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135+ obres 8,474 Membres 82 Ressenyes

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Richard Platt has written more than 30 books, and he has been a children's author since 1992

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Obres de Richard Platt

The Incredible Cross Section Book (1992) 833 exemplars
Pirate (Eyewitness Books) (0001) — Autor — 647 exemplars
Spy (Eyewitness Books) (1996) 431 exemplars
Shipwreck (Eyewitness Books) (1997) 242 exemplars
Film (Eyewitness Books) (1992) 242 exemplars
Visual Timeline of Inventions (1994) 161 exemplars
Kingfisher Knowledge: Forensics (2005) 113 exemplars
Julius Caesar (DK Discoveries) (2001) 84 exemplars
London (Through Time) (2009) 67 exemplars
Beijing (Through Time) (2008) 64 exemplars
Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence (2011) 59 exemplars
Shipwreck Detective (2006) 55 exemplars
A World of Information (2016) — Autor — 48 exemplars
Everest (DK Discoveries) (2000) 38 exemplars
Olympics (Through Time) (2012) 36 exemplars
New York City (Through Time) (2010) 27 exemplars
Castle (DK Experience) (2007) 26 exemplars
Flight (DK Experience) (2006) 23 exemplars
The Vanishing Rainforest (2003) 21 exemplars
Space Explorer Atlas (1999) 20 exemplars
Amazing Pop-Up 3-D Time Scape (1999) 20 exemplars
Hieroglyphics (Treasure Chests) (2003) 18 exemplars
Pirate / Castle Diary Flip-Over (2006) 11 exemplars
Versus: Pirates (2010) — Autor — 11 exemplars
A World Of Discovery (2018) — Autor — 10 exemplars
Discovering Pirates (2002) 8 exemplars
The Ultimate Photo Data Guide (1989) 7 exemplars
Code Making, Code Breaking (2011) 7 exemplars
Double Crossing (2010) 5 exemplars
Halloween (Flip Flap Journeys) (2016) 3 exemplars
The Photographer's Copybook (1985) 3 exemplars
Au coeur des choses (1999) 2 exemplars
Letting blood (1989) 2 exemplars
Gerichtsmedizin (2006) 1 exemplars
Uitvindingen verklaard (1998) 1 exemplars
Vakooja (1997) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Slightly Foxed 15: Underwear Was Important (2007) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 27: Well Done, Carruthers! (2010) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 68: Ring Out, Wild Bells (2020) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 35: Tarka the Rotter (2012) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 60: A Dickens of a Riot (2018) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 58: A Snatch of Morning (2018) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Slightly Foxed 44: My Grandfather and Mr. Standfast (2014) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1953
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Northumberland, England, UK
Biografia breu
Richard Platt has published more than 100 books, 32 of which were for DK. He has written on almost every topic you can imagine, but is particularly interested in the history of science and technology, and social history. He has become a bit of an amateur expert on the subject of life at sea, smuggling, and piracy. Most of his books are illustrated information books for children, but he has also written stories for children and several for adults. Some have won prizes, including the Smarties silver prize, and a Blue Peter award. Richard also writes TV scripts and museum interpretation, and he has appeared on TV and radio.

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This looks like an unusual book. First of all, it's enormous. Second of all, it manages to be a little gruesome even though it's cartoony. Even though it's a fictional story, it seems like the kind of thing a kid could use for a report on ancient Rome. There's a whole section of historical notes and a bibliography in the back.
 
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LibrarianDest | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
Esta obra envolvente, ilustrada, permite viajar no tempo e conhecer as vidas e descobertas dos grandes inventores a partir de uma abordagem nunca vista, desde o famoso grito de Arquimedes até os incríveis avanços atuais da Medicina e Tecnologia, como a internet e os exames de DNA.
 
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editora_sesimg | Dec 11, 2023 |
I was so very obsessed with this book as a kid. Oddly, one of the parts I remember most vividly was checking out what all the little people were doing. And the soldier whose intestines were hanging out in the tank cross section, of course. Biesty really knows how to appeal to kids.

I'd love to reread this as an adult.
 
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caedocyon | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jul 18, 2023 |
Both good and bad. One page for every "adventurer". Packed with illustration. Lively. But the overall structure that is imposed is odd and looks, perhaps, imposed by an editor? The first section is called "Discovery, Conquest, and Loot" and includes the stories of 14 adventurers, starting with the Carthaginian general Hannibal, and ending with Captain Cook, the English explorer. For most of the 14 adventurers, it is a stretch to make them fit the theme. Benvenuto Cellini is probably the most egregious example, failing on all three fronts, as he mostly managed briefly to escape a prison. The book would be better off without these divisions and themes, it will hurt the brains of young readers who notice how poorly they are chosen. Still interesting though, because it ranges far over both time and space, and some of the adventurers were people I had never heard of.… (més)
½
 
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themulhern | Jun 20, 2023 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
135
També de
7
Membres
8,474
Popularitat
#2,841
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
82
ISBN
637
Llengües
23

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