About this item
What would life be like if you had to do without modern inventions Howwould you cope without a toilet or live without electricity Starting fromthesethought-provoking questions, each title takes us on a historicaljourney to see how people coped in the past, and how they developedingenious ways to make life safer and more pleasant. Key Features Full-color cartoon-styleoriginalillustrationsthat make the books fun and attractive to reluctant readers A simple timeline providing aneasily understood history of thesubject A Top Tip offering helpful adviceon what you should or shouldntdo in a tricky situation A How It Works sectionexplaining the science behind thetechnology A You Can Do It! sectionwhich describes a simple, safeexperiment, or an action you cantake to help make the world abetter place A helpful glossary and index ineach book ,.
About the Author
Anne Rooney is a full-time writer living in Cambridge, England. Before becoming a writer, she studied and taught medieval English and French literature at the universities of York and Cambridge. She writes short books for short children, longer books for longer children, and books of any length for adults, without regard to the size of the reader.Her website is http://www.annerooney.com. She has a whimsical blog of non-fiction snippets at http://shipwreckedrhino.com. She is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Chair of the Educational Group of the Society of Authors, and a member of the National Union of Journalists.
