Mike Barfield
Space as You've Never Seen it Before
Price: £10.99
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 16/02/2023
ISBN: 9781780557441
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Binding: Paperback
Size: 280 x 216 mm
Extent: 128 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 16/02/2023
ISBN: 9781780558745
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Size: Print Replica (Amazon Ebook)
Extent: 128 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World ex USA and Canada
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Enquire nowAn engaging comic-book format, managing to pack in an incredible amount of information ... a fun and entertaining introduction to space for young children.
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
It takes just 120 pages of humorous text and idiosyncratic cartoons to deliver a decent summary of our knowledge about space and the technology we use to investigate it. The science is comprehensive, sound and I learnt something new on every page… Barfield does not skip the difficult subjects (dark matter, speed of light) but gives us plenty of light-hearted detail as well: burps in space are quite the problem apparently!
Armadillo magazine
Accessible and memorable
Teach Primary
The third book in a series that has sold over 70,000 copies, following on from A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You and A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything in Between
A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You was the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2021
Space consultation by Stuart Atkinson, the author of books including A Cat’s Guide to the Night Sky and Felicette the Space Cat
Covers scientific facts in a fun, humorous way with comic-strip art, making it fun and accessible for young readers who are passionate about space
The book is split into three sections: our solar system, outer space and space travel
Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.
Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics. Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Colouring and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.
