Our Fascinating Facts category includes titles that children of all ages can really get their teeth into and enjoy whilst also filling up their brain with useful facts to help them better understand our amazing world.
This category will be refreshed regularly as we find what we think are the best of breed books across age ranges and interests but all of them in their own way will bring factual information vividly to life. So whether you have a keen reader or a reluctant one, a toddler or a teenager there's something here for them to get their teeth into. Highlights for youngsters include a brilliant lift-the-flap Atlas, a series called Henry's House, which is absolutely not to be missed, The Good Green Footprint and a wonderful non-fiction picture story book about Charles Darwin; for slightly older readers there are a range of titles supported by The Science Museum alongside two titles in the '100 Most' series featuring the most dangerous and most disgusting things on our planet and for late tween and teen titles there's a plethory of titles too including Al Gore's must read Young Adult version of his mega bestseller Our Choice.


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Fascinating Facts for 5+ readers
Francesca Simon
Packed with freaky facts and random trivia, this is the perfect guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and lots of things you might never have wanted to know) about the world of sport - Horrid Henry style!
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry is MAD about dinosaurs – although not always for very good reasons! Enjoy sharing his enthusiasm for the Tyranosaurus Rex or Velociraptor and the rest. Stuffed full of facts, this is a must have for all Horrid Henry...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Books of the Month | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/11/2011
Nick Butterworth
Wonderful Earth is the story of the creation of this wonderful world in which we live. Terrifically interactive with pop-ups, split pages and peep holes it will give the reader aged 5 and above hours of entertainment on their own...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 11/03/2010
Fairies, flowers, princesses and jewellery all feature in this book designed to encourage making and doing at home. There are lots of ideas for how to make your own cards and presents as well as decorations for the home. A...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts | Out and About
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2012
Designed to stave off dull moments and to encourage creativity at home, this lives up to its title by packing in loads of things to make with simple materials, most of which are readily at hand. From an Egyptian Mummy...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts | Out and About
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2012
Traci Bunkers
We love this series of four books - Print It!, Draw It!, Paint It! and Make It! - under the Art Smart umbrella. Each book is wonderfully inspirational with an incredibly clear 'how to' approach. Children aged 5+ will have...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Art and Artists | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2012
Kathy M. Durkin
We love this series of four books - Print It!, Draw It!, Paint It! and Make It! - under the Art Smart umbrella. Each book is wonderfully inspirational with an incredibly clear 'how to' approach. Children aged 5+ will have...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Art and Artists | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2012
Melanie Grimshaw
We love this series of four books - Print It!, Draw It!, Paint It! and Make It! - under the Art Smart umbrella. Each book is wonderfully inspirational with an incredibly clear 'how to' approach. Children aged 5+ will have...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Art and Artists | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2012
Sarah McMenemy
A brilliant gift package that is both beautiful and useful. Open out this concertina and some of the best sites in London - Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament – pop up for you. Gorgeous illustrations bring out...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Novelty book - Released: 03/03/2011
Christiane Dorion
When will it next snow? This hands-on guide with opening flaps and pop-ups gives masses of information about how different weather conditions come about. Where does rain come from? Why does the wind blow? What is a climate? Answers to...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/01/2011
Philip Ardagh
Masses of fascinating information is contained within this entertainingly written introduction (5+ year olds will love it) to how the body works. Henry is quite an ordinary little boy who likes finding things out. Helped by his dog Mothball and...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
Wendy Walker
We love this series of four books - Print It!, Draw It!, Paint It! and Make It! - under the Art Smart umbrella. Each book is wonderfully inspirational with an incredibly clear 'how to' approach. Children aged 5+ will have...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Art and Artists | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2012
Nicola Davies
Winner of The English Association 2013 Prize (Non-Fiction 4-7) A beautiful book which brings nature to life in words and pictures. Nicola Davies interweaves fact and fiction as she brings each season into focus. She celebrates new growth and the rich...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards | Fascinating Facts | Out and About
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
Christiane Dorion
Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. Click here to see How the Weather Works by the same author. A fully interactive guide to different aspects of the workings of the world. The story of the water cycle pops up in...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Book Awards | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2010
Philip Ardagh
Meet Henry, an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house that’s jam-packed full of unexpected things. There's a gladiator in the basement and an arena in the garden. Step inside Henry's House and join Henry, his dog Mothball and a quirky...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
Philip Ardagh
Go back in time with Henry, his dog Mothball and his friend Jaggers. Together the three of them find out all they can about how the Egyptians lived. They meet the Pharaoh, learn about the Egyptian gods and goddesses and...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Books of the Month | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
Professor Mark L. Brake
Have you ever yearned to travel through time? Or asked yourself how the sun creates sunshine? Have you pojdered the existence of aliens, and wondered why they haven't come to visit us yet? Tune into your sense of adventure and...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/10/2010
Philip Ardagh
Henry’s house is full of very unexpected things. This time, the house is packed with all things Roman. There are gladiators, citizens, slaves and schoolboys. Find out all the details of how Romans lived their lives in this witty part...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
Philip Ardagh
Follow Henry as he tells you all about life in a castle. Learn how to make a bow and arrow, why did knights have coats of arms?, what life was like in the Great Hall as well as life down...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
Kelly Gerrard
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. New time travel series in appealing, witty, graphic novel format. Charlie follows his dog Bandit when he accidentally falls into a sinkhole transporting them to Ancient Rome. Searching for his dog...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Books for Boys | Books of the Month | Fascinating Facts | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2011
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
This picture reference book provides an absolutely terrific insight into one of the world's most famous scientists and is a great introduction to youngsters of an important piece of history. Darwin's adventure on the Beagle and his findings on the islands...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010
Alex Frith, Kate Leake
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. An original, innovative and interactive atlas full of flaps to lift, revealing beautiful buildings, exotic animals and fabulous sights. Divided into the separate continents, each double page is crammed with...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Book Awards | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/02/2008
Steve Alton
Disgustingly informative, this is a touchy, feely guide to some of the most disgusting things in life. Open the flap and find out about blood and bones, travel on a roller coaster ride around the fast flowing systems that control...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/08/2009
Christina Goodings
You and your children can make your everyday world good and green with this fantastic craft book. Using natural, leftover and recyclable materials, give your creative talents an eco-makeover. A great way to instil upon young children the fragility of...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/02/2010
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2010. As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father's hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Book Awards | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/09/2009
Clare Smallman
With clear, simple text for any child of 5 or 6+ and some terrific lift the flaps for children to see what's going on inside their body! Loads of information is well described and explained in this introduction to the...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2010
Philip Ardagh
A great introduction for 5+ year olds to the well-known, and sometimes not so well- known, facts about dinosaurs. There are masses of facts about dinosaurs crammed into this attractively produced and entertainingly written information book. Henry, his dog Mothball...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
Philip Ardagh
Fact finding Henry, Mothball the dog and Jaggers the caretaker are back for some more exploration in this introduction to every kind of bug from big hairy spiders to delicate silk-spinning silk worms. Entertainingly presented, there are loads of facts...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
Emily Bone
Love bugs or hate them, you'll love this... It reveals the world's biggest bugs, including spiders bigger than a dinner plate, a stick insect longer than your arm, a beetle the same size as a rat, and moths and butterflies...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2012
Francesca Simon
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Horrid Henry fans will delight in their favourite bad boy’s book of disgusting facts. The way Horrid Henry looks at things, much about the body is pretty disgusting so, from ear...
Featured in: 5+ readers | Fascinating Facts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011




































































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