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Richard Platt

Teoksen Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess tekijä

135+ teosta 8,546 jäsentä 82 arvostelua

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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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Tekijän teokset

The Incredible Cross Section Book (1992) 838 kappaletta
Merirosvot (0001) — Tekijä — 654 kappaletta
Spy (Eyewitness Books) (1996) 434 kappaletta
Shipwreck (Eyewitness Books) (1997) 247 kappaletta
Elokuva (1992) 244 kappaletta
Visual Timeline of Inventions (1994) 163 kappaletta
Kingfisher Knowledge: Forensics (2005) 113 kappaletta
Julius Caesar (DK Discoveries) (2001) 85 kappaletta
The Coolest Cross-Sections Ever! (2001) 84 kappaletta
London (Through Time) (2009) 68 kappaletta
Beijing (Through Time) (2008) 64 kappaletta
Pompeii (Through Time) (2007) 63 kappaletta
Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence (2011) 60 kappaletta
Shipwreck Detective (2006) 55 kappaletta
A World of Information (2016) — Tekijä — 49 kappaletta
Plague and Fire (Collins Big Cat) (2012) 39 kappaletta
Everest (DK Discoveries) (2000) 38 kappaletta
Olympics (Through Time) (2012) 36 kappaletta
New York City (Through Time) (2010) 28 kappaletta
Castle (DK Experience) (2007) 26 kappaletta
Flight (DK Experience) (2006) 23 kappaletta
The Vanishing Rainforest (2003) 21 kappaletta
Space Explorer Atlas (1999) 20 kappaletta
Amazing Pop-Up 3-D Time Scape (1999) 20 kappaletta
Hieroglyphics (Treasure Chests) (2003) 18 kappaletta
Galactic Mission (DK Adventures) (2014) 15 kappaletta
Versus: Pirates (2010) — Tekijä — 11 kappaletta
Pirate / Castle Diary Flip-Over (2006) 11 kappaletta
A World Of Discovery (2018) — Tekijä — 10 kappaletta
Discovering Pirates (2002) 9 kappaletta
Code Making, Code Breaking (2011) 7 kappaletta
The Ultimate Photo Data Guide (1989) 7 kappaletta
Double Crossing (2010) 5 kappaletta
Garden and Woodland Birds (National Trust Nature Notebooks) (1986) — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Halloween (Flip Flap Journeys) (2016) 3 kappaletta
The Photographer's Copybook (1985) 3 kappaletta
Au coeur des choses (1999) 2 kappaletta
Letting blood (1989) 2 kappaletta
Gerichtsmedizin (2006) 1 kappale
Uitvindingen verklaard (1998) 1 kappale
Vakooja (1997) 1 kappale

Associated Works

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

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika
1953
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Northumberland, England, UK
Lyhyt elämäkerta
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 | 4 muuta kirja-arvostelua | 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 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | 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.… (lisätietoja)
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themulhern | Jun 20, 2023 |

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Teokset
135
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Jäseniä
8,546
Suosituimmuussija
#2,814
Arvio (tähdet)
4.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
82
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652
Kielet
23

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