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Understanding Politics and Government

Louie Stowell, Alex Frith and Rosie Hore

Age: 10+

US$14.99

Series: For Beginners

Understanding Politics and Government

By: Louie Stowell, Alex Frith, Rosie Hore

Illustrated by Kellan Stover

Series : For Beginners, Understanding

Age 10+

US$14.99

An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government, and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.
Extent:
128 pages
Dimensions:
178.2 x 244.0in
Hardback ISBN:
9781805074779
Lexile:
860L
Publication Date:
May 2024
Work Reference:
04191
Louie Stowell
Louie Stowell has written dozens of non-fiction and stories for Usborne, on everything from space science and coding to the human body and politics. After working as an author/editor for Usborne, she went on to be an Editorial Director at Ladybird, Penguin Random House. She is author of the bestselling Loki novels.

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Alex Frith
Alex Frith has been writing Usborne books since 2005. His diverse output covers such titles as 'See inside Your Head', 'Stories of Thor' and 'Politics for Beginners'. He has spoken at multiple festivals about his book '100 Things to Know About Space'. Alex can be found in London.

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Rosie Hore
Rosie studied Politics and International Relations at university and then went on to write books for Usborne. She now works at the Royal Academy of Arts, editing books about art (which often end up being about politics too).

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Best book of the year in the Children's humanities, society and art book section 2019

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North Somerset Teachers' Book Award 2018

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