Discover the magic of Swan Lake with this interactive musical book that children can play themselves. With colour-coded notes, a built-in keyboard and simple one-finger tunes, it’s the perfect first step into the world of music.
'A delight for fans of the director and readers interested in how a life in the film industry can be a rollercoaster of a ride.' – Raymond Benson, CinemaRetro'Another handsome, deeply researched volume from Ian Nathan, whose coffee table books have become something of an art form in themselves.' – Dave Lancaster, Cinemas OnlineDiscover the genius of Martin Scorsese – one of cinema’s
Piece together an interstellar adventure with The Story Orchestra: The Planets: Musical Puzzle, where every piece unlocks real orchestral music from Holst’s cosmic masterpiece! With a magical story, sound buttons and a space-themed poster, this puzzle brings the planets to life through music and play.
Journey through the starry skies (and beyond!) with this illustrated collection of stories from around the world.  This enchanting anthology gathers folktales and legends exploring the brightness of the sun, the gentle glow of the moon, the constellations that shine across our skies . . . and heavenly realms beyond our imagination!Stories include: The Story of the Sun Child
Celebrate Britain and Ireland’s most imaginative gardens – and the remarkable people who created them.   Stephanie Mahon, editor of Gardens Illustrated, and award-winning landscape photographer John Campbell step inside the private worlds of artists, writers, designers and makers whose gardens are as distinctive as their work.  Among the featured tastemakers
 ‘I don’t know how to write love letters. But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty . . . love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain’  Since her death Frida Kahlo has become an iconic cultural figure, renowned for her expressive, highly personal paintings. Her art drew on her
**The multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series** Dive deeper into the world of Little People, BIG DREAMS with a new edition of this beautifully packaged and highly giftable keepsake treasury – featuring 50 dreamers and complete with gorgeous gold sprayed edges and a ribbon marker! Learn more about your favourite dreamers with new in-depth stories in this
Step beyond the familiar tales of The Lord of the Rings and journey into the Second Age with this definitive guide to Middle-earth.  Explore the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of legendary artefacts like the Palantíri and the epic struggle against Sauron that culminated in the War of the Last Alliance. Drawing on J.R.R. Tolkien’s unfinished writings, this richly detailed
**The multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series** Enjoy the countdown to Christmas like never before with 24 complete Little People, BIG DREAMS stories, each presented as a beautiful mini book! Collected together in a beautiful hardcover case and tie ribbon, each day children can feel the magic of Christmas as they unwrap a new story. Perfect for reading
**FULLY UPDATED FOR 2026** Praise for the first edition: ‘A highly informative and insightful read into the mind of one of the most definitive mind-bending directors in cinema.’– The Reel Vision ‘This is the definitive book about the man and his movies.’ – 5* Reader Review ‘A stunning tribute to one of the most acclaimed and innovative filmmakers of our time.’–
Tumble into a world of magic and music in this interactive retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With the push of a button, hear the real orchestra play as the story unfolds across the pages! One day, Alice catches sight of a rabbit in a waistcoat, speeding past. Intrigued, she follows it down a rabbit hole . . . into a world full of drama, wonder and magic. Join Alice
Colours of Art takes the reader on a journey through history via 80 carefully curated artworks and their palettes. For these pieces, colour is not only a tool (like a paintbrush or a canvas) but the fundamental secret to their success.  Colour allows artists to express their individuality, evoke certain moods and portray positive or negative subliminal messages. And throughout
'This collection of dreamy Scandinavian Gardens . . . offers inspiration in spades for English gardeners.' – The English Garden MagazineStep inside the most inspiring Scandinavian gardens and celebrate their joyful, diverse and creative approach to garden design.  Scandinavian Gardens brings together 26 remarkable gardens – both grand and intimate, historic and contemporary –
Carnival of the Animals musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four sound clips of an orchestra playing from Camille Saint-Saëns' original score, a perfect gift for music fans and animal lovers 4 musical buttons to press: Complete the puzzle to see how the story ends and press the musical notes inside the shaped pieces to hear the music Sturdy gift box contains: 48-piece puzzle (44
Discover how artists across the centuries have explored the unexplainable, documented the impossible and illuminated the dark unknown.  What lurks at the edges of human perception? Across time and cultures, artists have found themselves drawn to document encounters with forces and phenomena that defy comprehension, from ghostly manifestations and cosmic energies to twilight
Story Orchestra musical puzzle: Featuring four sound clips of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s original Sleeping Beauty score. The bestselling Story Orchestra series makes a perfect gift for music lovers and aspiring ballerinas. 4 musical buttons to press: Complete the puzzle to see how the story ends and press the musical note inside the shaped pieces to hear the music. Sturdy gift
The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks that have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic and macabre.Throughout history, artists have been obsessed with darkness – creating works that haunt and horrify, mesmerise and delight and play on our innermost fears. Gentileschi took revenge with paint in Judith Slaying Holofernes while
This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth, fantasy and the unreal.Artists have explored imaginary worlds and fantastical creatures for centuries, expressing the unreal and impossible, the mystical and mythical, via the medium of paint.But what draws them to the imaginary, the uncharted and the unknown? Is it merely
A visual feast of eclectic artwork informed and inspired by spiritual beliefs, magical techniques, mythology and otherworldly experiences.Mystical beliefs and practices have existed for millennia, but why do we still chase the esoteric? From the beginning of human creativity itself, image-makers have been drawn to these unknown spheres and have created curious artworks that transcend time and
Discover the inspiring story of Mikaela Shiffrin, a record-breaking alpine skier who battled tough times to become the very best. Mikaela grew up under a snowy mountain in Colorado, USA. Her family were all big fans of skiing and by the age of two she was already gliding all by herself, determined to beat her brother! This was to be a theme throughout Mikaela’s career as, inspired by skier Heidi