Project X Origins Graphic Texts can help children to reach higher standards in comprehension. This non-fiction text told in graphic form looks at the lives of some of the worlds most important historical figures. For thousands of years, humans have been exploring space. Join astronaut Neil Armstrong and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus as they investigate some of these great explorers from Ancient Greeks arguing over the Sun and planets, to today's space probes exploring into the furthest reaches of our Solar System. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, ideas for follow-up activities and higher-level comprehension questions.

 

This book is part of a book series called Project X Origins Graphic Texts .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a comic book/graphic novel. This book was published 2016 by Oxford University Press .

Len Wein co-created SWAMP THING early in a writing career that has included work on every major hero and villain at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. As a writer, Wein is also credited with co-creating Wolverine for Marvel and Lucius Fox for DC. Wein was one of the editors on WATCHMEN, and has also been Editor-in-Chief at both Marvel Comics and Disney Comics before settling in to a successful career writing comic books and animation. British artist Dave Gibbons began his comics career in 1973, working for IPC and DC Thompson and illustrating features the popular comics magazine 2000 AD. He also worked on the comic strip adventures of Doctor Who before being invited to illustrate for DC Comics, beginning with GREEN LANTERN. In 1985, he began collaborating with Alan Moore on numerous stories leading up to their best selling graphic novel WATCHMEN. As a writer and artist, Gibbons has also worked on GREEN LANTERN CORPS and his own graphic novel THE ORIGINALS. With Frank Miller, he produced the Martha Washington series. Jo Nelson is an editor and writer from the UK. She has written non-fiction titles across avariety of genres including science, history and biography. Richard Wilkinson is a UK based illustrator who has worked for many well-known clientsincluding the New Scientist. Before turning to writing full time, Jo was an English and drama teacher. Writing as Jo Kenrick, her other books for Barrington Stoke include the Mine, Mind-Set, Perfect and Babyfather, as well as two plays for reluctant readers. She lives in Witney, Oxfordshire.