Moira Butterfield

Get ready for a walking tour like no other – all from the comfort of your sofa! This seriously streetwise guide is packed with themed trails, from food and festivals to music, art and sport, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales you won’t find on the tourist routes. In Lonely Planet Kids City Trails - Barcelona and City Trails:...

Lonely Planet Kids City Trails - Rome offers colourful themed trails that take readers beneath the surface of the city to uncover amazing facts and intriguing tales beyond the typical tourist routes. Discover where you can see Rome’s belly button, indulge in reading a poem to chocolate, snack on witch sweets, and explore much more! Perfect for kids aged 8...

Lonely Planet Kids City Trails - Washington DC offers colourful themed trails that allow readers to get under the city’s skin and discover amazing facts and intriguing tales that aren’t on the usual tourist routes. Find out where you can meet Henry the Giant Elephant, indulge in oyster sandwiches, view the Grand Canyon on a ceiling, and so much more!...

Lift the flaps and open gatefolds to discover the animal kingdom’s best builders. Do bees need cement mixers to make hives? Do beavers use cranes to construct dams? Of course not! Like many animals, they’re architectural geniuses that rely on their instinct and habitat alone to create their grand designs. From spider webs and rabbit warrens, to bird nests and...

Welcome to the amazing world of flags! Did you know that each flag is actually a picture that sends a message to everyone who sees it? In The Flag Book, Lonely Planet Kids introduces you to the flags of every country in the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and tells you what their design, colours, and images represent, along with...

A deeply charming picture-book for grandparents, grandchildren and everyone in-between to share. "All the grown-ups you know have their own story. They were all babies once. Then they grew, just like you..." This charming picture-book is all about grandparents, grandchildren, and connections between the generations. The two important messages at its heart are, first, that older family members often play...

Discover all the answers to 50 big questions about the world in this gorgeous book, perfect for curious young readers. Where do stars go in the daytime? Do animals talk to each other? What are people made of? Questions pop into our heads all the time and every day. This beautifully illustrated gift book provides gentle, playful, and easy-to-understand answers...

Find out how children live all around the world in this beautifully illustrated paperback book. Children all over the world are very different, but they also have much in common. In this beautifully illustrated book, young children can learn all about what people in other countries eat, wear, and play, and how they speak and celebrate. From breakfasts to birthdays,...

A vibrant celebration of things that go, with lively text from author Moira Butterfield and pictures from debut-talent Bryony Clarkson. Come and hitch a ride in vehicles of every shape and size – from family cars to double-decker buses, chugging tractors to speedy supercars, and gigantic monster-trucks to noisy fire engines. With bounce-along rhythms and fascinating facts from author Moira...

Learn how to move and groove like the animals do with this bright, fun and silly book aimed at younger readers to engage them in movement! Scuttle sideways like a crab, leap like a lemur, and waggle dance like a bumble bee. Meet a collection of animals from around the world and discover how they move, and why. Dance Like...

Discover a world of wonder on a riverside walk, with this beautiful picture book from the National Trust. Set off on a riverside adventure to find natural treasures, from a shiny, smooth river pebble to a little cushion of moss, then learn more about the found objects with irresistibly illustrated and informative nature notes. Packed full of fascinating facts alongside...

Today we're on the farm. Let's go!Past the gate where daisies grow . . . Look what I found!A tuft of sheep's wool, soft as a woolly jumper. Set off on a farmyard adventure to find natural treasure, from a fluffy chick feather to a broken eggshell, then learn more about the found object with irresistibly illustrated and informative nature...

Learn how to squeak, roar and hoot like the animals do with this bright, fun and silly book aimed at younger readers to engage them in exploring sound!Hoot like an owl, howl like a wolf, and sing like a whale. Everyone needs to get their message and feelings across, animals included! Meet a collection of 12 animals from around the...

Burp! A-a-a-choo! PARP! Hic, hic, hiccup! COUGH! PARDON YOU!What's going on? How come our body makes noises without us telling it to?In Snore, Sneeze, Burp, meet some kids and their brainy dog, Charlie. They're here to help you find out why humans (and other animals) are sometimes accidentally noisy. This brilliantly funny, fact-filled book is full of body noises, including:Stinky, noisy...

