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Self-Destructing Science: Space

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Self-Destructing Science: Space
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by Nikalas Catlow
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 305,Width 238
ISBN/Barcode 9781408869499
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Activity Books
Publication Date 19 May 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2017. Warning: this book will self-destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling as you find out all about the wonders of space. As each page is destroyed, you'll make everything from a Martian bug to a pocket rocket, using nothing more than the pages of the book and a few simple household items. The easy-to-follow instructions and amazing illustrations mean that science has never been so fun!

Author Biography

Isabel Thomas is the author of over 80 books and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. She is also the author of What You Need To Know Now, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. When she's not writing, you'll find her experimenting, inventing, drawing, exploring and wearing out her library card. Isabel read Human Sciences at Oxford University, before working in journalism and children's publishing. She lives in Cambridge, where she's zookeeper to three young sons and a primary school governor. Nikalas Catlow gained an MA in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops in art, design and illustration, and now works as a writer, illustrator and TV development producer.

Reviews

You can keep a moon diary, make a pinhole viewer and a sundial, dress an astronaut, guide a Mars rover, make a Martian bug, answer a quiz and take part in the Lunarlympics. And that's only half the book! A terrific learning resource, or just great fun, this is a really engaging activity book. -- minervareads * minervareads * An ideal gift! This is a great book, full of facts and relevant activities and experimenting. -- Alaric Thompson * Science in Education *