Scientists Are Saving the World!: So Who Is Working on Time Travel

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A celebration of science now, starring some of its best-loved (and lesser-known) heroes.

If all the scientists are saving the world who is working on time travel Scientists who are zooming through space, protecting the planet, singing with whales and even learning to travel through time. Get ready to meet more than 20 inspiring, real-life scientists, and discover how they started asking questions just like YOU!

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Highly recommended. Scientists are Saving the World! is a wonderful new graphic style picture book that will provide an excellent introduction for young readers to the world of science and the role scientists play in our lives. Bright and colourful images are complemented by simple accessible text clearly written and well-spaced out * ReadPlus *
This delightful book, presented as a large-format graphic novel, looks at 20 scientists around the world who are doing amazing things, including zooming through space, protecting the planet, singing with whales, and always asking questions. This is a highly illustrated, exciting introductory science book that will get kids inspired to ask more questions about the world we live in. * Readings *
In this engaging introduction to many fields of science, a little boy asks his Mum, If all the scientists are saving the world, who is working on time travel His mother tells him that there are lots of scientists out there studying all sorts of amazing things. They are digging up dinosaurs; travelling in space; researching the weather; listening to animals; building robots; swimming with sharks; studying seeds, insects and rocks; saving lives and the planet; and mapping the universe. * Reading Time *

Author Bio

Saskia Gwinn has spent nearly 20 years carefully crafting beautiful books to inspire kids of all ages. She lives in Hertfordshire with her two boys who hope dinosaurs will one day revisit Earth. In the meantime she tells them that every creature on the planet has an equally exciting story to tell.

Ana Albero was born in Alicante, Spain. She studied Visual Communication at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin. She is now based in Berlin, where she works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil creating vibrant textured images inspired by old pictures and movies. She is the illustrator of The People Awards and Little People Big Dreams: Coco Chanel.