AUSTRALIA-WIDE LOW FLAT RATE $9.90

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Official Spy's Handbook

Usborne Colin King

$14.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Usborne Publishing Ltd
01 October 2014
Series: Handbooks
Packed with tips, hints and advice on all the tricks needed to be a super spy, including how to write and break codes, how to use disguises to avoid detection and how to stalk and shadow enemy spies effectively. 

Everything a good spy needs to know about secret codes, disguises, shadowing and observation skills. This essential guide to spying is packed with useful skills and tips, such as shaking off a trail, scrambling secret messages and creating amazing disguises. Spies in training can use the activity pages to create camouflage headbands, decode messages and spot enemy spies in crowds of people. A brand new edition of a much-loved Usborne classic, sure to entertain and delight a brand new generation of spies.
By:  
Illustrated by:   Colin King
Imprint:   Usborne Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 136mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   330g
ISBN:   9781409584384
ISBN 10:   1409584380
Series:   Handbooks
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Usborne (Author) Usborne is one of the world's leading specialist children's publishers: an independent, family business which creates irresistible, engaging, and accessible books for children of all ages. Usborne books are written to appeal directly to children and are there for every age, stage, and curious question. From the internationally bestselling touchy-feely series That's not my... to award-winning non-fiction and activity books, children can grow - and grow up - with Usborne books.

Reviews for Official Spy's Handbook

'Le Carre for ten-year-olds, this book made espionage seem like a perfectly viable profession' - Author David Nicholls in The Times; 'Packed with tips and tricks needed to be a super spy, including quizzes to check how much budding Bonds have learnt' - Yours magazine; 'From cracking secret codes and creating effective disguises to tracking and decoding signals it's a book to be kept close at hand but hidden from the unknown enemy' - Parents in Touch; 'I love a book that encourages kids to be creative and The Usborne Official Spy's Handbook is just that!' - The London Mummy blog; 'Usborne's vintage Spy's Handbook (GBP6.99), now in paperback, is an endless resource for would-be sleuths. You should buy two; one for a child, one for his best friend, so they can swap secret messages' - The Evening Standard; 'My childhood fixation with the art of spying - it hasn't entirely gone away - was down to a book called The Usborne Spy's Guidebook' - India Knight, The Sunday Times


See Also