Titles in this preview are published in October
Scythian warrior queen and the world’s first minted gold coin, as well as gold rushes, gold vaults, gold mines, clothes, regalia and jewellery. Published with a golden foil cover.
Alexandra Stewart, Sarah Wilkins (illus) Race to the South Pole
Thames & Hudson, 2nd, £14.99, HB, 9780500653555
Follow the story of the race between Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the team of the Terra Nova, and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, in this story about one of the most famous races in history. Readers will follow one man’s story before flipping the book to see things from the other man’s perspective.
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Edward Brooke- Hitching, Oksana Drachkovska (illus) 365 Amazing True Things to Read in Bed
words & pictures, 10th, £14.99, HB, 9781836004554
There are 365 entries in this compendium of stories and facts, put together to delight children at bedtime. Readers will explore how to keep a dog up your sleeve, where you can find fish that live in trees, and who William Johnson Hippopotamus was. For seven-to-nine year olds.
Stella Caldwell The Amazing Book of World Mythology
Buster Books, 9th, £16.99, HB, 9781837250394
Caldwell retells 20 myths from around the world, from Theseus and the Minotaur and Thor’s Hammer to the Journey of the Monkey King. Each story is illustrated by an artist from the culture from which the story originates.
Susie Dent ( 8), Harriet Hobday (illus) The Roots We Share
Puffin, 9th, £16.99, HB, 9780241717820
Dent shares words such as conjobble (to chat with a friend over some food), goodwilly (kind, generous and cheerful) and
coddiwomple (a journey with no destination) in this collection of words and phrases that bring people together. A follow-up to Roots of Happiness.
Frances Evans, Adrienne Green (illus) Atlas of Horses and Ponies
Lonely Planet Kids, 12th, £14.99, HB, 9781837586691
Learn about 100 different breeds of horses and ponies with this fully illustrated atlas, which has features on caring for horses, donkeys and mules, mythical horses and war horses.
Suki Ferguson, Camelia Pham (illus) Astrologica
Wide Eyed Editions, 9th, £20, HB, 9780711293595
This follow-up to Mythologica has sections on the origins of astrology, myths of the tropical zodiac, stargazing around the world and more.
Eleanor Hawken, Berat Pekmezci (illus) Curious Cryptids
Templar Books, 9th, £16.99, HB, 9781800788206
Cryptids are monsters that people claim to have seen but there is no proof they exist, and this book has information about well-known cryptids such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Yeti, as well as the Jersey Devil and the Chupacabra. Published with seven giant pop-ups of the creatures, plus seven gatefold panels, which each open to reveal a comic-strip story.
Emily Hawkins, Iryna Dobrovetska (illus) An Atlas of Mythical Journeys
Wide Eyed Editions, 19th, £20, HB, 9780711289741
There are more than 30 legendary journeys in this illustrated book, including Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece and Loki’s search for the apples of immortality.
Valerie Wilding, Åsa Gilland (illus) This Is Our World: Our Favourite Food Macmillan Children’s Books, 30th, £12.99, HB, 9780753449820
This reference title takes a trip to 20 different places in the world, showing what people living there like to eat.
Science
A Day in the Life of Your Body DK Children, 2nd, £22, HB, 9780241683194
Learn about the different biological processes our bodies go through by following children from around the world. For children aged nine to 12, this book answers questions such as: Why do we get goosebumps? And what causes us to fart?
Explore: Science DK Children, 2nd, £22, HB, 9780241734865
This unusual book about science uses maps to explains the route of sounds as it enters the ear, and what the inside of an anthill looks like. Second in a series.
Kate Baker, Teresa Bellón (illus) My First Lift-the-Flap Dinosaur Atlas
Lonely Planet Kids, 12th, £11.99, HB, 9781837586226
This dinosaur title for children aged three to five has 50 different flaps to lift.
Mike Barfield, Lauren Humphrey (illus) The Element in the Room
Laurence King Publishing, 9th, £9.99, PB, 9781510231979
Paperback publication of Barfield and Humphrey’s illustrated guide to the chemical elements, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards in 2019.
Susie Brooks, Sirjana Kaur (illus) The Stories and Secrets of Colours
Kingfisher, 30th, £12.99, HB, 9780753449974
Vividly illustrated, this intriguing book looks at how colours are used all over the world, from why saffron is so expensive to what makes flamingos pink.
Jane Burnard, Dawn Cooper (illus) Day and Night
Macmillan Children’s Books, 30th, £12.99, HB, 9780753449271
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Discover information about nature and animals in this book which is divided into two halves, night-time and day.
Giselle Clarkson Omnibird: An Avian Investigator’s Handbook
Gecko Press, 1st, £16.99, HB, 9798765670514
Become an avian expert with this handbook about the “omnibird”, which contains the essential components of every bird – feathers, wings, legs, a beak and a gizzard. Clarkson also describes 12 common birds, including starlings, ducks and swans, and explores bird poo, eggs, feathers and flight patterns.
Rob Colson, Moreno Chiacchiera (illus) The Spectacular Science of the Human Body
Kingfisher, 16th, £8.99, PB, 9781035047642
This illustrated title for children aged seven and up answers questions about DNA, vaccines, how our brains work and more. Published alongside The Spectacular Science of Planet Earth by
the same author and illustrator (598).
Alice Hemming, Elin Manon (illus) A Walk in the Dark
Laurence King Publishing, 23rd, £12.99, HB, 9781510231481
The mammals, birds and insects that wake up when humans are going to bed take centre stage in this factual title, which has a section at the back advising on protecting our night skies and how to help nocturnal animals.
Emily Hibbs, Jenny Miriam (illus) Stories from the Wild
Scholastic, 9th, £14.99, HB, 9780702328725
There are 37 narrative non-fiction stories about animals and their habitats in this fully illustrated book, which Scholastic says is for readers aged seven to 11.
Ben Lerwill Time for a Bath, Animals Templar Books, 9th, £7.99, PB, 9781800789838
Find out about how animals clean themselves in this gentle book, filled with fun facts about how birds help crocodiles
clean their teeth and how beavers comb their fur with their claws. A companion book to Time for Bed, Animals.
David Long, Rong Pham (illus), Vinh Nguyen (illus) Tracks Through Time
Hodder Children’s Books, 9th, £16.99, HB, 9781526364494
Long explores human history through the tracks of animals throughout the ages, from the greyhound who had a paw in the formation of the Church of England to the fleas who started the Black Death.
Dan Marshall Did You Know There’s Poop on the Moon?
Puffin, 30th, £12.99, PB, 9780241791844
There are plenty of disgusting facts in this compendium, such as the amount of wee released in the sea by whales every day (974 litres) and why a robot was designed to projectile vomit.
Marc Martin All About Antarctica Big Picture Press, 16th, £12.99, HB, 9781835873953
The author and illustrator of Lots, A River and
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