History VIPs: Mary Anning

Informationen zum Autor Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids. Klappentext Chronicles the life and times of the scientist who discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, yet received little credit for her work.This brilliant biography brings the 'dead famous' back to life! Learn about Mary Anning, a woman responsible for many amazing prehistoric fossil finds but who was almost unknown in her lifetime. Find out about her life and the time she lived in. Zusammenfassung This brilliant biography brings the 'dead famous' back to life! Learn about Mary Anning, a woman responsible for many amazing prehistoric fossil finds but who was almost unknown in her lifetime. Find out about her life and the time she lived in. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introducing ... Mary Anning 2: Beside the seashore 3: Fossils, fossils, everywhere! 4: Bleak times 5: Back to the beach 6: An important discovery 7: The dangers of fossil hunting 8: Paleontology for beginners 9: The next big thing 10: Almost famous 11: Fossilist friends 12: The end of an era 13: Fame at last 14: Timeline ...

Product details

• Authors: Kay Barnham, Barnham Kay
• Publisher: Wayland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780750299145
• ISBN: 978-0-7502-9914-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 246 mm x 6 mm
• Series: History VIPs; History VIPs
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / History of Science, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past