Usborne and Kane Miller Books
Usborne Illustrated Grammar and Punctuation
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
This book will help young readers learn to spell 300 tricky words.
Usborne Illustrated Dictionary
written in friendly, accessible language
over 1,000 color illustrations
Usborne Not-Your-Everyday Illustrated Thesaurus
Usborne Readers
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
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 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.
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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 Boys Reading Bundle
Ages 6 +
7 Book reading bundle:
Castles
Snakes
Pirates
Living in Space
Planes
Sharks
Wolves
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Usborne Beginners Horses and Ponies
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Castles
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Firefighters
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Night Animals
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners The Solar System
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Monkeys
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bears
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Sun, Moon, and Stars
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Tadpoles and Frogs
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Your Body
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Reptiles
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Poisonous Animals
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Ants
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bees and Wasps
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Caterpillars and Butterflies
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Bugs
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Rainforests
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Eggs and Chicks
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Penguins
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Storms and Hurricanes
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Usborne Beginners Weather
exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own
includes glossary & quicklinks
Pet Vet Book 1 Cranky Paws
Trump is a Jack Russell terrier, and she’s also an ALO, an Animal Liaison Officer, whose job it is to help take care of and calm all the animals who come to Pet Vet clinic to see her owner, Dr. Jeanie. Luckily, Trump speaks most animal languages, and together, she and Dr. Jeanie are an unbeatable team.
In Cranky Paws, a hurt kitten needs some care -- and a new home! Ages 7-11
Pet Vet Book 2 The Mare's Tale
Trump is a Jack Russell terrier, and she’s also an ALO, an Animal Liaison Officer, whose job it is to help take care of and calm all the animals who come to Pet Vet clinic to see her owner, Dr. Jeanie. Luckily, Trump speaks most animal languages, and together, she and Dr. Jeanie are an unbeatable team.
In The Mare's Tale, it's up to Trump to help calm a mare having a foal during a big storm. Add in a silly human and a sick Dalmatian, and there's almost too much to do!Ages 7-11
Pet Vet Book 3 MotorBike Bob
Trump is a Jack Russell terrier, and she’s also an ALO, an Animal Liaison Officer, whose job it is to help take care of and calm all the animals who come to Pet Vet clinic to see her owner, Dr. Jeanie. Luckily, Trump speaks most animal languages, and together, she and Dr. Jeanie are an unbeatable team.
Motorbike Bob is a biker dog! He rids around on the back of a motorbike, and he's never needed a vet ... until now! Ages 7-11
Billie B Mystery Code Breakers
Billie B. Brown and her friends, Jack, Mika and Alex, have decided to start a Secret Mystery Club and scour the neighborhood looking for mysteries to solve and clues to uncover.
In Code Breakers, Billie and Jack find an anonymous note on Billie’s front porch. It's time the friends put their code-breaking skills to the test.
Usborne Beginners Plus: Survival
Ages 8+
Usborne Tales of Robin Hood
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 Crocodile Attack
Ages 8-12
In Crocodile Attack, a robber has kidnapped Sam Fox and his little cousin Nissa during a tropical cyclone. When the getaway car crashes into the raging Crocodile River, Sam and Nissa must face one ordeal after another to survive against incredible odds. Sam fights to keep his head above water and Nissa out of the jaws of certain death.
As the waters rise and the crocodiles close in, Sam must push himself to the limits of his endurance.
Extreme Adventures Grizzly Trap
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.
Bear Grylls Books
Bear Grylls Survival Skills Handbook Volume 1
The Survival Skills Handbook is the must-have survival guide for all young explorers. This practical field guide is full of information about the essential skills needed for outdoor activities, with step-by-step instructions, tips and level-headed advice from Bear, plus cool facts and incredible illustrations. Don’t leave home without it!
Volume 1: Camping, Maps & Navigation, Knots, Dangers & Emergencies
Bear Grylls Extreme Planet
Extreme Planet is a whirlwind tour of the globe, seeking out the highest, deepest, wildest, thinnest, coolest, hottest, scariest, smelliest things on the planet. It’s a fantastic journey around the world.
Bear Grylls Dangerous Animals Activity Book
Find facts and statistics and fun activities to learn what makes these animals – from the tiny but terrifying to the not-so-gentle giants – so scary.
Bear Grylls In the Jungle Coloring Book
Coloring activities prepare you for a jungle adventure with fun facts and special tips from Bear himself about the animals you may meet along the way!
