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A lost young triceratops and the dangers she encounters anchor a blend of dinosaur adventure and factual material. Fossils, other dinosaurs and reference sections extend the book beyond the story.

A historical account of balloon flight before airplanes, told through episodes involving pioneers, daring journeys and the changing uses of balloons.

This is a playful exploration of love through Harriet’s feelings and actions. It makes room for affection alongside anger, sadness, jealousy and worry, while using rhyme, illustrations and a few factual comments about hearts.

This is an informational collection of women’s wartime experiences, spanning roles such as medical work, journalism, resistance and revolutionary activity. It presents participation on multiple sides of the Vietnam War rather than treating the conflict as an all-male story.

This is an imaginative animal adventure with a clear home-and-exploration shape, enriched by detailed wildlife imagery and factual material about a real rat and its rainforest habitat.

Readers get a varied set of true survival accounts, from exploration and shipwreck to accidents and medical crises, with illustrations highlighting pivotal moments. The emphasis is on extraordinary ordeals rather than one continuous narrative.

This is a practical, illustrated guide that treats survival broadly: outdoor preparation and emergencies sit alongside city safety and online risks. Its appeal lies in actionable scenarios, visual references and concise sections rather than a continuous story.

A classic-style children’s adventure built around a coastal mystery, teamwork and discovery. Expect suspense from dangerous rocks, suspicious night-time signals, local wrongdoing and the children’s determination to investigate without adult direction.

This is a fact-rich visual tour of flowers, moving from basic botany and plant parts to habitats, pollination, unusual species, threats to plants and ways to grow flowers.

A colourful introduction to legendary creatures from around the world, combining brief factual profiles with illustrations, maps and references to the traditions that shaped each story. It offers a browsable starting point for exploring mythology, folklore and the links between legends and real-world observations.

This is an information-led pirate book with jokes and colourful illustrations, rather than a sustained fictional adventure. It offers accessible facts about ships, sailing, pirate life and historical figures through a playful guidebook voice.

A lively first encounter with Greek mythology: ten short, illustrated adventures introduce heroes, monsters, magical objects and transformations. The collection prioritises memorable action and recognisable figures, making it suitable for sharing aloud or dipping into story by story.

A strong choice for shared reading about engineering, history, the sea and visual detail. Its lyrical writing gives factual material atmosphere, while the illustrations show both the scale of lighthouses and the force of their surroundings.

A dramatic piece of narrative nonfiction about Blondin’s repeated Niagara tightrope crossings, it combines historical events with page-turning suspense. The visual presentation makes the falls, height and risky feats central to the reading experience.

This is a historical adventure with a young working protagonist, a rare-book mystery and an approaching maritime disaster. Expect disguises, schemes, sensory detail and a quickening plot rather than a purely factual Titanic account.

This is a factual, story-led collection about animals involved in wartime. It combines rescue, communication, morale and service with a gentle, sometimes uplifting presentation, while acknowledging that some animals died.

This combines a dramatic sea-survival story with factual material about ships, oceans, weather, survival and wreck exploration. Charts, games and an index add informational features beyond the narrative.

This is an arresting historical biography about a woman who turns a desperate search for security into an extraordinary public feat. Its interest lies both in whether she survives and in what happens when recognition and reward do not follow.

This is an informational look at blizzards: what makes them severe, how they affect roads, buildings and electricity, and how people may experience them during dangerous conditions.

A vivid, fact-led introduction to black widow spiders, combining large photographs with information about appearance, habitat, diet and behaviour. It also introduces fangs, venom and possible danger to people, so the subject may feel both intriguing and unsettling.

This is a small-scale pond adventure in which three insect-sized characters must navigate hungry frogs and other striking water creatures.

A straightforward safety guide about interactions with family, friends and strangers, including recognising danger, responding to unkindness or bullying, and seeking understanding around inappropriate adult behaviour.

A lively life story follows Rickenbacker from adventurous boyhood and family work to mechanical exploits, auto-racing success and later wartime distinction. The book also places his life within early twentieth-century America.

A quick, fact-led introduction to gladiators, covering arenas, fighter types, weapons, armour and the question of whether every contest ended in death.

A focused introduction to an endangered animal and the human actions that affected its survival. It may suit readers interested in wildlife, habitats and conservation, especially those who value factual stories with a hopeful direction.