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Sally Symes worked for many years as a designer of children's books before turning her skills to writing them. Her collaborations with Nick Sharratt have won several awards, including The Educational Writers' Award for Gooey, Chewy, Rumble, Plop, and The Southampton Favourite Book to Share Award for Something Beginning with Blue. She works from a shed in Sussex, UK, accompanied by her grumpy cat. Kate Slater grew up on a beautiful farm in deepest Staffordshire, and studied illustration at Kingston University. Her children’s books include A is for Ant, The Birthday Crown, The Little Red Hen, ABC London, Magpie’s Treasure, Make Your Own Birds of Prey and Make your Own Flying Machines. Alongside work for publishing, editorial and advertising, she has created several large-scale installations and window displays.
The perfect resource for curious kids (and their bamboozled parents), Britannica First Big Book of Why answers all those essential questions about the world around us in a fun, vibrant way. -- Mark Skinner * The Waterstones Round Up: October's Best Children's Books 2021 * With clear and accessible explanations, diagrams, photography, Kate Slater's stunning illustrations, intriguing picture puzzles, wacky facts, and an exploration of some of the world's still unsolved mysteries, this brilliantly conceived and created book is the ideal food to nurture enquiring minds and instil an appetite for learning in the years to come. -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Evening Post * A vibrant, authoritative bumper question and answer book ... you'll learn as many eye-opening facts as the kids. * The School Run * This engaging book is sure to be a HUGE hit ... Britannica First Big Book of Why is a fantastic example of non-fiction with all the text features children learn in their early years at school. -- Kate Heap * Scope for Imagination *
