I write on lots of different topics. If you want to buy any of these books, you can get them from this special search page at Amazon. Some books are in the list more than once — that’s because they fall into more than one category.
1001 Shocking Science Facts
Arcturus, 2008
Do you know how to avoid spaghettification? Or which side of a cave entrance
to stand to avoid a bat-collision? Or which animal can lick inside its ears?
Thought not. You really need this book!
Is Our Climate Changing?
Franklin Watts, 2008
Find out what is driving climate change, and what can be done about it. A very topical issue; the book explains the science and the social and political issues behind climate change.
Outer Space
Heinemann, 2007
How do we explore space? Can we explore distant galaxies, or are we limited
to our own close neighbours in the solar system? Find out about space exploration
— how we do it, why we do it, and what we have discovered.
Wildfires
World Book, 2007
Wildfires ravage vast areas of natural landscape every year. Many have natural
causes and are part of the normal cycle of the environment — yet they
can have devastating effects for people.
Available only in the US
Solar Power
Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007
Solar power is a clean, efficient cheap source of energy that doesn’t
produce carbon emissions. Find out how we can use it, and whether it can solve
the Earth’s energy problems.
The Nervous System; the Skin; the Senses
World Book, 2007
Completely straight factual book on how the nervous system, senses and skin
work.
Available only in the US
Volcano
Dorling Kindersley, 2006
Find out what goes on deep within a volcano, and what happens when a volcano
blasts apart, wreaking devastation. This book has stunning images and a giant
fold-out poster to stick on your wall.
Hurricane!
Franklin Watts, 2006
A hurricane is a whirling wall of wind that can tear of trees and wreck buildings.
Find out how and where hurricanes happen, and whether they will become more
frequent as Earth’s climate changes.
Tsunami!
Franklin Watts, 2006
A tsunami is a huge wall of water rushing inland that can sweep away everything
in its path in a few minutes. Discover the causes and effects of tsunami,
where they happen and what it is like to experience a tsunami.
Earthquake!
Franklin Watts, 2006
Earthquakes happen when the ground shifts under our feet, causing buildings
to topple and roads and railways to be ripped apart. Find out how and where
earthquakes happen, how we can help to protect people from their effects and
what it is like to be caught in an earthquake.
Machines in Medicine
Franklin Watts, 2006
Learn how machinery has been used in medicine for centuries, and how the very
latest developments offer new hope for people with many kinds of medical condition
and disability. From robotic limbs to tiny implants that regulate the heart
beat, from equipment to save tiny babies to meters to regulate chemicals in
the blood, we are using more and more technology to help people live healthy,
independent lives.
The Cutting Edge: Medicine
Heinemann, 2006
Discover the latest developments in medicine, from stem cell research to miniature
computer implants to help deaf people hear and blind people see.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Quarto Children’s Books, 2005
An exciting pop-up book about earthquakes and volcanoes, stuffed with fascinating
scientific facts about how and why the Earth can turn violent. Each page is
narrated by a figure who knows about the topic — from Aristotle to a
search and rescue dog! There are fold-outs or pop-ups on every page.
Tomorrow’s Science: Genetic
Engineering
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Do you want to know how to cross a fish with a tomato? Or whether you could
clone Beyoncé to be your babysitter?
Tomorrow’s Science: Medicine
Today
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
How would it feel to be one of eight identical babies? Would you want to be
frozen after death and brought back to life in a hundred years’ time?
Coming soon...
Solve it with Science: Kidnaps
Forthcoming, 2009
Feeding the World
Forthcoming, 2009
Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Forthcoming, 2009
The Cutting Edge: Computers
Heinemann, 2006
The latest developments in computer technology and how they will affect our
lives, from the newest robots to computers we can wear or have implanted in
our bodies.
Technology All Around Us: Computers
Franklin Watts, 2005
Find how computers help us reconstruct the faces of mummified Egyptian kings,
learn to fly a space craft and teach robots to jump!
Technology All Around Us: Telecommunications
Franklin Watts, 2005
Do you know how a mobile phone works, or how we communicate with a space probe
on Mars? Could you find an explorer lost in the arctic waste? How do we look
inside a sealed pyramid?
Let’s Start ICT: Making Pictures, Making Charts,
Starting with Words, Using Instructions, Sorting Information, Finding Facts
(6 books)
QED/Quarto, 2005
First steps with ICT to make simple pictures, charts and documents, control
a floor turtle and work with information.
