Exploration of Space (Snapping Turtle Guides: Great Explorers) - Softcover

Trotman, Felicity

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860070795 ISBN 13: 9781860070792

Publisher: ticktock Media Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This new book in the Great Explorers series is accessible for children and educational for the whole family. It contains over 80 full colour pictures including artefacts, photographs and paintings'

About this title

From the Publisher

Part of the Great Explorers series, Explorers of Space traces the story of space discovery, from the early astronomers studying the stars to the latest probes exploring the edges of our galaxy and consequently embarking on one of the greatest challenges facing mankind. Exploration of Space combines a timeline to show significant events, stunning colour pictures and a Did You Know? page offering amazing facts to assist the reader in gaining a comprehensive knowledge whilst having fun when learning. It is ideal for History Key Stages 2 and 3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Technology Stages P4-S2 in Scotland.

About the Author

Felicity Trotman was born in Belfast, moving to Wiltshire as a child. Having studied graphic design, and taken a History degree, she worked in publishing. She was a fiction editor at Puffin and at Macmillan Children s Books. Eventually turning freelance, she added history and military history to her children s speciality though she admits that she prefers firing guns to writing about them. She is a churchwarden, school governor, and has spent many happy years as a member of the English Civil War Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: ticktock Media Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860070795
• ISBN 13: 9781860070792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32