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Manchester, England
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Delighted to hear that The Ancient World in 100 Words @Quartoknows has made the shortlist for the Teach Primary Book Awards 2020. @TeachPrimary Marvellous!
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Thanks so much, Scott. I remember some great comparison books from the 1970s and 1980s by the Diagram Group and other information book pioneers and this was our homage to them. @ivy_kids @lucymenz and the rest of the Ivy team.
Sharing this today. From the very large to the very small, this absorbing non-fiction book is brilliant for STEM in bringing science and mathematics together in a way that is incredible to compare and measure. There’s so much to learn from each double-page spread.
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Thanks Alice-Elizabeth. Myself and the great Georgia Amson-Bradshaw @TheQuartoGroup had a ball digging deep about math's surprisingly strange history.
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In Halifax, admiring its minster and quaking at its gibbet - an early guillotine that you could be sent to just for stealing 13.5d of goods. Still, any town which can also lay claim to inventing the Rolo, is all good with me.
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Thanks Anastasia. Very pleased that you like it.
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Don't throw away any unused Halloween-bought pumpkins. Stored in a cool, dark place they can last for up to 8-12 weeks. Pumpkin pie anyone? Or what about a pumpkinosaurus for the more ambitious. Good Gourd! #Pumpkinpower
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I've been trying to find a bottle of Eau de Stilton (which for a perfume, smells absolutely brutal) - the perfect cheesy Christmas gift?!
What kind of stink-tastic inventions could you dream up? The brilliant, barmy scientists in Clive Gifford's You Smell! book have been coming up with all sorts of creative contraptions... Illustrations by Pete Gamlen. bit.ly/YouSmellBook #yousmellbook #facts #stembooks
Pleased you like, it Lily. Gosia's artwork really breathes life into the entries. A pleasure to work with her and a great editor, Harriet Stone at the mighty @QuartoKids
Some cracking books in that selection - honoured to be amongst them.
Not at all surprised to see Blue Peter Award-winning The Colours of History here! @CliveWrites @QuartoKids
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Wow, that's a blast from the past...written in 2001 with the estimable @AnneClarkLit in charge at Hodder. Happy days. Pleased you liked it.
Hello! It's Morgan again today and I am going to be telling you about one of my favorite quiz books of all time! If you are looking for a test of your knowledge of the first four Harry Potter books, then you should definitely read this book by @CliveWrites. #1bookaday
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Off to one of my all-time favourite places tomorrow...Ullswater...for a few days without a computer or Internet access. Oh the joy!
For #InternationalColourDay, In 2012, bees in northern France alarmed their keepers by producing bright blue and green honey – after they consumed waste M&M candy shells processed near Ribeauville.
As it's #InternationalColourDay, thought I'd share a couple of colour facts starting with: It took around 250,000 murex sea snails crushed and left to rot to produce enough Tyrian purple to dye a single Roman toga.
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Great questions. @WinchamCP I think a hot breakfast was his favourite meal of the day - scrambled egg, sausages and baked beans. Tim's blog page has some other really good answers blogs.esa.int/tim-peake/2016…
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Just received a fab congrats card in the form of a tactile image from my favourite charity @LivingPaintings They produce audio books and touch images to bring reading to life for visually-impaired children & adults. Brilliant cause and lovely people. livingpaintings.org
Hey writers, don't tell your editors, they may get ideas... Yours, trying to write about Geirangerfjord and glaciation whilst wearing a red nose all day for #comicrelief2019
The original meaning of 'deadline' was a line marked in the earth around a prison: if an inmate went beyond it, they were liable to be shot.
Good luck for everyone shortlisted but Waterstones, three fiction categories and no non-fiction? Shame! Here's to a Best Information Book category for the 2020 event - should be easily funded via my book buying trips to your stores, alone.
With only a week to go, here's a reminder of the books nominated for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Explore the list, pick your favourites, and keep your fingers crossed next Thursday: waterstones.com/the-watersto… #WCBP19
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Thanks Sophie - lovely to hear from you. I'm wondering when the statute of limitations runs out on me mentioning last Thursday - figure I've got until this weekend at least.
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Can't believe a week has already elapsed since this happened @CBBC @BookTrust @QEDPublishing. The response has been extraordinary and very heartwarming inc. autographs in my local supermarket. Many thanks to everyone and Viva Children's Non-Fiction!
Some great books there, Scott.
It’s #ScienceWeek so here’s a whole host of brilliant science-based fiction, non-fiction, poetry & picture books to read & embed within your curriculum.
#BSW2019 #ScienceWeek2019 #STEM
