A colourful information book filled with 100 fascinating and surprising facts.
Alice James (Author)
Alice James joined Usborne after working in primary schools for a
while. She absolutely loves science, and over the years has lived
with chimps, spent a month in the rainforest, studied Biology at
Oxford University, and grown 200 carnivorous plants (not
necessarily in that order). Whilst at Usborne Alice has worked on
books on all kinds of science topics, from space to energy to the
periodic table.
Eddie Reynolds (Author)
Eddie joined Usborne Publishing in 2017. Before that, he studied
German and French at Cambridge University, then moved to Berlin
after a short while teaching Ancient History at a school in
Guangzhou, China. Now back in the UK, he writes books about all
sorts, including computers, maps and engineering.
Minna Lacey (Author)
Since joining Usborne, Minna has written books on everything from
pirates and gladiators to jungles and oceans. She studied Maths and
Philosophy at university and previously worked as a journalist and
illustrator in London, Bogota and New York. In her spare time, she
loves writing stories, drawing and playing the guitar.
Rose Hall (Author)
Rose grew up in Northumberland, studied Physiology at Oxford and
looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the
charity sector for ten years, writing about issues from renewable
energy, to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne, she's
written books about engineering, business, computers and the
environment.
Coding and computing are subjects normally difficult to make
entertaining, so the authors have cleverly turned them into
narratives, making the topics engaging with these little stories
you can just dip in and out of. They’re the perfect size, too, so
you really feel like returning again and again.
*Royal Society Prize Judge*
There is enough in it to build a lesson a day for almost an entire
school year and that doesn't include the offshoot investigations
that would take you off on a tangent! I can envisage those
eight-year-olds of 30 years ago pouring over it!
*Barbara Braxton, Librarian*
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