What on Earth! Bookshop

Be inspired by incredible stories of kindness from around the world, and throughout history.

So you think you’re special? You think that just because people have built giant cities, invented pop-up toasters and put a person on the Moon that they are somehow different from other living things? Well it’s time to think again!

Did you know that English words come from all over the world? And often their meanings have changed over time? Find out about the journeys of a selection of words from the English Language in this amazing visual resource!

Investigate haunted castles, spooky forests and even outer space with a monster-revealing magic lens in this striking and unusual book. Mythological creatures, ghostly spirits and monsters from film and fiction all make an appearance alongside lively text which tells the story of each, from their ghastly origins to their favourite meals! 

Take a whirlwind trip through this graphic timeline book and watch how the intertwined histories of Canada, the United States, Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean unfold from 13,000 BCE to the present day!

OUT SEPTEMBER 2024. Join scientist Letizia Diamante to chomp your way through pages of facts about the most astonishing mouths, sharpest teeth, stretchiest cheeks, and stickiest tongues in the animal kingdom.

Our planet is sending out an SOS! From global warming to plastic pollution, real-life environmental monsters are threatening our world at every turn. Now it’s your chance to challenge them!

Journey to prehistoric Earth, starting in the present and  zipping back 100s of millions of years to discover all the weird and wonderful creatures that used to roam the planet

Explore the daily lives of children around the world through the lens of a single, special day – June 21st, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere.

This super-sized book of maps takes you on a space adventure from the stars to the solar system, and far beyond!

Out March 2025. A quirky, surprise-filled and light-hearted romp through the stuff that makes up our world, from atoms, elements and light, to water, soil and DNA, to buildings, books and smartphones.

Publishes in April 2025. Celebrates our whole furry, scaly, slimy, slippery extended family, smashing to smithereens the idea that humans are very different from the rest of the animal kingdom.