 The first time I was born, I was Emma. I was beautiful. I had everything to live for. But I died. I was twenty-two. Fifteen-year-old Ana struggles to live a normal life, bombarded by memories of her previous existence as Emma. The worst memories are of a little girl who tragically drowned: was Emma responsible? Consumed by guilt, Ana will do anything to uncover the past. Intriguing, compelling, heartbreaking. What if your past life could shatter your future? Code 57860 Half-price sample: 3.49 on Code N2183 Paperback Age 12 years + 288 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm First Reading 3: Tom Thumb 4.99 A farmer and his wife long for a son, even if he s no bigger than a thumb! They certainly don t expect their wish to come true... A classic English folk tale specially retold for young children and illustrated with bright, stylish pictures. Ideal for independent readers who are ready to move on to longer stories, this book can also be read aloud and enjoyed together. Code 55077 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2179 Hardback Age 7 years + 48 pgs Size: 196 x 130 mm (Book 7) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie s Holiday Adventure 4.99 Princess Ellie is pony-mad! Even when she goes on holiday she takes along photos of all her gorgeous ponies. Full of authentic pony facts and sparkly princessy detail! Ellie and her best friend, Kate, are excited about visiting Prince John and they can t wait to meet his ponies, Toffee and Fudge. Ellie is enchanted by the snowy mountains, but when they go for a ride, they soon discover that snow isn t always fun - it can be scary too. Will Ellie and her friends have to spend the night in the freezing white wilderness? Code 56602 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2195 Paperback Age 6 years + 96 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm (Book 8) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie and the Palace Plot 4.99 Princess Ellie is pony-mad! So when top designer Lord Leo arrives to give the palace a makeover, Ellie quickly escapes to the stables to avoid all the fuss. Full of authentic pony facts and sparkly princessy detail! Ellie soon discovers that there s something strange about palace designer Lord Leo, and she suspects there is more to his plans than meets the eye. Can her pony, Starlight, help Ellie uncover the palace plot? Code 56603 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2196 Paperback Age 7 years + 112 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm
July New Titles continued... (page 7) (Book 10) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie Saves the Day 4.99 Diana Kimpton is an experienced horse-riding instructor who has written a number of successful books and televisions scripts for children. Meg the palace groom is going on a well-earned holiday and so the old groom George has come out of retirement to help out while she s away. But George accidentally gives the ponies the wrong food, and when Ellie realises that one of them is ill, she has to act fast to save them. Code 56605 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2197 Paperback Age 7 years + 96 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm (Book 11) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie s Summer Holiday 4.99 The royal family are off on holiday to a beautiful island resort with its own local stables. There Ellie and Kate meet snooty Princess Clara, who always thinks she knows best. But when Clara gets herself into trouble, Ellie and Kate rush to her aid with the help of a very special pony called Mango. Full of authentic pony facts and sparkly princessy detail. Code 56606 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2193 Paperback Age 6 years + 144 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm (Book 12) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie s Treasure Hunt 4.99 Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She likes the royal stables far better than the palace. When Princess Ellie finds a hidden treasure map she can t wait to saddle up and go exploring with her best friends, Kate and Prince John. But the palace grounds have changed since the map was drawn a hundred years ago. How will they ever find the secret buried treasure? Code 56607 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2198 Paperback Age 5 years + 112 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm (Book 13) The Pony-Mad Princess Princess Ellie s Perfect Plan 4.99 Diana Kimpton is an experienced horse-riding instructor who has written a number of successful books and televisions scripts for children. Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She loves riding her five beautiful ponies with her friend, Kate. But then Kate s parents make a big announcement and Ellie is faced with losing her best friend. Ellie is determined to change everyone s minds, but will time run out before she comes up with the perfect plan? A brand-new pony-mad tale for fans new and old! Code 55678 Half-price sample: 2.49 on Code N2180 Paperback Age 7 years + 96 pgs Size: 198 x 130 mm