Survivors: Living in the World's Most Extreme Places
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Survivors: Living in the World's Most Extreme Places
By (Author) Ross Piper
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
18th February 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
Primary and Secondary Educational
Non Fiction
613.69
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 190mm, Height 210mm, Spine 8mm
248g
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.
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) *
Author Bio
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.
