David Roberts Books

Fasten your seatbelts - it's a special adventure for World Book Day with Teddington's wildest family! Learn just how our intrepid hyenas managed to get from their African safari park onto the plane and off to their new home in England. It's quite a remarkable, and some would say, unbelievable tale - but there are many laughs along the way!

At the Old Inn, which clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean, two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter, and so begins a long night of storytelling, in which young Ethan and Cathy, who have an unnatural appetite for stories of a macabre persuasion, sit out the last throes of the storm in the company of a sailor with more than enough grisly tales to satisfy them. But something about this sailor puts Ethan on edge, and he becomes increasingly agitated for his father's return. Only when the storm blows itself out can Ethan relax - but not for long, for the new dawn opens the children's eyes to a truth more shocking, more distressing than anything they heard the night before.

A fabulously funny story from a winning picture book team!

Once you pick me up, you won't want to put me down . . . I'm an encyclopedia, but not as you know it. Big books with facts are boring - I'm not. I'm more like a computer game than a book, crammed with funky pages and cartoons. Forget A-Z, just follow my lead and you'll be amazed where you end up! Was Beethoven a punk? Why is 10 to the power of 100 called a googol? How are smelly feet connected to nuclear weapons?I've got it all covered. Read me in bed, read me on the bus, or even in the loo! Just pick me up - go on. I'm exciting, I'm addictive - I'm unputdownable! Curious? Try me!

The history of the Holy land is as old as the history of man, so it is not surprising that such a relatively small region should contain such a wealth of archaeological ruins and monuments. This guide explores the heritage sites and historic and religious attractions, region by region.

Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.

The book offers a compelling visual journey through fifty years of queer activism, showcasing significant milestones and movements. It highlights the struggles, triumphs, and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community, featuring rich illustrations that enhance the narrative. By capturing personal stories and historical events, the work serves as both an educational resource and a celebration of diversity and advocacy in the fight for equality.

Through an intertwining of physics and its philosophy, this book demonstrates how to distinguish the true arrow of time from illusory asymmetries. It is rigorous, richly illustrated, and accessible, ensuring its suitability for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of physics and philosophy, as well as contemporary researchers.

Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, looks after the elderly class hamster, ends up with a star solo trumpet performance, even though he's never played one before...