Peter Riley

Wild and wonderful ... I doubt anyone will ever match Strandings for its sheer bravura, its wry insight, and its absolute, engulfing, and brilliantly enlivening whaleheadedness - PHILIP HOARE, ALBERT AND THE WHALE When Peter Riley was thirteen, a woman with blue hair and a comet tattoo asked him to help load the jaw of a sperm whale into the...

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of habitats! In Step Into Science: Habitats, find out about forest and water homes; the importance of food chains and why humans are changing habitats. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore different plant and animal groups and discover how a woodland...

The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects. This book is a revised and up-to-date hands-on guide to planning and delivering primary science lessons. Updates include the following topics: Climate change Citizen science Outdoor learning Each chapter offers practitioners an essential summary of...

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of sound! Step Into Science: Sound looks at how sound moves; how fast sound travels; and what happens when sound waves reach our ears. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll discover how sounds can be high, low, loud or quiet. Colourful and...

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of light! In Step Into Science: Light, find out about how light comes to Earth from the Sun; when shadows form and how light moves. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore why certain materials reflect light and discover how to make...

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of electricity! Step Into Science: Electricity reveals how electricity was discovered; what is inside a battery; and how to make your own series circuit. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore the many uses of electricity and discover how to make your...

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of rocks and soil! Step Into Science: Rocks and Soil looks at Earth and the rocks that make it up, from its fiery core and volcanoes to limestone cliffs and fossils. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll explore how rocks form and...