A Children's Book Council 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12. Owen Davey's dynamic art and witty informational tidbits shine a light on the toughest bugs in the insect world: those brawny beetles! Did you know that there are roughly 400,000 different species of beetles? These incredible creatures make up about 25% of all animals on our planet! Beetles are superbly adapted to life in various climates across the world, wherever trees and flowers are found. From the mighty Goliath beetle to the beautiful iridescent scarab beetle, this captivating and stunningly illustrated guide will teach you everything you need to know about these fascinating insects.

The seventh entry in illustrator Owen Davey's award-winning "About Animals" series, this one focuses on all different crocs, gators, caimans, and gharials, depicted in Davey's signature design-oriented, colorful, minimalist style. The seventh entry in illustrator Owen Davey's award-winning "About Animals" series, this one focuses on all different crocs, gators, caimans, and gharials, depicted in Davey's signature design-oriented, colorful, minimalist style.

Owen Davey's popular non-fiction series continues with a captivating and stunningly illustrated guide to penguins. Did you know that penguins can hold their breath for over half an hour? Or that they can swim four times faster than an Olympic swimmer? And they don't just live in icy Antarctica! You can find them on sandy beaches in South Africa and other more tropical locations too. Dive into this fascinating illustrated guide to our feathered friends, the penguins. From the tiny fairy penguin that is no bigger than a ruler, to the emperor penguin that is over a metre tall, find out where they live, what they eat and how we can protect them.

Touch and trace baby-friendly first words, in this stylish, design-led board book. Explore words such as apple and banana, rain and cloud, sun and moon, and spoon and cup, as this book reflects a baby's reality and helps them learn along the way.

Touch and trace the numbers from 1 to 10 in this stylish, design-led board book. Beautifully produced, with contemporary artwork, see the numbers reflected in the natural world around us.

Touch and trace the opposites, as they are raised and recessed in the page in this stylish, design-led board book. Beautifully produced, with contemporary artwork, can you spot the opposites in this book in the world around you?

Humans have always dreamed of creating artificial intelligence, but have we finally done it? Find out in this fascinating introduction to AI for young readers. From the ancient Greeks to Chat GPT, we've been trying to artificially create a machine with human qualities for centuries. Stronger, smarter, braver, the dream of a superhuman brain has fueled the imagination of science-fiction writers and filmmakers throughout history. And while we're still a long way from a world populated by the robots from our favorite movies, the technology that could power them already exists. It's called Artificial Intelligence, or 'AI'. We can't see it and yet the technology is everywhere: it's in our phones, computers, cars, at the doctor's office, and it's already making decisions for us, for better and sometimes for worse... A fascinating first look at AI, robotics, and machine learning. This captivating book profiles inventors and takes a closer look at how machine learning and AI already exist in our phones and elsewhere in tech in our homes and cities. It highlights which AI robots from the world of science fiction are coming closer into being! This is a beautifully presented and well-researched deep dive into an enduring topic of robotics and our growing interest in coding and machine learning for children aged 9+. This is ideal for STEM-loving children: it's a book that looks cool and is full of facts to share with friends and family.