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.
'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