Silk

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 11 October 2001
These photographic books provide an excellent introduction to different materials and their properties. Each book concentrates on a particular material, and uses imaginative language and child-friendly pictures to describes its characteristics. It then goes on to highlight the connection between the material's properties and how that material is used in the world around us. As well as describing a material and explaining how it is produced and used, the text also includes questions and activities to encourage children to think about and handle materials.

Plastic

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 1 September 2002
One of a series of non-fiction books for children working at Key Stage One, this book looks at the properties of plastic, familiar things that are made from plastic and where the material comes from.

Wood

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 25 April 2002
These photographic books provide an excellent introduction to different materials and their properties. Each book concentrates on a particular material, and uses imaginative language and child-friendly pictures to describes its characteristics. It then goes on to highlight the connection between the material's properties and how that material is used in the world around us. As well as describing a material and explaining how it is produced and used, the text also includes questions and activities to encourage children to think about and handle materials.

Rubber

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 16 August 2001
These photographic books provide an excellent introduction to different materials and their properties. Each book concentrates on a particular material, and uses imaginative language and child-friendly pictures to describes its characteristics. It then goes on to highlight the connection between the material's properties and how that material is used in the world around us. As well as describing a material and explaining how it is produced and used, the text also includes questions and activities to encourage children to think about and handle materials.

Concrete

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 1 September 2002

Glass

by Claire Llewellyn

Published 11 October 2001
These photographic books provide an excellent introduction to different materials and their properties. Each book concentrates on a particular material, and uses imaginative language and child-friendly pictures to describes its characteristics. It then goes on to highlight the connection between the material's properties and how that material is used in the world around us. As well as describing a material and explaining how it is produced and used, the text also includes questions and activities to encourage children to think about and handle materials.