Learn ICT: Working with Words; Picture This; Take Control;
Fact Factory; Communicate Online; What if? (6 books)
QED/Quarto, 2004
Create fancy invitations and posters, write stories, make your own multimedia
and plan your pocket-money spending.
Shooting Stars: Fact Attack, Communication Crazy, Media
Magic, Techno Tricks (4 books)
Belitha Press (Chrysalis), 2003
Find out about technology, play puzzles and quizzes and read a fabulous story:
How can you keep in touch with the tooth fairy? Can a Furby travel through
time? Could you look after a witch’s wild and scary pets? Could you track
a troll?
Tomorrow’s Science: Artificial Intelligence
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Should you love a robotic pet? Will you be cared for a robot nurse when you’re
sick? Can machines think and feel? This books was long-listed for the Aventis
Science Prize in 2004.
Tomorrow’s Science: Internet
Technologies
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Is it fair that rich nations spread their culture round the world using the
web? Does it matter if you download pirate copies of movies or music?
Whizz Kids: Word Power, Email Wizard, Messaging Mania,
Web Smart, Music Mania, Weird Webs, Free Stuff, Cool Games (8 books)
Collins and Brown Children’s Books, 2002
Find out where to find werewolves on the web, how 2 snd txt msgs and how to
download MP3s in these eight books.
Internet Action: Chilling Out
Collins and Brown Children’s Books, 2002
Have fun on the Internet with the web, email and chat.
Costume Around the World: China
Chelsea Clubhouse 2008; US only
What people have worn in China through the ages and around the regions.
Just the Facts: Capital Punishment
Harcourt Education, 2005
Where in the world can you be executed? What’s it really like on death
row? How were people executed in the past? Facts and figures about the death
penalty around the world and through history.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Marshall Cavendish (US), 2005 (contributor)
A 12-volume encyclopedia covering the period of the Middle Ages throughout
the world.
Cities Through Time: Paris
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2005
Find out how Paris has changed – and how it has stayed the same –
over the last hundred years. Lots of photos show you Paris from every angle.
Cities Through Time: London
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2005
Find out what has happened in and to London over the last hundred years. Loads
of photos bring London past and present to life.
Cities Through Time: New York
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2005
Find out how New York has grown and flourised over the last century. Photos
give you a clear view of how it has developed and changed.
Cities Through Time: Los Angeles
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2005
Find out how Los Angeles has grown from nothing to a huge, bustling city that
is the home of the movie industry in only a hundred years. Lots of photos
show you how farm land has transformed into metropolis.
A History of Fashion and Costume: The 18th Century
Facts on File (US only), 2005
Did you know you could make trousers out of seal gullets? Or a wedding coat
from salmon skins? Did you know Chinese farmers made vests out of rice straw?
Or that ladies in Europe sometimes wore skirts nearly two metres wide and
hair styles too tall to fit through doorways?
Coming soon...
Take Me Back
Forthcoming 2008, Dorling Kindersley (co-author)
Dates of a Decade: 1990s
Forthcoming, 2009
Costume Sourcebooks: The 1950s and 1960s
Forthcoming, 2009
Voices: Race Hate
Evans Brothers
What is race hate? What effects does racism have on people? Are people of
other races really different?
Voices: Drugs on the Street
Evans Brothers
Who uses drugs and why? Why do people deal in drugs? Who is hurt by people
taking drugs?
Just the Facts: Capital Punishment
Harcourt Education, 2005
Where in the world can you be executed? What’s it really like on death
row? How were people executed in the past? Facts and figures about the death
penalty around the world and through history.
Tomorrow’s Science: Artificial Intelligence
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Should you love a robotic pet? Will you be cared for a robot nurse when you’re
sick? Can machines think and feel? This book was long-listed for the Aventis
Science Prize (Junior) in 2004.
Tomorrow’s Science: Genetic
Engineering
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Do you want to know how to cross a fish with a tomato? Or whether you could
clone Beyoncé to be your babysitter?
Tomorrow’s Science: Medicine
Today
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
How would it feel to be one of eight identical babies? Would you want to be
frozen after death and brought back to life in a hundred years’ time?
Tomorrow’s Science: Internet
Technologies
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Is it fair that rich nations spread their culture round the world using the
web? Does it matter if you download pirate copies of movies or music?
