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Richard Platt, Author
David Lawrence, Illustrator
Series: How They Made Things Work
Imprint: Franklin Watts
Publication date: May 24, 2018
Category: History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781445164311
Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Age of Industry examines aspects of technology in Victorian times, including ship-building, weapons, motion pictures, photography, railways and telegraphy.
Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.
I’m a British author, and I have been writing since 1983. In that time I have had some 90 books published.
Most of my books are illustrated information books for children, but I have also written children’s stories, and several books for adults. Some have won prizes, including a Smarties silver prize, and a Blue Peter award. Three of my books reached the Aventis science prize shortlist.
I don’t just write books: I have written restaurant reviews, corporate reports, TV scripts and museum interpretation, and I have appeared on TV and radio.