100 years ago, Howard Carter and his team made an incredible find: the undisturbed tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, buried for more than 3,000 years. Now you too can discover the treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb, in this fascinating book all about ancient Egyptian mummies.Packed with multi-layered pop-ups and flaps to lift, this incredible feat of paper-engineering allows the reader...

Follow Buzzwing the bee, Luna the ladybird and Oakheart the oak tree on a beautifully illustrated journey through this bind-up of The Secret Life of Bugs, The Secret Life of Bees and The Secret Life of Trees.Take in the knowledge and wisdom of a wise, old oak tree as he shares science facts and folk tales that he has learnt...

Follow Buzzwing the honeybee on a beautifully illustrated journey through the world of bees filled with amazing science and intriguing folklore.Welcome to my honey hive home. It's where I live with my family. I'm small and fuzzy and striped black and gold. I'm Buzzwing the hard-working honeybee! Did you know that bees love to dance? Or that they have an...

Perfect for curious kids everywhere, The Secret Life of Clouds promises to inspire the next generation to care for the world around them. Packed with delightful stories and fascinating facts, this beautifully crafted book teaches children unforgettable lessons about nature and weather. Join Caspar, a fluffy cumulus cloud, as he guides young readers through a first exploration of the weather. Discover...

The Secret Life of Birds is a collection of delightful stories and engaging facts, which imparts a love of birds and of nature on the next generation, inspiring them to look after the world around them.Did you know that birds navigate by invisible pathways in the sky, that they can call to each other in thousands of different ways and...

Take a fascinating tour through the incredible body, and discover all the things that make a human - from the weird to the wonderful! Take a fascinating tour through the incredible body, and discover all the things that make a human - from the weird to the wonderful! Meet the Builderbots - the best building crew in the universe! They...

Follow Tia the turtle, Speedy the swift, and Casper the cloud on a beautifully illustrated journey through this bind-up of The Secret Life of Oceans, The Secret Life of Birds, and The Secret Life of Clouds. Take in the sights of the sea from a turtle as she explores the wonders of the ocean. Hear the secrets and stories of...

Which moon has icy water fountains? What does space smell like? What rubbish have astronauts left on the Moon? In Star, Moon, Zoom!, meet some kids and their brainy dog, Charlie. They're here to help you find out about our big, beautiful and seriously strange universe. If you could blast off into space, where would you visit? Discover the weird...

Find out how children play all around the world in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to the bestselling Welcome to Our World!From basketball to board games, clapping games to climbing frames, dens to doll's houses, there are so many ways to play and have fun around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about the different games,...

A vibrant celebration of things that go, with a lively text from author Moira Butterfield and pictures from debut-talent Bryony Clarkson. Come and hitch a ride in vehicles of every shape and size – from family cars to double-decker buses, chugging tractors to speedy supercars, and gigantic monster-trucks to noisy fire engines. With bounce-along rhythms and fascinating facts from author...

A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025 Learn all about the incredible daily routines of animals in this bright, fact-packed sequel to Does a Monkey Get Grumpy? Did you know that some crabs get dressed? Or that young meerkats have to go to 'school'? Or that sloths have very particular pooping habits? From brave plover birds who clean crocodile teeth,...

Discover the truth behind nature's most puzzling behaviour in this colourful and comical collection of over 20 detective-themed case files. Step into the shoes of an investigator and join animal detectives Harriet Whiskerton and Vince Van Shell as they explore the natural world and examine its suspicious behaviour!Who or what is keeping everyone awake at night and disturbing the peace?...

The fifth title in the popular Stars of Nature series, focuses on the world of bugs. Sumptuous and detailed illustrations have pride of place in this magical book that mixes natural history with a splash of fantasy, creating a book to be pored over time and again. Let a friendly ladybird guide you through this beautiful first guide to bug life. Learn about bug...

The Secret Life of Oceans is a collection of delightful stories and engaging facts, which imparts a love of Oceans and nature on the next generation, inspiring them to look after the world around them. Did you know that blue whales are the largest creatures on earth ? And that corals are actually tiny creatures? Let Tia the green turtle...

Here's a book about New York that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through New York you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to New York, plans to go there or is just interested in finding out more about...