Insects, spiders, minibeasts Books

Melissa is a young honeybee with a special mission from her mother, the queen. Melissa flies a long way to find a source of pollen, nectar and water. With a waggle bee dance she will help save the hive. The queen will have a surprise for Melissa-and not...

Add big stickers of all sorts of bugs, from shiny beetles to beautiful butterflies Fill this book with stickers of bugs - ones that scuttle, flap, buzz, wriggle and sting - from beehives to jungle floors, and flower meadows to ponds. With lots of...

Meet bugs from all over the world in this delightful picture puzzle book. Wriggling with worms and spiders and other creepy crawlies, this charming picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun. From deserts and jungles to ponds, caves and gardens,...

Enter the fascinating and surprising world of bugs in this delightful flap book. There are probably twenty quadrillion ants in the world - that's a lot! But most people have no idea about the tiny creatures scuttling, flying, wriggling or burrowing...

A collection of amazing facts celebrating the extraordinary world of bugs. You'll never guess where a katydid's ears are, why peacock spiders need to be good dancers or how water skaters walk on water, and did you know that bagworm moth caterpillars...

A heart-warming tale of empathy, affection and dealing with grief across generations, from award-winning author Nicola Davies. Grandpa Joe is butterfly bonkers. There's nothing he loves more than photographing the fluttering, colourful creatures in his...

Uh oh – the nits are in town! Support severely struggling readers with this rollicking rhyming tale. A gang of nasty nits are in town and no matter how much the mummies go mad with mayonnaise and nit-combs, they think they're here to stay!Particularly...

Join Stevie, the world’s grumpiest slug, in slug self-esteem class to find out why you shouldn’t squash these amazing creatures! His name isn’t “Yuck!” or “Ew!”, it’s Stevie, the world’s grumpiest slug. It’s time for slime. Being called rude names by...

A charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees – full of friendship and adventure, and perfect to read together Take part in the heroic rescue of a fishing boat in trouble, meet a boy who makes an extraordinary...

Bees! Butterflies! Ladybirds! Join Dr. Seuss’s Lorax in this exciting new book about incredible insects and how best to protect them! With unique rhymes, spectacular information and heaps of brilliant images, children will love learning about the...

Another collection of five hilarious rhyming tales to appeal to beginner readers. Five funny stories that make reading a joy. In this collection you'll visit the unicorn hotel, go to the water park with a gang of skunks and take to the air in Spider's...

A magical illustrated new young fiction series for children aged 7-9 from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! Meet Marnie Midnight – a little moth with BIG dreams!Marnie Midnight is SO excited to be starting at Minibeast Academy...

Look out! These water-skiing bees are out of control! Miss Honey's class of bumble bees want to try water skiing during their lunch break. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in this latest hilarious addition to the popular Phonics Readers series.

A hide and seek book full of big, satisfying flaps for little children to lift. The big flaps in this hide and seek book are perfect for little fingers to lift. Each one has a different garden animal hiding behind it, and the endearing artwork is full...

From beetles and butterflies to grasshoppers and ants, little children can colour all their favourite insects in this fun activity book. With simple bold outlines and large areas to colour in, this book is a fun way for young children to develop their...

Follow a spotty ladybird as she explores outdoors, and lift petals and leaves to meet lots of other bugs along the way. This charming book for little children has lots to discover and talk about on every page, from buzzy bees visiting flowers to a line...

Just when your stomach had settled, J.A. Mawter returns with more sick and silly stories. Have you ever had a cockroach in your undies or taken part in a cheese race? these are only two of the serious issues tackled by J.A. Mawter in this the fifth...

Fancy Nancy is back in this magical new story from Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite. And that is why she can’t wait to go to her friend Bree’s Butterfly Birthday! It’s going to be the fanciest party...

A perfect introduction to English spelling, punctuation and grammar Find out how English really works with the help of some friendly bugs. They know all the spelling, punctuation and grammar tips and tricks for good writing. Brought to life with funny...

A set of eight 2-piece jigsaws and a book all about the garden. Come into the garden! This set of eight sturdy, two-piece jigsaws, packaged alongside a book for very young children, is an ideal way to encourage learning at playtime. Packed with cheerful...

A funny and fact-filled look at decomposition in all of its slimy glory, illustrated with dazzling full-color art by Gilbert Ford. Vultures, fungi, dung beetles, and more aid in this fascinating and sometimes smelly aspect of the life cycle that’s...

This entertaining book is bursting with ideas for fingerprinting lots of creepy crawlies, from bees and ladybirds to spiders and ants. Create scenes with hungry snails, wiggly worms, fluttering butterflies and lots more. With an inkpad of seven bright...

Come on a bug hunt in this little book and discover ants building their nest underground, bees making honey in their hive and a bug hotel where lots of creepy crawlies have found a home. With colourful illustrations, flaps to lift and holes to peep...

Readers can identify 60 bugs, from earwigs and mayflies to emperor moths and stag beetles with this informative little book. The pages are organised by location, showing bugs you might find in towns and parks, trees and woodlands and ponds and lakes...

This is the diary…of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not much different from you and me. Except that he eats his homework, oh and his head looks a lot like his rear end! This is the diary… of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not much different from you and me...

The second in a magical illustrated new young fiction series for children aged 7-9 from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! Marnie Midnight is a little moth with BIG dreams!Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a...

'Hello! I'm Costa, and welcome to my garden. Let's discover the joy of nature together.' Flowers are the part of a plant that smiles. Flowers make us smile too!And there are so many different kinds of flowers – all the colours of the rainbow.Join...

Whoever heard of a hip-hop loving, bright pink bee? You obviously haven't met Baboo. Baboo, the only pink bee in his hive, dances alone. Then he meets a green ladybird called Lee. By sharing his dancing skills with her, Baboo becomes her friend. But it...

Insect-extraordinaire Jay Hosler is back, this time exploring how we seek to understand ourselves and the world around us through the eyes of one of our world’s tiniest creatures: the ant.Meet Rubi, a tiny ant with a big personality and an even bigger...

Build 12 of the biggest bugs and creepy-crawlies on the planet, using stickers. In this exciting sticker book, you can build some of the most incredible creepy-crawlies on the planet - from nightmarish giant centipedes and dazzling dragonflies to...

Get up close to nature with naturalist and TV presenter CHRIS PACKHAM CBE and encounter the amazing animal superheroes that will help us save the world. What links whales, earthworms, dogs and wasps? They are all SUPERHERO ANIMALS! Explore the amazing...

Eli Eddy and Cece Wawawheelie are best brother and sister friends. Together they discover the wonderful, magical, and fantastical world of Anderson The Ant. Their amazing adventures are sure to remind all of us that magnificent childhood imagination is...