Bear Grylls Wild Survival Activity Book
Get ready for a wilderness adventure with these fun facts, quizzes, mazes, and more! Learn what you need to survive: how to pack, read a map, and what dangers to watch out for!
Bear Grylls Adventures The Blizzard Challenge
Each book in the Bear Grylls Adventures series follows a different child at an outdoor activity camp. Once they are given the compass, they meet Bear in an amazing place and learn new skills and facts they can take back with them to their real life. There is so much information, and so much fun in these inspirational adventures.
Thanks to thecompass, Olly finds himself on a glacier. Bear Grylls, his guide, is waiting. The only way home is to trek across frozen lakes and through deep snow drifts — and there’s a blizzard coming… Can Olly meet the challenge? Ages 7-10
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 Telling the Time Activity book
Usborne Fractions and Decimals Activity Book
Coder Academy
Are You Ready for the Challenge?
Discover the essential skills required on the way to becoming a computer coding expert in this innovative activity book.
Coder Academy encourages imaginative play and problem solving, and the fresh, contemporary artwork helps to make basic coding concepts accessible.
Doctor Academy
Welcome to Doctor Academy, a fun, informative introduction to the skills necessary to become a doctor!
Become an expert in all kinds of abilities required by a primary care physician and surgeon through a variety of fun, informative activities. Learn how to give checkups and how to identify symptoms, develop people skills, and even wrap a sprained wrist!
Includes a game, stickers, a poster, and more to add to the fun!
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+ SOLD OUT
Pilot Academy
Pilot Academy focuses on a different kind of pilot in each of its three sections: helicopter pilots, jet pilots and airline pilots.
Presented through a variety of interactive activities, including designing an airport, calculating the amount of fuel needed for a flight, testing your reflexes, learning to take off and land aircraft, and plenty more. Along the way, you'll hone the skills every pilot needs before taking to the skies.
Includes a game, stickers, a poster, and more to add to the fun!
Scientist Academy
Discover the essential skills required on the way to becoming a scientist in this innovative activity book.
Packed full of great illustrations, fun facts, and absorbing activities, Scientist Academy introduces and then guides young readers through five different types of scientists—laboratory scientist, investigative scientist, space scientist, earth scientist, and life scientist. Practical projects, each carefully designed to introduce the types of skills required by the different real-life scientists, help kids pick up the basics in a fun, hands-on way. Create a pendulum, investigate a crime scene, uncover some fossils, and study the solar system—the sky’s the limit!
The “Science File” section contains all sorts of goodies, such as Science Pairs game cards, a periodic table poster, and zoology stickers.
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
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
Usborne Write Your Own Story Book
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 Creative Writing Book
Ages 10+
Hardback book with interior spiral binding for easy use.
Packed with inspiring jumping-off ideas, and writing tips for different stories
Usborne Write Your Own Adventure Stories
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)
A Year in My Life
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!
The Usborne Creative Writer's Handbook
Usborne Social Studies supplements
Usborne Talkabout Book: Then and Now
explains fundamental principles of time
Usborne Who Were the First North Americans?
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
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
64 pp
Oppenheim Toy Platinum Award 2007
Expand your horizons with Art History!
Usborne Time Traveler
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 A Short History of the World
Friends, Romans, citizens of the world - do you want to take a fast-paced trip through time? All of human history is here, from hunter-gatherers in the Ice Age to technological innovators in modern times. With bitesize narrative accounts, lively illustrations, timelines, maps and links to specially selected websites to bring history alive. Ages 9+ HB
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 Understanding Politics & Government
An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.
This book would be a great supplement to my 11th Grade Program {Economics/Government & 20th Century History}
Usborne Geography Encyclopedia w/Atlas
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 Reptiles
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Insects
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Birds
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Pocket Book Mammals of the World
Pocket reference, Kane Miller Book
All ages
Usborne Science Supplements
Usborne My First Reference Book About Nature
Ages 3+
The Usborne Outdoor Book
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
Usborne It all starts with a Seed..........How food Grows
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
science activities for all ages
Usborne Science with Air
science activities for all ages
Usborne Science in the Kitchen
Science activities for all ages
Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans
Scheduled with K full manual pkg
Usborne First Encyclopedia of the Human Body
New
Scheduled in First Grade manual
First Encyclopedia of Science
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
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
Internet-linked
supplement
Great addition for the study of the Human Body at any level!
scheduled on Grade 5
Usborne Forensic Science
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
with Internet links
Ages 8+
great supplement for second grade and up
Usborne World of Animals
Usborne Perma-bound cover
scheduled in 2nd grade manual