Bøger af Richard Platt

En uundværlig oversigt over nogle af de mest banebrydende opdagelser og opfindelser nogensinde, fra den første slags penge over antibiotika til kunstig intelligens.I denne stilfulde samling rejser den berømte forfatter Richard Platt og grafikeren James Brown gennem tiden og udstiller de utrolige videnskabelige og tekniske gennembrud, der har forandret vores liv for altid. Menneskets historie er spækket med innovationer, der har forandret verden, lige fra hjulet til telefonen og internettet. Hver eneste grafik i bogen er stærk, farverig og smuk, og de formidler både udtømmende og letforståeligt.Bogen er i samme serie som den lige så smukke og informative En verden af planter og præsenterer 30 banebrydende opdagelser, der vil interessere nysgerrige sjæle i alle aldre.

A gallery of bugs and pests tell you everything you want to know about deadly diseases and pox-like pestilence ¿ all the way from ancient history to COVID-19.

Exciting illustrations put wind in the sails of the most famous pirates as they travel the seven seas in search of treasure and adventure. This children''s book includes a wealth of information on what life was like on the high seas: what pirates ate, what they wore, and what they did while they were out to sea.

A gallery of bugs and pests tell you everything you want to know about deadly diseases and pox-like pestilence.

Fun informative guides on how people in the past solved technological problems.

Fun informative guides on how people in the past solved technological problems.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level 1,100 years ago Baghdad was the world's biggest and finest city. Discover this glamorous, glorious desert city - its art, literature and learning - during the Islamic Golden Age.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. This pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 5 reading books, 1 of each of: A New Alliance, The Fear Machine, Nature's Most Deadly?, The Lost: Dark Ground, Foolish Fears

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Discover how people have mapped Australia - from songs that recorded what the landscape looked like, and early explorers' drawings, to modern maps and satellite images.

Did you know that the world's largest pumpkin weighed more than 14 adults? Or that during the Day of the Dead in Mexico, people picnic in graveyards? This book lets you join in on a halloween adventure to discover fun facts about trick or treating, dressing up, celebrations around the world and the history of Halloween.

The medieval journal of Tobias Burgess, a young page.

Explore the city at the heart of the ancient Roman Empire with Iliona, a Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into slavery.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Cities all over the world have an underground network of trains running right beneath our feet, helping the public to travel around quickly and safely. But how did these underground networks begin, and how were they built? Find out the fascinating history of underground trains in this non-fiction book by Richard Platt.

Discover the early history of Britain in Man Meets Metal. TreeTops inFact is an exciting non-fiction series for children aged 711. Its range of subjects and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love.

This non-fiction title Foolish Fears explores the weird and wonderful fears from the past that petrified families, town and even whole nations you may discover that some aren't so foolish after all ... This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Travel the world and look at some of the most amazing buildings - inside and out! Find out how they're built, what they do and lots more fantastic facts in this exciting and very visual book. Each building is intricately illustrated, providing lots of detail to look at and talk about.

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Why is the Brazillian rainforest vanishing and what can be done to save it?