Usborne and Kane Miller Books
Usborne Getting Ready for School
GRAMMAR & REFERENCE
Usborne Illustrated Grammar and Punctuation
Age 8 years and up
Author Jane Bingham
A new illustrated dictionary full of clear, straightforward explanations to understand the underlying rules of grammar and punctuation. Includes explanations of the rules of grammar and punctuation, descriptions of parts of speech, and lots of examples to reinforce understanding. A must-read for children and adults alike!
Geo-Tour II textbook Grades 3-5
Author Jane Bingham
A new illustrated dictionary full of clear, straightforward explanations to understand the underlying rules of grammar and punctuation. Includes explanations of the rules of grammar and punctuation, descriptions of parts of speech, and lots of examples to reinforce understanding. A must-read for children and adults alike!
Geo-Tour II textbook Grades 3-5
Usborne Better English: Grammar & Punctuation Activity Book
Usborne Better English.
Book contains 50 simple lessons and exercises to improve young readers grammar and punctuation.
Usborne Tricky Words to Spell
Usborne English Activities
This book will help young readers learn to spell 300 tricky words.
This book will help young readers learn to spell 300 tricky words.
Usborne Illustrated Dictionary
The perfect dictionary for home and school from age 9 to adult
written in friendly, accessible language
over 1,000 color illustrations
written in friendly, accessible language
over 1,000 color illustrations
Usborne Not-Your-Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus
A treasury of words to boost your word power, simple to explore, lots of ideas for different subjects to write about, you can look up words alphabetically in the word finder, there are tips for writing stories...and word games to play too.
Usborne Readers
Read-Alouds or reading on your own ages 8+
new HB
Beautiful read-aloud for your little ones! or for child reading on their own
Town/Country mouse, Elephant's nose, 3 Little Pigs, Little Red hen, Billy Goats Gruff, Mouse Deer and Crocodile, Chicken Little, Musicians of Bremen, Hare and Tortoise, Ugly Duckling
LAST ONE- Clearance
Usborne Illustrated Stories from Aesop
New HB, ages 6+
Illustrated Stories from Aesop to Read-Aloud or for a child reading on their own
35 moral-teaching stories from Aesop
morals taught: pride, trickery, greed, quarrels, friendship, cunning, retorts, comeuppance
Illustrated Stories from Aesop to Read-Aloud or for a child reading on their own
35 moral-teaching stories from Aesop
morals taught: pride, trickery, greed, quarrels, friendship, cunning, retorts, comeuppance
Usborne Young Beginners are hardback with glossy pages for years of use!
Usborne Young Beginners Bundle
Ages 3 and up
An exciting beginning reading series for young children, with lots of pictures and very simple, easy text. This bundle includes 8 titles:
Seasons NEW
Night & Day Animals NEW
Flowers
Baby Animals
Woodland Creatures
Dinosaurs
Bugs
Farm Animals- this title is from Beginners series but felt it went well with this bundle.
Click on view details to buy the set or titles individually.
Usborne Young Beginners Night & Day Animals
NEW TITLE in the Young Beginners series
Usborne Young Beginners Seasons
NEW TITLE in this series for Young Beginners
Usborne Beginners are hardback with glossy pages for years of use!
Usborne Beginners Boys Reading Bundle
Ages 6 +
7 Book reading bundle:
Castles
Snakes
Pirates
Living in Space
Planes
Sharks
Wolves
Click on view details to buy the entire bundle to to choose single titles
Usborne Beginners Horses and Ponies
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Castles
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Firefighters
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Night Animals
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners The Solar System
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Monkeys
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bears
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Sun, Moon, and Stars
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Tadpoles and Frogs
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Your Body
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Reptiles
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Poisonous Animals
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Ants
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bees and Wasps
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Caterpillars and Butterflies
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bugs
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Rainforests
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Eggs and Chicks
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Penguins
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Storms and Hurricanes
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Weather
ages 6+
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Reading On Your Own
Usborne Beginners Plus: Survival
Graphic-novel style picture strip is used alongside astonishing photographs to describe real-life survival situations. Internet links allow readers to access more information online via carefully selected and monitored websites.
Ages 8+
Ages 8+
Usborne Tales of Robin Hood
New PB
Illustrated by Ron Tiner
My son loved this edition and read it over and over!
Read aloud to younger ones or read by themselves ages 8+
Illustrated by Ron Tiner
My son loved this edition and read it over and over!
