Charles Babbage and the Curious Computer - The Time-Twisters Series

Charles Babbage and the Curious Computer is a graphic novel for 7- to 9-year olds that follows a primary school science club who time travel to meet Christian inventor Charles Babbage, the man who paved the way for the modern day computer.

About the author

Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Poppy Denby Investigates novels, Golden Age-style murder mysteries set in the 1920s, about a reportersleuth who works for a London tabloid. The first book in the series, The Jazz Files, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger, while subsequent books have been shortlisted for the Foreword Review Mystery Novelof the Year and the People’s Book Prize. She is formerly a journalist, having worked on the arts and crime beats of a Cape Town newspaper,and lectured in journalism in the UK for over a decade. She is currently the Deputy Editor of the CWA’s Red Herrings Magazine.

Summary

Charles Babbage and the Curious Computer is a graphic novel for 7- to 9-year olds that follows a primary school science club who time travel to meet Christian inventor Charles Babbage, the man who paved the way for the modern day computer.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Veitch Smith, VEITCH SMITH FIONA
• Assisted by: Laura Borio (Illustration)
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2021
• EAN: 9780281082971
• ISBN: 978-0-281-08297-1
• No. of pages: 48
• Weight: 196 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations, colour
• Series: The Time-Twisters
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General