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
, Carlton, 2008
The key stories from the Malory’s Morte Darthur
retold in the voice of Merlin. A fantastic interactive book with facsimile
documents, shiny bits, sliders and flaps – and even a game. Ages 8+
1001 Shocking Science Facts
Arcturus, 2008
Do you know how to avoid spaghettification? Or which side of a cave entrance
to stand to avoid a bat-collision? Or which animal can lick inside its ears?
Thought not. You really need this book!
Alien Abduction
Crabtree, 2008
Have you ever been abducted by an alien? Plenty of people believe they have!
Vampire Castle
Crabtree, 2008
Are vampires real? Better find out how to avoid them, just in case.
Zombies on the Loose
Crabtree, 2008
Real zombies are not flesh-eating monsters – but they are still pretty
scary!
1001 Horrible Facts
Arcturus, 2006
How do you make seagull wine? Who makes trousers from the gullets of seals?
How much gas is produced each year by termites farting? You really need to
know, don’t you?
Disney Cuties: Things to make and do
Ladybird, 2005
Lots of creative projects to share with your friends, and loads of stickers
to use!
Disney Cuties: Friendship Book
Ladybird, 2005
Best friends activity book with plenty of cute stickers!
Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit Press-out
and Play book
Ladybird, 2005
Press out the parts for a great board game – how many bunnies can you
get rid of? Read the trivia, share the jokes and grow a great veggie of your
own.
Angelina Ballerina Sticker Activity Book
Ladybird, 2004
Have fun with Angelina Ballerina – stickers, games and puzzles.
Wallace and Gromit’s World of Mystery
Chrysalis, 2003
What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? Who were the green children?
What’s a goat sucker? Join Wallace and Gromit in this dynamic Magic Finger
book – turn the finger to the question you want to ask, and watch it
magically find the answer on the opposite page!
Recommended Christmas book of Radio 4’s Front Row
and the Daily Mail 2003.
Funky Files: Sleepovers
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
A great pack of four books and lots of goodies to help you have the coolest
sleepover ever – with stickers, invitations and certificates all in a
big folder. Pack your bags and head off for a night of witchy spells, hippy
chick 60s fun or fab make-overs.
Wicked Wallets: Spies
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2003
Find out how to use a dead drop, write in secret code and disguise yourself.
A fabulous pack of four micro-books that will tell you all about spies, spying,
secret codes and how to make your own super spying club. It that comes with
spy club planner, stickers, ID cards and a game all in a slim wallet
ZigaZaga
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2002
Six books in a drop-down, Jacob’s ladder format, stuffed with advice
on fashion, school work, hobbies – with lots of jokes, games and puzzles
ZigaZaga Know it all
Chrysalis Children’s Books, 2002
An add-on to the great Ziga Zaga tumbling book-pack,
these two mini-books Velcro onto the back of the original Ziga
Zaga. They’re packed with info about dates and greats from 1995
to 2002 – what we wore, listened to, watched and found out. You need
to know it all to show you’re cool
Coming soon...
World’s Mysteries: UFOs and Aliens
Forthcoming, 2008
World’s Mysteries: Strange Places
Forthcoming, 2008
World’s Mysteries: Messages from Beyond
Forthcoming, 2008
I write short stories for short children, and longer stories for longer children.
Muffin, Evans, May 2008
When Caitlin finds a baby bird she takes him home and pampers him. But Muffin
can’t stay in the comfort of the lighthouse forever, and eventually he
has to make his own way in a puzzling world. Ages 5+
Soldier Boy, Evans, forthcoming September 2008
When Drew and Martin find a bone in the garden, life looks exciting for once.
But it all gets a bit too exciting. Reading age 5+, interest age 9+
(hi-lo)
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
, Carlton, forthcomingOctober 2008
Stories from the Malory’s Morte Darthur retold
in the voice of Merlin. A fantastic interactive book with facsimile documents,
shiny bits, sliders and flaps – and even a game. Ages 8+
The Mystery of the Mixed-up Disco, 2008 (under
the name Carol Lawrence)
One of a series of stories about two young girls who solve mysteries
Here is a story that came out some time ago; it’s a medium-sized story for medium-sized children.
An Open and Shut Case in Short
Shades: Crime Collection, Evans, 2008
Farooq is sure his neighbour has murdered his wife — but he can’t
persuade the police, so he has to turn detective hims
No Wobbly Teeth, 2009
Under the Bed, 2009
Where’s My Sock? 2009
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