Read aloud to younger ones or read by themselves ages 8+
Extreme Adventures Grizzly Trap
By Justin D'Ath
Ages 8-12
In Grizzly Trap, Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his Cub Scout pack when their bus crashes down a canyon. Some of the group are seriously injured, so Sam and two cubs set off to find help. But Sam is thousands of miles from home, in the middle of the American wilderness.
A wilderness full of howling wolves, and a massive, unpredictable grizzly bear that’s following them . . .
The pace of all of the Extreme Adventure novels keeps readers gripped from the first page to the last. Sam is bounced so quickly from one adventure to another, readers will hardly have time to breathe.
Ages 8-12
In Grizzly Trap, Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his Cub Scout pack when their bus crashes down a canyon. Some of the group are seriously injured, so Sam and two cubs set off to find help. But Sam is thousands of miles from home, in the middle of the American wilderness.
A wilderness full of howling wolves, and a massive, unpredictable grizzly bear that’s following them . . .
The pace of all of the Extreme Adventure novels keeps readers gripped from the first page to the last. Sam is bounced so quickly from one adventure to another, readers will hardly have time to breathe.
Usborne Activity Books
A collection of simple but innovative mazes to solve, for very young children. It lets you help the squirrel find his way up the tree, along the branches and up to the nuts; the jellyfish to find its way out of a tangle of seaweed; a rocket to navigate a suitable route through the galaxy, and more.
LAST ONE-- CLEARANCE
Usborne First Hundred Words in English Coloring Book
new PB, ages 4-6, 32 pp.
Usborne Telling the Time Activity book
Children can become top at telling the time with this fun-filled book, crammed with puzzles and activities, including a practice clock to cut out and make. Learn about hours, minutes and seconds, calendars and timetables, AM and PM, and then try the challenging puzzles. Four pages of stickers and all the answers are at the back of the book.
Usborne Fractions and Decimals Activity Book
Be fantastic at fractions, dazzle with decimals and perfect your percentages with this entertaining book, jam-packed with practice puzzles and activities.
Engineer Academy
In Engineer Academy, kids learn essential skills for their engineering journey.
Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, it guides readers through each strand of engineering science – Mechanics, Aerospace, Robotics, Energy, and Materials. Practical projects, each carefully designed to introduce the kinds of skills required by real-life engineers, help kids pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way.
Design a robot, learn how to construct a simple car, create levers and pulleys, build paper planes, plus many other educational and inspirational activities – the sky’s the limit!
Ages 7+
Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, it guides readers through each strand of engineering science – Mechanics, Aerospace, Robotics, Energy, and Materials. Practical projects, each carefully designed to introduce the kinds of skills required by real-life engineers, help kids pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way.
Design a robot, learn how to construct a simple car, create levers and pulleys, build paper planes, plus many other educational and inspirational activities – the sky’s the limit!
Ages 7+
Vet Academy
Packed full of fun, educational activities, Vet Academy lets children explore life as a veterinarian, from the rigorous training involved in learning about different kinds of animals to the importance of food, exercise and conservation.
The book is broken up into sections -- Pet Vet, Zoo Vet, and Farm Vet -- and each section includes arts and crafts, puzzles and quizzes, plus tasks and missions. Everything from learning about dog body language to a day in the life of a zoo elephant (and her vet), to farm vet hygiene – it’s all in here. Plus, there’s also a pull-out poster, game, cards and sticker sheets to add to the interactive fun.
Ages 7+
Writing Books
Usborne My First Story Writing Book
Hardback- spiral bound for easy use
NEW Usborne product!
ages 6 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different comics
Includes space for you to write your own stories (like a beautifully illustrated journal). For more books in this series for older children go to My Usborne page
NEW Usborne product!
ages 6 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different comics
Includes space for you to write your own stories (like a beautifully illustrated journal). For more books in this series for older children go to My Usborne page
A Year in My Life
Be Creative Everyday
365 Scribble and Sketch Activities
Ages 9-14 personal Journal
An entirely unique keepsake from a year of your life, A Year in My Life prompts you to record unusual details in unusual ways. Design a surfboard, record your day as a recipe, write in a made-up language, draw an alien’s dinner—plus hundreds more activities to get you thinking and scribbling. This beautifully illustrated journal invites children to fill in 365 quirky drawing and writing activities—one for every day of the year. Things like: “Draw a tiny picture of the shoes you wore today.” Or, “If today was a color, what color would it be?” The activities are quick and imaginatively offbeat—so keeping up with the fun will never feel like work!
