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Ancient Rome: Life and Times in by Mason Conrad
Category: Education
This beautifully illustrated history series is core non-fiction at its best. With clear, readable text, information-packed illustrations and child-friendly design, each book will delight young readers and provide them with an exciting insight into people's lives thousands of years ago. "Life and Times i ...Show more
Britain Since the War by Conrad Mason
Category: Education | Series: History of Britain
Library Friendly Edition of original- Tells the story of how life in Britain changed in the years after the Second World War, from post-war street parties to the celebrations on the eve of the new millennium.
Dinosaurs by Conrad Mason
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Usborne First Reading Level 3
This is a new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It is aimed at children who are beginning to read. It offers a gentle introduction to the time of the dinosaurs, with a glossary and pronunciation guide. Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, ...Show more
Look Inside A Castle (Lift-the-Flap) by Conrad Mason
Category: Education | Series: Usborne Look Inside
This is an innovative flap book offering a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of a busy castle. Amid the hustle and bustle, find flaps beneath flaps and many more surprises to keep enquiring minds entertained. Young readers can meet lords, ladies, knights and squires and find out how they live, work, ...Show more
Polar Bear (Usborne First Reading Level 4) by Conrad Mason
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Usborne First Reading Level 4
A new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Wrap up warm to explore the world of polar bears, where young children can discover how polar bears keep warm, catch their prey and survive in the dangerous icy wastes of the Arctic Circle. Developed in con ...Show more
See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason
Category: Education | Series: See Inside
A new addition to the See Inside series about how things - from the most mundane household objects to most complicated machines - work and operate. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides and machinations of machines and devices, explaining in simple, clear language exactly how they work. Machines include ...Show more
Ships (Usborne See Inside) by Conrad Mason
Category: Education | Series: Usborne See Inside
This is a new addition to the "See Inside" series about ships throughout history from Viking longboats to Spanish galleons, ironclads to aircraft carriers. With over 90 flaps you can reveal the insides of ships from across the ages, explaining in simple, clear language what they were used for, how the c ...Show more
The Deep, Dark Woods (Usborne Very First Reading #7) by Conrad Mason
Category: Picture Books | Series: Usborne Very First Reading
'Beware, beware the deep dark woods.' But Jack doesn't listen...how will he ever get home? Part of the award-winning "Usborne Very First Reading" series specially developed in consultation with literacy experts to help children learn to read. Designed for a child to read together with an adult, allowing ...Show more
The Demon's Watch (Tales of Fayt #1) by Conrad Mason
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Tales of Fayt
'We're the Demon's Watch, son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Don't tell me you've never heard of us?' Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live side by side. Fed up of working at the Legless Mermaid tavern, Grubb ...Show more
The First World War (Usborne Young Reading Series 3) by Conrad Mason
Category: Education | Series: Usborne Young Reading Series 3
In 1914, the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked one of the most destructive conflicts the world had ever seen. This is the story of the First World War, and the people who lived and died fighting in it. It is a narrative account of WWI, written specially for children who are ready to tackle long ...Show more
The Girl in the Wooden Armour by MASON,CONRAD
Category: Children's Books
Brokewood Valley is a strange and mysterious place. There are old magics under the earth, and dark forces at play. So when Hattie and her brother, Jonathan, arrive to find their Granny missing, they suspect something sinister is going on. Hattie uncovers these unusual powers in the land and is determine ...Show more
The Goblin's Gift: Tales of Fayt, Book 2 by Conrad Mason
Category: Accessories
Joseph Grubb is the newest member of the Demon's Watch. He and his fellow watchmen protect Port Fayt, where humans live in peace alongside trolls, elves and fairies. And now the town needs them more than ever, because the almighty League of the Light has sent an armada to wipe it off the map. Fayt's onl ...Show more