Children's Educational Bargain Book Box

Children's Educational Bargain Book Box

Inside: what it was really like to be a Viking child, how thirty trillion cells make a body work, and what a neutrino does all day. Tim Peake on becoming an astronaut. Prince William on the ideas that might repair the planet. The life of Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, Anne Frank, and Hedy Lamarr — inventor as well as film star — each told at a length a young reader will actually finish.

There's an award-winning food alphabet from Alice Zaslavsky, a guide to spies and the tricks of their trade, the inside of a submarine, twenty-five people who refused to do as they were told, and a book that shrinks the whole world down to a hundred days so a child can hold the scale of it.

The kind of books that get read at the kitchen table and quoted back to you a week later.

1. British Museum: So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life as a Viking — Chae Strathie | ISBN: 9781839946356 | RRP: $27.99
   A brilliantly funny British Museum title that puts a modern child in the shoes of a Viking one — the chores, the food, the appalling hygiene, the very real chance of being sent off on a raid. History that makes kids laugh while it teaches them.
2. Thirty Trillion Cells: How Your Body Really Works — Isabel Thomas | ISBN: 9781803380995 | RRP: $22.99
   A superb introduction to human biology at the cellular level, explaining how thirty trillion individual cells cooperate to produce one working person. Isabel Thomas makes complex science genuinely graspable without ever dumbing it down.
3. Anne Frank — Isabel Thomas | ISBN: 9781786274755 | RRP: $26.99
   A sensitive and beautifully produced introduction to Anne Frank's life, her diary, and the history that surrounds it — pitched carefully for young readers meeting this story for the first time.
4. Nelson Mandela: Little Guides to Great Lives — Isabel Thomas | ISBN: 9781786271945 | RRP: $22.99
   The extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela — the activism, the twenty-seven years in prison, the presidency — told clearly and compellingly for young readers. Part of the excellent Little Guides to Great Lives series.
5. Marie Curie: Little Guides to Great Lives — Isabel Thomas | ISBN: 9781786271525 | RRP: $22.99
   The story of the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, and the obstacles she overcame to do it. A clear, engaging introduction to a scientist whose work changed everything and cost her a great deal.
6. Stand Up, Stand Out!: 25 Rebel Heroes Who Stood Up for Their Beliefs — Kay Woodward | ISBN: 9781783124237 | RRP: $27.99
   Twenty-five people across history who refused to accept how things were — and what happened when they said so. An encouraging, well-researched collection for children working out what they believe and what to do about it.
7. Alice's Food A-Z — Alice Zaslavsky | ISBN: 9781760654856 | RRP: $24.99
   Winner of the CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books. Australian food broadcaster Alice Zaslavsky takes children through the alphabet of what we eat — where it comes from, why it matters, and what to do with it. Vibrant, funny, and genuinely useful.
8. I'm a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe — Dr Eve M Vavagiakis | ISBN: 9781529506334 | RRP: $27.99
   A charming and surprisingly ambitious introduction to particle physics, narrated by the neutrino itself. Dr Eve Vavagiakis makes one of the strangest objects in the universe feel approachable to very young readers.
9. The Earthshot Prize: A Handbook for Dreamers and Thinkers — HRH Prince William | ISBN: 9781526364692 | RRP: $24.99
   Real solutions to environmental problems, drawn from the Earthshot Prize and presented for young readers who want to do something rather than just worry. Practical, hopeful, and grounded in actual working projects.
10. The Cosmic Diary of a Future Space Explorer: The Next Step for Humankind — Tim Peake | ISBN: 9781526363640 | RRP: $29.99
    British astronaut Tim Peake imagines the next generation of space exploration through the diary of a young explorer. Written by someone who has actually done it, which makes all the difference.
11. The Tech-Head Guide: AI — William Potter | ISBN: 9781526309860 | RRP: $22.99
    A clear, balanced introduction to artificial intelligence for young readers — how it works, where it's used, and the questions it raises. Accessible without being simplistic.
12. Explore!: Ancient China — Izzi Howell | ISBN: 9781526300584 | RRP: $19.99
    A well-organised introduction to ancient Chinese civilisation — the dynasties, the inventions, the daily life, and the achievements that shaped world history. Excellent for school projects and curious readers alike.
13. What's Inside?: Submarines — David West | ISBN: 9781445163505 | RRP: $18.99
    Detailed cutaway illustrations reveal exactly what's inside a submarine and how every part of it works. Perfect for children who want to know the mechanics, not just the outline.
14. Hedy Lamarr (Little People, Big Dreams) — Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara | ISBN: 9780711246683 | RRP: $19.99
    The Hollywood star who also co-invented the frequency-hopping technology underpinning modern wireless communication. From the much-loved Little People, Big Dreams series — a perfect illustration that people are rarely just one thing.
15. Spies — David Long | ISBN: 9780571361847 | RRP: $42.99
    A fascinating look at the real world of espionage — the techniques, the gadgets, the famous cases, and the people who did it. David Long writes non-fiction that children genuinely want to keep reading.
16. This Is Skateboarding — Hannah Wilson | ISBN: 9780008614102 | RRP: $24.99
    The history, culture, tricks, and key figures of skateboarding, presented for young readers who want to understand the sport as well as do it. Energetic, well-designed, and properly informed.
17. If Our World Were 100 Days — Jackie McCann | ISBN: 9780008599287 | RRP: $19.99
    A clever concept that compresses vast timescales and global statistics into a hundred days, making the scale of the world's history and its present comprehensible to a child. Genuinely illuminating.