The Story Of Things
Published on 1. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5263-6262-9 (ISBN)
Description
Take a fascinating journey through time -to explore a world full of ideas, inventions, discoveries and many, many ... things!
Have you ever wondered how us humans came to have so many 'things'?
Starting with the early humans who had very few things, through to the jam-packed world we live in today, discover how from the very beginning we humans have had the urge to invent and create! From the creation of Stone Age tools and the first handwritten book through to amazing inventions including the steam engine and the laptop computer, find out how things have transformed our world.
With fun illustrations and witty text by award-winning author and illustrator Neal Layton.
Have you ever wondered how us humans came to have so many 'things'?
Starting with the early humans who had very few things, through to the jam-packed world we live in today, discover how from the very beginning we humans have had the urge to invent and create! From the creation of Stone Age tools and the first handwritten book through to amazing inventions including the steam engine and the laptop computer, find out how things have transformed our world.
With fun illustrations and witty text by award-winning author and illustrator Neal Layton.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 272 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
215 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-6262-9 (9781526362629)
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Person
Neal is an award-winning illustrator and author of children's books. He has worked on more than 80 titles to date, working with authors such Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, and won several prizes including a Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown. His books have also been shortlisted for the Red House Book Awards, the Blue Peter Book Awards, the Booktrust Early Years Award, Funfzig Jahre Deutcher Jugendliteraturpreis and New York Public Library's annual list of Best Children's Books.He also writes his own books, such as eco-picture book A Planet Full of Plastic and 'The Invincible Tony Spears' fiction series. His books are currently in print in more than 16 languages worldwide. He lives in Portsmouth with his wife and two daughters.