365 Scribble and Sketch Activities
Ages 9-14 personal Journal
An entirely unique keepsake from a year of your life, A Year in My Life prompts you to record unusual details in unusual ways. Design a surfboard, record your day as a recipe, write in a made-up language, draw an alien’s dinner—plus hundreds more activities to get you thinking and scribbling. This beautifully illustrated journal invites children to fill in 365 quirky drawing and writing activities—one for every day of the year. Things like: “Draw a tiny picture of the shoes you wore today.” Or, “If today was a color, what color would it be?” The activities are quick and imaginatively offbeat—so keeping up with the fun will never feel like work!
Usborne Creative Writing Book
New from Usborne- popular writing series
Ages 10+
Hardback book with interior spiral binding for easy use.
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different stories
Ages 10+
Hardback book with interior spiral binding for easy use.
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different stories
The Usborne Creative Writer's Handbook
This excellent book gives you all the help you need to write better stories, blogs, scripts and poetry, with lists of inspiring words and tips on editing and grammar. See how well-known writers put techniques into practice, and try out your own ideas on the jottings pages.
Usborne Write Your Own Story Book
Hardback- spiral bound for easy use
NEW Usborne product!
ages 8 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different types of stories including: Whodunnit?, comic strip, superpowers, story from picture, journal, time travel, fairy tale & more....
Includes space for you to write your own stories using the jumping off ideas. Includes a story writing toolkit with lots of tips for writing skills.
What a fun & different way to encourage writing! See Usborne page for more!
NEW Usborne product!
ages 8 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different types of stories including: Whodunnit?, comic strip, superpowers, story from picture, journal, time travel, fairy tale & more....
Includes space for you to write your own stories using the jumping off ideas. Includes a story writing toolkit with lots of tips for writing skills.
What a fun & different way to encourage writing! See Usborne page for more!
Usborne Write Your Own Adventure Stories
Hardback- spiral bound for easy use
ages 10 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different stories
Includes space for you to write your own stories (like a beautifully illustrated journal)
ages 10 years and up
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different stories
Includes space for you to write your own stories (like a beautifully illustrated journal)
Usborne Social Studies supplements
Usborne Talkabout Book: Then and Now
Usborne new pb 24pp
explains fundamental principles of time
explains fundamental principles of time
Usborne Who Were the First North Americans?
Usborne starting point history
new, ages 6+
goes well with Grade 2
scheduled on Grade 3 TD Special Manual (see special book bundle on grade 3 page for more information)
new, ages 6+
goes well with Grade 2
scheduled on Grade 3 TD Special Manual (see special book bundle on grade 3 page for more information)
Usborne The Story of Inventions
Usborne new Permacover
ages 8+
A fascinating look at inventions throughout time.
supplement- great for grade 3 or higher, now scheduled as a supplement on Grade 3
ages 8+
A fascinating look at inventions throughout time.
supplement- great for grade 3 or higher, now scheduled as a supplement on Grade 3
Usborne The Children's Book of Art
Usborne new HB
64 pp
Oppenheim Toy Platinum Award 2007
Expand your horizons with Art History!
64 pp
Oppenheim Toy Platinum Award 2007
Expand your horizons with Art History!
Usborne Time Traveler
Ages 8-11
Discover what life was really like in this action-packed adventure through history. Visit a castle during the Crusades, meet a ferocious band of Viking raiders, explore Rome when the Roman empire was at its height and take a trip down the Nile at a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt. Informative and amusing, this fully illustrated book contains four updated Usborne classics: Knights & Castles, Viking Raiders, Rome & Romans, Pharaohs & Pyramids.
Discover what life was really like in this action-packed adventure through history. Visit a castle during the Crusades, meet a ferocious band of Viking raiders, explore Rome when the Roman empire was at its height and take a trip down the Nile at a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt. Informative and amusing, this fully illustrated book contains four updated Usborne classics: Knights & Castles, Viking Raiders, Rome & Romans, Pharaohs & Pyramids.
Usborne Book of World History
New HB
ages 8+
Empires, Civilizations, Age of Revolutions, Crusades, Warriors, Exploration, and more.
Scheduled on the Grade 3 TD Special Manual (see special book bundle on grade 3 page for this)
Great supplement for starting World History in elementary grades
Usborne Geography Encyclopedia w/Atlas
New
Scheduled in 8th Grade Earth Science
Scheduled in 4th for Cultures /Geography
revised editon
Also, great supplement to have on hand to cover Geography lessons
Sample pages
Scheduled in 8th Grade Earth Science
Scheduled in 4th for Cultures /Geography
revised editon
Also, great supplement to have on hand to cover Geography lessons
Sample pages
Pocket Books
Pocket Book Cities of the World
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Reptiles
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Insects
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Birds
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Natural Wonders
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Mammals of the World
A world of facts and figures
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Usborne Science Supplements
Usborne My First Reference Book About Nature
Little children need to learn a huge amount of vocabulary words before they start to read, and one of the best ways in which to do that is to share books with them. This book is a perfect vocabulary builder with over one hundred nature-based words, each with a picture. Simply point to a picture and say the word, and your child will soon be picking up new words. Puzzles and quizzes add to the fun and help test your knowledge.
