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📢 We're looking for a Non-fiction Children's Book Designer! You may have just graduated from your studies in a design-led course or you may have a couple of years of experience in a similar design role, but be looking for the next step in your career. Whichever it is, you must have a good working knowledge of Adobe CC (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) and a passion for great design. 📅 Closing date: Wednesday 14th August 2024 💷 Salary: £29,061 - £38,291 (depending on experience) 📍 Location: London (closest tube Farringdon) - hybrid working pattern 3 days in the office, up to 2 days working from home ⬇ Full details including how to apply via Applied are on our website now. Please note that this is an office-based role and we do not offer visa sponsorship - more here: https://bit.ly/4fnTApi See more FAQs on careers at Usborne here: https://bit.ly/3wKmLkV #jobsinbooks #publishingjobs #designjobs #hiring

☀ Our Summer Sale is live! 💗 Head over to our website now for brilliant bargains on fantasic books for kids of all ages. #sale #specialoffer #summersale #childrensbooks

📚 It's NEW BOOKS THURSDAY! 📚 Another gorgeous new bookshelf of new releases for curious kids this month, including: 🛁 It's Bathtime for Baby Bears in a new interactive baby book with soft fabric flaps by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Roisin Hahessy ✍ Lara Bryan's latest book in the 'All You Need to Know by Age 7' series explains Essential English: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar, with illustrations by Stefano Tognetti 🌴 Agent Arthur is back for a new generation in a new edition of the classic Usborne Puzzle Adventure book 'Jungle Journey' 🚢 A.M. Howell's Mysteries at Sea returns with a new installment: The Hollywood Kidnap Case 🚣♀️ Jenny Pearson's latest novel Shipwrecked teaches us that school trips aren't always plain sailing... 🌞 Sunshine Simpson is back in Friends Always and Forever by G.M. Linton 🍃 The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell is a giant-sized whodunnit with a witchy twist See them all here: https://bit.ly/3W7cQMS #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration

We always LOVE to see our books travelling around the world, being read by children in different languages. Here are three brand new editions of Baby Animal Sounds by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Federica Iossa (left to right): 📕 In Norwegian, published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 📒 In Swedish, published by Tukan förlag 📘 In Finnish, published by Readme.fi Congratulations to Louise Knight, our Head of Rights who looks after these customers.

🦈 It's Shark Week! 🦈 The Usborne Quicklinks team are have been scouring the internet for the best websites for kids where they can swim with sharks, find out why they are important and discover how we can help protect them. 🦈 Find out loads of amazing facts about about sharks 🦈 Discover how we can help sharks 🦈 Test your knowledge with a shark-themed quiz 🦈 Explore our brilliant books about sharks https://bit.ly/3XY4pIn #SharkAwarenessDay #sharks #SharkWeek #childrensbooks

♻ It's Plastic Free July! We are continuously reviewing all the single-use plastic materials in our products, aiming to either remove plastic from our packaging and toy packs, or to switch to plastic that can be easily recycled. Here are some of our recent changes: ✅ REMOVED plastic lids on our That’s not my… book and toy gift boxes ✅ REPLACED plastic brushes with wooden ones on all our Magic Painting books ✅ REMOVED plastic packaging previously used to keep the toys in place on our Wind-up and Pull-back books ✅ REPLACED the plastic tags that hold toys in place in their boxes with recyclable. ...and some innovations in the pipeline: ✅ REMOVING plastic pen blisters from our Wipe-Clean books, replacing them with cellulose tape ✅ REMOVING plastic wafer seals (clear plastic stickers used to seal boxes) entirely, exchanging them for paper ones ✅ TRIALLING the use of plastic-free varnish on book covers across multiple series 🌎 Find out more about what we're doing to protect people and planet here: https://bit.ly/3Q0Ecoj #plasticfreejuly #plasticfree #reducereuserecycle #reducewaste #environment Kornelia Lemberger

NEW! 👩🔬 Chemistry for Beginners by Darran Stobbart and Kristie Pickersgill and illustrated by Clo'e Floirat is perfect for anyone that's curious about chemistry (including grown-ups)! This engaging introduction to chemistry tackles the key concepts and big ideas in a friendly and accessible way. From atoms to molecules, discover the basic building blocks of the universe and find out how chemists use them to create amazing new medicines, materials and more. Follow step-by-step chemical reactions, explore the periodic table and learn all about chemistry's real-life applications from solving crimes to producing green energy. Explore the series here: https://bit.ly/3W6rg34 #chemistry #science #STEM #beginners #childrensbooks