John Malam

David Salariya

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator! (You Wouldn't Want To¿)

Fiona MacDonald

Whisky

Anne Rooney

Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria – tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and how they have transformed the treatment of disease. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Antibiotics! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Antibiotics!

David Stewart

"As a polar bear, you're the largest land predator in the world. it's a very difficult life: You have to raise new cubs and hunt for your prey across the sea ice, and your hunting grounds are shrinking every year"-- Page 4 cover.

How Would You Survive as a Polar Bear?

Jim Pipe

Why are creatures of the deep scary? Why is the deep so dark? Why do sea creatures glow? Are there really sea monsters? This book explores the ocean depths in search of some scary yet fascinating spectacles, including fish that hunt using bioluminescence, giant squid and entire deep-sea communities that survive despite having no access to sunlight. Scary Creatures of the Deep is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format. Special X-ray pages enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance.

Scary Creatures of the Deep

Michael Ford

David Antram

A light-hearted look at what life would be like as a Greek athlete.

Races You'd Rather Not Run

You Wouldn't Want to be a Greek Athlete!

You Wouldn't Want to Know!

Top 10 Worst Vicious Villains

Fiona Macdonald

Presents legends and facts about ten mythical animals and monsters found in different countries around the world, including the Kraken, Cyclops, Minotaur, Yeti, and Medusa the Gorgon.

Murderous Mythical Creatures You Wouldn't Want to Meet!

Jacqueline Morley

Fascinating stories of gods and goddesses from around the world come to life for early readers in this book through brilliant illustrations, stories, and text describing the context in which the stories were influenced, written, and passed on through generations in their given culture. As an excellent beginner's introduction to the world's great faiths and folklore.

World of Gods & Goddesses

Take an incredible tour through an ancient Egyptian pyramid. Step inside an ancient Egyptian building site where one of mankind's most spectacular creations is slowly taking shape. Discover how the Egyptians constructed these vast buildings with such incredible precision, without using wheels, machines or iron tools. Their aim: to preserve their pharaoh not just from tomb robbers, but from death itself. Superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the book's educational value.

An Egyptian Pyramid

David Arscott

Climate Change: A Very Peculiar History arms you with an introduction to the scientific concepts behind climate change, then hits you hard with the bizarre and at times disputed facts that go along with the theory. Climate Change: A Very Peculiar History includes information on the potentially disastrous effects of climate change and what we can do to stop them. It features easy-to-understand diagrams and fascinating fact sheets which will boggle the mind. Discover where the theory came from and what we were (or weren’t) doing to help protect the Earth in past times. This book covers the scientific and historical background of our troubled relationship with the planet on which we live. Very Peculiar History is a hugely-successful, award-winning information book series with more than 50 titles on diverse historical and cultural subjects. Each volume features black and white illustrations, witty anecdotes, incredible trivia, a timeline, and glossary, providing hours of entertainment to readers of all ages.

Climate Change A Very Peculiar History

Humorous text and illustrations describe what life must have been like for the Egyptian princess, describing how she had to rule a kingdom, protect her throne from her brother, Ptolemy, and woo Roman invaders.

An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be

You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra!

Joanne Jessop

Shows the structure and use of famous modern buildings from the Royal Pavilion in Brighton to Kansai Airport, and describes how they were built.

The X Ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Modern World

Mark Bergin

Tom Ratliff

Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.

A Dusty, Thankless Job You'd Rather Not Do

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pony Express Rider!

The reader is about to become a Victorian servant in Britain around 1885 and learns about the responsibilities and hardships that come with the position.

A Thankless Job You'd Rather Not Have

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Servant!

Discusses the troubled life and times of Scotland's famous queen.

A Ruler Who Really Lost Her Head

You Wouldn't Want to Be Mary, Queen of Scots!

Take an incredible tour through a Samurai Castle. Explore its relevance to the people who built it and the lives that they led. Stunning cut-away illustrations help lead the reader through the often complex historical period. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal educational text.

A Samurai Castle

Chronicles the Roanoke and Jamestown English settlements in Virginia, describing the difficult life and relations with the neighboring Algonquian tribe.

A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start

You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!

A Hazardous Job You'd Rather Not Have (You Wouldn't Want to...)

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder

Take an incredible tour through a 16th century mosque. Explore the story of the commissioning and building of the Süleymaniye mosque in Constantinople (Istanbul), one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture. It describes the religious, educational and charitable activities carried out in the mosque, and the role of the mosque in the life of the Muslim community. It outlines the early history of Islam, and the basic features of Muslim beliefs and traditions. Superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the book's educational value.

David Salariya

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