Scholastic UK

Horrible Science: Vicious Veg

This work features science with the squishy bits left in! How do plants suck out the insides of dead insects? Why do stinging nettles like skeletons? Which fungi can make your toes drop off? Get the awful answers in...

Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings / Measly Middle Ages

This book features history with twice the nasty and in an incredible new edition! Readers can learn what life was really like in the Measly Middle Ages - in days of old when knights were bold, women wore tall pointy...

Horribly Famous: Einstein & His Unflatable Universe

Everybody knows that Albert Einstein was the smartest scientist in the universe and that he also had some very bad hair days. But in this Horribly Famous title readers can find out everything they didn`t know,...

Horrible Science: Painful Poison

Discover how can you turn your brother into a zombie slave and why you are breathing poison right now. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure...

Horrible History Annual: 2012

Packed with the classic barmy blend of foul facts, cartoon strips, stories, jokes, activities and puzzles, the 2012 Annual includes a whole heap of nasty bits. A must-have for all fans of the series, it`s guaranteed...

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors & Slimy Stuarts

The Terrible Tudors gives you the dreadful details of Tudor life for everyone - from cruel kings and queens like horrible Henry VII to poor peasants and common criminals. The Slimy Stuarts is full of foul but...

Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks & Rotten Romans

This work presents history with twice the nasty bits left a horrible new edition. "The Groovy Greeks" is full of fab facts about the hip `n` happenin` Greeks. In "Rotten Romans", readers follow life for folk in Roman...

Horribly Famous: Spartacus & His Glorious Gladiators

Everybody knows that Spartacus was a great gladiator and enjoyed giving the Romans the-run around. This book helps readers discover all the fascinating facts that they didn`t know, such as how Spartacus fought for the...

Horribly Famous: Queen Victoria & Her Empire

Everybody knows Victoria married a chap called Albert and wore black clothes - all the time. But did you know that Victoria went on her holidays in disguise, and was best pals with her rude Scottish servant? This...

Horrible Science: Microscopic Monsters

"Microscopic Monsters" is full of facts about the tiny world of microbes - viruses, bacteria, amoebas, they`re all here, as well as many other diminutive creepy-crawlies. Read the diary of a dust mite, get up close...

Horrible Histories: Scotland

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know how to play gruesome games like Twisting the Cow? What the Scots used to do with burnt pigeon droppings? Whether you`re glaikit, douce or peelie-wally? Find out...

Horrible Geography: Perilous Poles

The intrepid explorer can take a trip to the freezing-cold ends of the Earth in the latest Horrible Geography Handbook. This is the ultimate survival guide filled with tips on everything from how to handle a peckish...

Horrible Science: Killer Energy

Oh no! It’s time for science class, and you’ve just not got the energy. Well – we’ll zap you awake with a killer fact or two! It makes stars shine and bonfires burn. It gives you the power to lift your pen and make it...

Horribly Famous: Alexander the Great & His Claim to Fame

Famously tutored by Aristotle, Alexander ruthlessly established himself as Macedonian king in the 300s BC, setting about continuing his father`s wars against the Persian Empire (for their attacks on Greek City states...

Horrible Science: Body Owners Handbook

This work presents science with the squishy bits left in! How does your auto-repair function work? Where`s your top-of-the-range sensory equipment? What`s your rear gas and waste disposal? Get the awful answers in The...

Horribly Famous: Boudica & Her Barmy Army

Everybody knows that Boudica went galloping to battle in a big chariot, and became very angry with her Roman rulers. This book lets readers find out the things, such as how she burned London to the ground and chopped...

Horrible Histories: Oxford Ned

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What a liripoop is? Which potty professor liked to walk like a dinosaur? What`s buried beneath the botanical gardens? Plot your path to the past with the...

Horrible Histories: England

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Which monk tried to pinch the devil`s nose with a pair of tongs? Why some people in the Middle Ages ate dove droppings? Which English king was accused of being a...

Horrible Science: Wasted World

This is the first "Horrible Science" book to tackle the issues of global warming, and climate change: What are the sickening secrets of gruesome greenhouse gases? Which is the deadliest toxic waste? Will the Earth...

Horribly Famous: William Shakespeare & his Dramatic Acts

You`ve probably heard of William He is dead famous for: writing a few plays - having a bit of a way with words creating characters like romantic Romeo and murderous Macbeth. But have you heard that William: did a...

Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy 1)

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TU shorn called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen...

Incredible Incas

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why llamas wore earrings and drank beer? How a bucket of stewed pee can make you beautiful? Why servants ate the emperor`s hair? Discover all the foul facts...

Invisible City

Josh`s father is missing in Mexico, presumed dead. Then Josh discovers that his dad was murdered. Suddenly he is caught in a race to find the legendary Ix Codex - a lost Mayan prophecy that predicts the end of the...

Ireland

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: why wax models were captured and made Prisoners of War? Which warrior went to battle naked? How to make yourself invisible? This work helps you to find out the...

Isaac Newton and His Falling Apple

You`ve probably heard of Isaac Newton. He is horribly famous for: discovering gravity, being a right clever dick and getting hitn the head with an apple. But have you heard that Isaac: came bottom of the class at...