Author: Alex Woolf

Today's innovators are often inspired by the futuristic visions of science fiction... worlds in which humans can travel through time, teleport, upl...

Books with X-Ray Vision: Animals in the City is an ingenious and innovative new title where children can hold some of the pages up to the light to ...

Books with X-Ray Vision: Animal Armour is an ingenious and innovative new title where children can hold some of the pages up to the light to see th...

A glossary clarifies key terms, making it accessible to kids who are less familiar with technical language.

When Joe Smallwood goes to stay with his Uncle Theo and cousin Maya life seems very dull until he finds a strange smartphone nestling beside a grav...

When the Time Detectives Joe and Maya stumble upon an old house in the middle of a wood its occupant has a sad and strange tale to tell. Michael wa...

The titles in the new Women in Science series take a highly visual approach to telling the stories of important women scientists. Each title featur...

In this latest adventure in the Time Detectives series Joe and Maya travel back to ancient Egypt to solve a new mystery. A precious jewel has been ...

Gisela the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon chieftain is a brave and skilful archer. When her village is attacked by a band of fierce Vikings and her par...

No, Ash, don''t! cried Beth. But Ash wasn''t listening. He climbed inside the box, and was gone. Roll up, roll up! Boys and girls... take your sea...

During the years of settlement and exploration of the North American continent, women's position in society was largely restricted to the domestic ...

Did you know that the little white grains that sit in your salt cellar have an amazing story to tell? The simple condiment has caused wars to break...

Millions of years ago, the oceans teemed with creatures that were every bit as fascinating and ferocious as the dinosaurs that ruled the land. Thes...

While the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, another species ruled the skies. These were the pterosaurs - flying reptiles. They were expert flyers and hun...

This gruesome guide to skin, the largest organ in the human body, uses factpacked, easy-to-read text and humorous illustrations to explore everythi...

Photographs from The National Archives will show what life was like during World War One. What were conditions like in the trenches, what did they ...

How have technology and science helped us to create music, play sport, find out about the past and create visual art? This series will look at the...

How have technology and science helped us to create music, play sport, find out about the past and create visual art? This series will look at the...

Simon Archer is a bully. He''s nasty to his classmates his teachers his mum. Then one morning Simon looks in the mirror and gets a shock. The face ...

This breathtaking steampunk adventure series introduces an alternative 19th century of giant airships soaring through the skies above the English C...