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Mary Auld, Author
Sernur Isik, Illustrator
Series: The Science Club Investigates
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: August 28, 2025
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781526321534
Series: The Science Club Investigates
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: February 13, 2025
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781526321541
Join the kids of the Science Club and discover electricity through a combination of adventure, activity and experiment in this fun, story-based series for kids aged 5 and up
The children of the Science Club are happily working when a flash of lightning and a rumble of thunder outside make them jump! Their teacher, Mrs Khan, explains that lightning is a form of electricity and encourages the children to think of other types of electricity and what they are used for. The children also investigate electricity through rubbing balloons, making torches and building circuits.
The Science Club follows a group of science-mad kids who meet at a club where they learn about science through their own experiences and discoveries. For example, at one club someone brings in a fossil, leading to an investigation into the rock cycle, dinosaurs and fossil formation. At another, a storm inspires the children to learn about lightning and other forms of electricity. Each story features sweet, humorous illustrations and includes simple experiments for readers to try for themselves.
Titles in the series:
Light
Electricity
Rocks & Fossils
States of Matter
Forces & Magnets
Plants
The Human Body
Habitats
Sound
Weather
Mary Auld is a writer of children’s information books, working over a broad range of subjects. She has been actively involved in music from an early age, both singing and playing the flute, on an amateur basis. She loves making music in a group, be that in an orchestra or a choir. Whether making music or writing children’s books, her aim is to share her enthusiasm and inspire readers. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, who is an honorary fellow of the English Association, in recognition of her editorial work in children’s non-fiction.
Istanbul based illustrator and designer, Senur Isik specialises in children’s books and all things lovely. She studied Graphic Design at Ataturk University Faculty of Fine Arts, then worked as an illustrator for a company in Istanbul specialising in content for children’s TV. Later, she worked as the Visual Art Director and Character Designer for a Theme Park in Istanbul. In 2014 she was chosen for the Pictoplasma Academy in Berlin, where she studied character design. Since 2002, she has been working with publishers around the world, illustrating children’s books. She also creates little sculptures of her characters using clay and ceramics and is currently exhibiting, mainly in USA. She travels with a passion around the world, creating new characters and stories about places she’s been to.