Ages 3+
Ages 3+
The Usborne Outdoor Book
Inspiring ideas for discovering and exploring outdoors, whether that’s a city park, a beach, deep in the woods or even in a garden. Activities for all weathers include building a shelter, stargazing, marking a trail, catching crabs and listening for creatures at night. With tips for identifying wildlife and advice throughout on staying safe.
The Usborne Woodland Book
NEW TITLE
A beautifully illustrated guide to the wildlife, plants, history and magic of woodlands. Children can discover their inner explorer, learning how to identify trees, track animals, build woodland shelters, draw maps and discover legends set in woods.
See Inside Energy An Usborne Flap Book
Hardback flap book
scheduled in Grade 1
Above and Below
Lift the lid on eight animal habitats to see the extraordinary natural stories that happen above and below the surface. From the rainforest to the ocean and the macro to the micro, lift the flap to explore the fascinating relationships occurring in each of the world's ecosystems.
Usborne It all starts with a Seed..........How food Grows
This stylish book explains how almost everything we eat grows from seeds – including flour, rice, carrots and even chocolate. Beautifully illustrated pages show root vegetables snug in the soil, plants with crunchy leaves and lots of different fruits. There is also information on how a seed sprouts, how bees help flowers and how plants grow.
Ages 5+
Ages 5+
Usborne Book of Growing Food
A simple step-by-step introduction to growing food in containers both inside and out. Projects include carrots from seeds, climbing cucumbers, edible flowers, popcorn, squash shaped like flying saucers and much more. Includes pages with essential planting techniques and tips on when to water, how to deal with pests and even make your own compost.
Ages 8+
Usborne Science Encyclopedia
Usborne Science with Plants
Usborne new pb 24pp
science activities for all ages
science activities for all ages
Usborne Science with Air
Usborne new pb 24pp
science activities for all ages
science activities for all ages
Usborne Science in the Kitchen
Usborne new pb 24pp
Science activities for all ages
Science activities for all ages
Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans
Usborne new pb 64pp
Scheduled with K full manual pkg
Scheduled with K full manual pkg
Usborne First Encyclopedia of the Human Body
Usborne PB
New
Scheduled in First Grade manual
New
Scheduled in First Grade manual
First Encyclopedia of Science
Usborne SB
Scheduled in 3rd Grade manual
Scheduled in 3rd Grade manual
Usborne Living World Encyclopedia
Usborne softback
New & current
Scheduled in the 4th grade manual
ONLY ONE LEFT, OUT OF PRINT
Usborne Understanding Your Brain
New, paperback
Internet-linked
supplement for ages 8+
Great addition for the study of the Human Body at any level!
(great addition to 3rd and 5th grade)
Internet-linked
supplement for ages 8+
Great addition for the study of the Human Body at any level!
(great addition to 3rd and 5th grade)
Usborne Improve your Survival Skills
Usborne new PB
ages 11 +
fun supplement
Usborne Complete Book of Human Body
New, permabound
Internet-linked
supplement
Great addition for the study of the Human Body at any level!
scheduled on Grade 5
Internet-linked
supplement
Great addition for the study of the Human Body at any level!
scheduled on Grade 5
Usborne Forensic Science
Usborne new Permacover
ages 10+
A fascinating look at the many techniques used to catch criminals
supplement; go to Usborne Supplements page to find True Stories of Crime & Detection
ages 10+
A fascinating look at the many techniques used to catch criminals
supplement; go to Usborne Supplements page to find True Stories of Crime & Detection
Usborne Mysteries and Marvels of Science
Usborne permacover supplement, new
with Internet links
Ages 8+
scheduled on Grade 5
Usborne Mysteries and Marvels of Nature
Usborne permacover supplement, new
with Internet links
Ages 8+
great supplement for second grade and up
with Internet links
Ages 8+
great supplement for second grade and up
Usborne World of Animals
New
Usborne Perma-bound cover
scheduled in 2nd grade manual
Usborne Perma-bound cover
scheduled in 2nd grade manual