David Long Libri

Winner of the Best Book With Facts Blue Peter Book Award 2017Beautifully presented in a large, paperback format, and fully illustrated in colour throughout, this wonderful anthology is a treat for all the family.

Grab your magnifying glass and charge into battle with this search-and-find history adventure packed with more than 200 things to spot in each eye-boggling illustration. Meet history’s most heroic knights as you travel back in time to follow Sir Gallahad into the court of King Arthur, Joan of Arc into battle, and Richard the Lionheart on his last crusade. Use the magnifying glass to explore cutaway castles, epic medieval battlefields, and impressive royal tournaments, then learn about chivalry, armor, and jousting. Written by the Blue Peter award–winning David Long, this book will delight and inform the most inquisitive young squires and ladies! Continue your up-close, search-and-find history adventures with Pirates Magnified and Egypt Magnified.

The narrative focuses on the harrowing events of Apollo 13, initially intended as the third manned moon landing mission. An explosion aboard the spacecraft jeopardizes the crew's safety, leading to a dramatic struggle for survival against overwhelming odds. The story highlights the ingenuity and teamwork of NASA engineers and astronauts as they work tirelessly to devise solutions and bring the crew back home. Themes of resilience, courage, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge are woven throughout this gripping account of a near-disastrous space mission.

Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the launch of the HMS Beagle, this fully-illustrated book tells the story of Charles Darwin, detailing the history of his life and how his ground-breaking discoveries and astonishing researched helped shape the world today.

From William Shakespeare to Christopher Colombus, travel back in time and meet some of history's most illustrious and interesting characters! Visit the Romans, the Ancient Greeks, the Ancient Egyptians and more than 25 other exciting times and places in this brilliant illustrated time travel book. When young Augustus falls asleep in history class, Professor Tempo decides to teach him a lesson and show him that history isn't boring at all! She hands him a magic diary, all he needs to do is write the time and place to travel there. Join them on a whistle-stop tour of history through the ages to meet some of the world's finest explorers, inventors, leaders, writers, composers and painters, including Albert Einstein, Mozart, Louis XIV, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Genghis Khan, Emperor Titus in Rome, athletes at the very first Olympic Games, Tutankhamen in Egypt and even Palaeolithic man as he discovers fire. With a different time and place introduced on each double page spread, Augustus explains the sights and sounds for each moment in history while the Professor provides the key facts. There's even a character index at the rear that gives a short biography of all the historical characters, as well as a timeline helps to contextualise the different time periods.

It's never too early to find out about dinosaurs with this brand new green Early Reader factbook.

Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po.

The evolution of the London Underground, starting from its inaugural journey in 1863 with steam trains on a single track, showcases a remarkable transformation over 150 years. The book highlights the transition to an advanced electric tube system that now operates within an extensive network of tunnels, illustrating how this vital transportation system has continuously adapted to meet the needs of a bustling city.

Meet history's most heroic knights as you travel back in time to follow Sir Gallahad into the court of King Arthur, Joan of Ark into battle, and Richard the Lionheart on his last crusade.

Featuring 19 different characters from Ancient Egyptian times, as well as an introduction to the Ancient Egyptian world, a key to decoding hieroglyphics and a timeline of key events, this book provides a new angle on a classic subject, bringing the ancient world to life.