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Survivors: Living in the World's Most Extreme Places

Hardback

Main Details

Title Survivors: Living in the World's Most Extreme Places
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ross Piper
SeriesExtreme!
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 190
ISBN/Barcode 9781408112649
ClassificationsDewey:613.69
Audience
Primary
Illustrations Full-colour photographs and artwork

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 30 November 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From death defying stunts to the volcano's edge, Extreme Science will excite and inspire 8-11 year olds. High-interest topics grab the reader and introduce some key science concepts in an accessible and innovative way. The action-packed pages are designed to motivate struggling and reluctant readers, and a reading age of 7 makes the content super-accessible. Extreme titles are ideal for supporting creative classroom teaching and for spicing up topic libraries.

Author Biography

Consultant: Jane Turner is the deputy Director of one of the UK's nine Science Learning Centres. Jane has 18 years' experience in primary education as a teacher, researcher and author. She has developed award-winning curriculum projects in science, literacy and technology and appears regularly on Teachers' TV as a primary science consultant.

Reviews

''The A & C Black Extreme series are among the best factual books to come this reviewer's way for some time. Fascinating reads for age eight-plus.' * Irish Examiner (January 2010) *