Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything […]

From Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah and bestselling author of Oi Frog!, Kes Gray, comes a fun and action-packed picture book that will get kids reading, and running too!Follow Mo on his madcap adventures as his running skills go from strength to strength.The nation watched with bated breath as Mo Farah seized Olympic gold in […]

Who was the first, who is the fastest and who is the best? This book celebrates humans’ quest to race to the top! This book is divided into five sections that tell the story of human achievement throughout history: faster, higher, further; journeys and expeditions; transport and vehicles; science and our world; and technology.  Each […]

When Mary was little, her family was very poor. She used to help her dad to comb for shells and bones up high on dangerous cliffs. After receiving a book as a gift from a kind benefactor, Mary learned all about fossils. She continued to hunt for them and made the startling discovery of a […]