Design Technology Themed Books

Levers & Pulleys by Alex Brinded

Get your brain into gear and switch on to science! This book will get you buzzing as you find out what makes a bell ring, a circuit connect and a motor move. We've levered in loads of facts and figures to pull you into a whole world of amazing design technology. It's all around you from your doorbell to your dishwasher! All these mechanical marvels and more are revealed in Making Things Work.

Honey Biscuits 

By Meredith Hooper (Author), Alison Barlett (Illustrator) 

One cow, a thousand buzzing bees and the bark from a tree. When Ben learns how to make honey biscuits with his gran, he doesn't just find out how to bake biscuits, he also discovers where all the ingredients in the recipe come from and whose help he really needs. Including the recipe for honey biscuits, this is a perfect introduction to food and cooking for the youngest child.

Sandwiches and Snacks

By Susannah Blake

Cookery for children has never been easier! Following an introduction to the type of food, each book in the series features eight step-by-step recipes. Each recipe has a brief introduction and approximately six steps. Steps are illustrated by full-colour photography so children will be able to see exactly what to do. There is also an extra information panel for each recipe. This is used to provide further details on the science, history, culture or cookery technique used or linked to the recipe. Recipes start with simple cookery techniques such as mashing and chopping and progress to those that are more complicated, which may need adult supervision, such as baking and boiling. By the end of the book, readers will be budding cooks!

Junk Modelling (10 Minute Crafts) 

By Annalees Lim 

Discover junk modelling with these easy, fun and exciting projects for children aged 5 plus! Make a tin can robot, craft a cardboard castle and create a lighthouse from a crisp tube! Let children craft their way through the book, creating and improvising as they go, making beautiful things out of materials that would otherwise have been thrown away.

Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build 

By Christina Schul 

Watch your childs eyes light up as they get excited about engineering, learn how things work, and have tons of fun. Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids is packed with more than 50 fascinating STEAM exercises, complete with step-by-step instructions, colourful pictures, and simple explanations of why the experiments work.

How Does a Lighthouse Work?: 1 (How it Works) 

By Roman Belyaev 

How can we tell one lighthouse from another? What does a lighthouse keeper do? Where are the most unusual lighthouses in the world? Depart on an enchanting voyage in this book to discover the answers to these questions along with other fascinating facts about lighthouses and how they work.

DKfindout! Castles 

By Phillip Steele 

Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and bailey styles to stone fortresses and beautiful castles in Japan and India. See some of the most impressive castles in the world, and stock up on amazing facts. Packed with information, artefacts, and colourful pages, DKfindout! Castles brings the medieval world to life.