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Beverley Birch
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Events for young people
About my books, my writing life, creative writing, about reading, or any combination of these.
On writing picture books and creative partnerships
In picture books there is the artist, bringing unknown dimensions and possibilities. The open-endedness of that is marvellous.
The Fight against Microbes: Pasteur’s Story
The true story of a man who helped save millions of lives
Adventures with Electricity: Benjamin Franklin’s story
The true story of one man's curiosity and the discoveries he made about electricity
Greedy Anansi and his Three Cunning Plans
Crafty spider Anansi's cunning doesn’t always get him what he wants.
Suzi, Sam, George and Alice
It's early Sunday morning, but Suzi, Sam, George and Alice have plans ...
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Transport
The first air passengers were a sheep, a duck and a cock, who sailed up in a hot air balloon, watched by the King of France.
An American inventor has designed a bike with 54 speeds, 5 computers, a security system, a speech synthesizer, and a telephone.
In 1838 the fast journey across the Atlantic (by steamship) took 15 days. Nowadays, planes can fly it in a few hours.
A feast of weird and wonderful facts about transport
A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts
Illustrated by Tim Archbold
[published by Hodder Children’s Books]
