Books by DK

Gemma Cairney is a multi-award-winning broadcaster, published author, production company founder, magpie, activist and life enthusiast.After a brief go at drama school and a stint working in fashion in her early twenties, Gemma Cairney is now a BBC broadcaster, who has won awards for making acclaimed television documentaries including One Hundred Years of the Women's Movement, Riots: The Aftershock and Dying for Clear Skin. Gemma has presented shows and one-offs for BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 3, 4, 4 Extra, 6Music and BBC World Service. For two years she hosted the BBC 1 radio show The Surgery, offering guidance and support on life issues. Gemma has also written a book for young people, called Open, that explores growing up and how to be a woman in the modern world. She is a founder of boutique production company - Boom Shakalaka Productions. Gemma is an Ambassador for Oxfam and lends her support to Women's Aid.In any spare time, Gemma likes to write, explore the planet, trek mountains and DJ garage classics.

Get fast facts at your fingertips with DK Pocket Eyewitness Human Body, packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will make learning even more fun for your child. It's full of information on the skeleton, blood system, the lungs and how we breathe, the nerves and how we digest our food.The human body is a wonderful and unique subject - find out what makes us human, read all about cells and check out the organs that make us go. Packed with amazing encyclopedic stats and genius gem facts, DK Pocket Eyewitness Human Body will take you on an adventure through the human body, from the tip of your nose to the top of your toes. DK Pocket Eyewitness Human Body is perfect homework help and ideal for school projects.

Become a space traveller and explore our Solar System and the Universe beyond in a cool mini encyclopedia that includes pictures.With space facts at your fingertips, Pocket Eyewitness Space makes learning about space fun. With more than 170 profiles on planets, stars, meteorites, and moons, you'll soon become an expert on all things space. Look closer at amazing planetary features, such as Jupiter's Red Spot and Mars' Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in our Solar System. Find out, too, about the scale of the Universe, how telescopes work, see the life cycle of a star, the probes exploring other worlds, and life on the International Space Station orbiting our planet.All this and more can be discovered in Pocket Eyewitness Space, an e-guide that's out of this world!

Dive into the world of the shark, one of the ocean's most awesome predators, in this mini encyclopedia of some of the world's most magnificent marine creatures. Pocket Eyewitness Sharks gives you fast facts at your fingertips and includes pictures to make learning about these extraordinary creatures even more fun. Did you know that the gentle whale shark has more than 300 rows of tiny teeth? Or that some hammerheads roam the seas in schools of more than 500 sharks? No? Then you need this ebook with its profiles of over 170 marine creatures, including sharks and rays, skates, and their relatives. Find out the secrets of their watery habitat - from where they swim to what they eat - and learn about the conservation efforts underway to protect them. Perfect for school projects and homework assignments as well as for young shark fans, Pocket Eyewitness Sharks will tell you everything you need to know about sharks in one ebook.

The series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocketGet fast facts at your fingertips with DK Pocket Eyewitness Dogs, packed with bite-sized chunks of information that make learning about dogs even more exciting. How did dogs evolve? Find out! Read about dog anatomy, their senses and their intelligence. Now available with exciting read-along feature allowing you to follow the voice and words on the screen.Packed with amazing encyclopedic stats, engaging photographs of different dog breeds and genius gem facts to provide extra wow, DK Pocket Eyewitness Dogs shows you how dogs have been record breakers. Discover over 160 individual dog breeds in this dog encyclopedia from Great Danes to tiny terriers. Learn more about each group of dog breeds from working dogs to companion dogs and find out about domestication and breed classification. DK Pocket Eyewitness Dogs is ideal for every young dog lover.

Discover some of the strangest species in the animal kingdom in this brilliant mini ebook includes pictures and bulging with fun facts. Pocket Eyewitness Animals uses bite-sized chunks of information to make learning about animals even more fun. From flamingos to frogs, explore the animal family tree and find out the unique features that make an elephant a mammal, or a shark a fish. Inside you'll find everyday animals you might see in your garden as well as rare and exotic species. For each entry, this handy e-guide profiles habitat, diet, size, and behaviour, along with cool facts about the most curious creatures.Perfect for school projects and homework assignments as well as for young animal lovers, Pocket Eyewitness Animals will tell you everything you need to know about animals in one ebook.

This Christmas book for babies introduces festive themes and characters through textured surfaces. Includes a snowman, a Christmas tree, and a reindeer. Set to benefit vocabulary.

Charlotte Milner is a talented designer and illustrator, with a natural flair for storytelling. Charlotte studied illustration at Kingston University, where she discovered picture books as a tool to bring important topics to life. Since then, it has become her job, as she works with other book enthusiasts at DK. Her first book, The Bee Book, was published by DK in February 2018.

What is the world's longest-living creature? Who was the first person to reach the bottom of the ocean? Where is the longest train route?This ebook includes amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space, and brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world! Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2 C/-128.6 F); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more.Discover the greatest human achievements, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, transport, technology, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in this ebook, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world.Find out all about the best of everything in Record Breakers - an entertaining and educational ebook that the whole family can enjoy.

Tactile patches and sparkly areas throughout this run-down of the animal characters of the bible, promoting picture-and-word association.

A board book which teaches children how to measure everything, including length, weight, volume, temperature and time, through pop-ups and flaps. Ages: 5+

The First Aid Manual is the only fully authorised first aid guide, endorsed by the Irish Red Cross and packed with step-by-step first aid advice. Used as the official training manual for leading first aid organisations' courses, the bestselling First Aid Manual covers all aspects of first aid, from emergency first aid and first aid for babies and children, to the latest guidelines on resuscitation, helping a drowning casualty, and snake bites. Find out how to deal with over 100 different first aid situations from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and major injuries and how to use essential equipment including a defibrillator. Step-by-step photography, all shot in-situ to reflect real-life issues, shows you what to do in any situation. The ideal first aid book for you and your family, keep the First Aid Manual handy; it could be a life-saver.(Previous edition ISBN 9781405378772)

An interactive pop up book that inspires hands-on learning with the help of some every-so-cute animals. Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.Bold, brightly coloured pictures, lift-the-flap pages and entertaining rhymes. Pop up Peekaboo: Baby Animals provides lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of animal entertainment. Children will love meeting all the adorable animals between the pages, making reading time fun-time!Babies and toddlers will be enchanted by finding the surprises behind each flap. This interactive toddler book for 2 year olds helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups help toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.Inside the pages of this pop-up adventure book, you'll find:- Hands-on play that builds confident book skills- Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity- Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development- Rounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babys and their growing teeth!This pop up book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience, to get the most out of story time. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create the amusing story for your kids to follow, and play a guessing game of who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help preschoolers remember the new words they are learning for early language development. Complete the Pop up book series!Surprise! The peekaboo fun doesn't stop here! Your little one will enjoy hours of hide-and-seek surprises with the My Pop-Up Series. Find your farmyard friends with Pop-Up Peekaboo! Farm, search the oceans in Pop-Up Peekaboo! Under the Sea and travel back in time to find dinosaurs in Pop-up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur and more!