A brightly illustrated introduction to science which supports teaching in primary schools. Designed for use at home and in school, and perfect for parents who want to find our more about what their children are being taught. Includes a section on 'what is science?' as well information about living things, materials, forces, light, sound and electriciy, space, and scientific investigations.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 104 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 2013 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Anne Cottringer works in film, which takes her all over the world. Her other picture books include Ellie and the Lion (illustrated by Russell Ayto) published by Egmont. She lives in London with her family. Candice Whatmore won the Macmillan Prize in 1999. Since her degree in Visual Communication she has been working as a freelance designer and illustrator She lives in Birmingham. Sarah Khan is a writer and editor, specializing in children's books, from non-fiction, to fiction and puzzles.