The Celtic peoples hold a fundamental place in the British national consciousness. In this book Simon James surveys ancient and modem ideas of the Celts and challenges them in the light of revolutionary new thinking on the Iron Age peoples of Britain. Examining how ethnic and national identities are constructed, he presents an alternative history of the British Isles, proposing that the idea of insular Celtic identity is really a product of the rise of nationalism in the eighteenth century. He considers whether the Celticness of the British Isles is a romantic, even politically dangerous,...

Jess would like to keep a squirrel - Grandad's not so sure. Perhaps the answer lies amongst the many wonders to be found where squirrels live. Jess follows the squirrel and realises how important it is that animals live in their own natural surroundings.

Bob is Leon's invisible best friend. Leon's dad is away in the army. One day a new family move in next door. Leon sees a boy through the window, who when he finally meets him reveals that his name is Bob

Say hello to the world's brainiest baby! Meet the extraordinary Baby Brains. He reads the paper, mends the car and works as a doctor at the hospital. He's so clever that some scientists ask him to go on their next space mission.

Once upon 400 million years ago a terrifying tyrannosaurus roamed the earth. He spent his days raging through the jungle scaring every dinosaur he saw with his fierce roar. One night, while he is sleeping, an abandoned egg cracks open and out pops a teeny, tiny baby dinosaur who immediately thinks that the tyrannosaurus is his dad! And so begins the touching story of a little dinosaur and his search for a dad.

Celebrating 25 years of this enchanting ecological fantasy from a multi-award-winning picture book creator.