Find out what's inside your body and how it all works in this fascinating book full of bright pictures and amazing facts that grown-ups and children can share and talk about together. What's blood for? Where does food go after we eat it? Why do people need to sleep? This informative and light-hearted picture book answers these questions and many more.

This engaging picture introduces little children to the wonders of science. Simple, friendly illustrations take you through a wide range of subjects - from astronauts living in space to simple experiments you can try at home. Discover how a seed grows, why things float, what makes materials change and much more. Full of fascinating facts and important concepts that grownups and children can share and talk about together. Includes internet links to websites with video clips, games and activities for young children to find out more about science. Part of a series which also includes My First Outdoor Book (9781474943031) and My First Body Book (9781474915977).

This engaging picture book for little children explains how the body works, covering everything from blood and bones to dreams and digestion. Simple, friendly illustrations take you through basic body parts and processes. Discover how your heart works, what happens as you grow up, which part of your brain controls coughing and sneezing, and more. Charming original artwork by Tony Neal featuring friendly,colourful characters. Simple, engaging text suitable for sharing with little children. Look out for fascinating facts including how many years of your life you will spend asleep, how many glasses the water in your body would fill and how fast your brain works compared to a racing car.

What’s going on inside our bodies? How do we move, eat, think, and breathe? Children will love looking inside the human body to discover the answers with this incredible interactive book. With labeled acetate diagrams of the muscular, skeletal, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, excretory, and nervous systems, this is a fantastic first look at human anatomy. From pumping blood to breathing air, The Body Book is an exciting way to explore all the amazing things our body can do.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • The Washington Post • Slate • Harper’s Bazaar • Time Out New York • Publishers Weekly • BookPage Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

A beautifully illustrated, non-fiction picture book about space for very young children. Little astronauts can find out about planets, stars, asteroids, space travel, the International Space Station and lots more. With lots to spot and talk about, vivid illustrations and simple language, this is a fun and entertaining way to introduce little children to a fascinating subject. With links to carefully selected websites where children can find out more about constellations and space via the Usborne Quicklinks website.

An informative picture book that introduces geography and planet Earth to young children. Fascinating facts about the world's deep blue oceans, dusty deserts and lush rainforests are delivered in a friendly and approachable way. Illustrations:Full colour throughout