You know how much I adore a good-looking non-fiction book and think it’s important for children to read about inspirational people? Well, the Great Lives in Graphics series (Button Books, RRP £9.99) ticks all my boxes. First published in 2020, the books reimagine the biographies of extraordinary people using infographics. This makes for colourful and easy-to-read books, jam packed full of facts, figures and fascinating trivia, that are sure to engage readers, young and old.
Explore floorplans of the secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and her family lived, discover which TV shows have featured cameos from Stephen Hawking and find out how Shakespeare created sound effects for his plays There are currently ten titles available – Cleopatra, Anne Frank, Martin Luther King, Stephen Hawking, Jane Austen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikola Tesla and Frida Kahlo, plus new additions William Shakespeare and Albert Einstein. At just under £10, they make fantastic gifts for eight to twelve year olds with an interest in history.
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