World of Sport

exploring sports around the world from a refreshingly international perspective. – Lucy Bannerman * The Times *Featuring more than 100 adrenaline-pumping sports from every corner of the globe, this high-energy, inspirational book is guaranteed to make you work up a sweat! – Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Evening Post *A title which demonstrates the value of high-quality non-fiction as a hook for pupils in harnessing a reading-for-pleasure habit. A treat from the start to the finish line! – Tom Tolkien * School Reading List *The illustrations are absolutely stunning: colourful spreads of joy and wonder, surrounded by text blocks of information making this an engaging read. * Mini Travellers *A bright, bold introduction to well-known and more obscure sports from around the world and throughout history. * The School Librarian *

Lawrence Alexander is a freelance journalist and author, writing, over the past 20-odd years, hundreds of articles for all the broadsheets and over 60 magazines and journals. She specialises in heritage and garden writing; publications to which she has contributed horticultural features include The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Times Weekend, The Guardian, Independent, FT, Britain, British Heritage, The English Garden, Hortus, Landscape, Garden News, Country Life and Homes & Gardens. She is a columnist for British Heritage Travel and on the Q Trials and Treachery, Bonnier, 2017 and Instant History, Carlton, 2019) via myths, legends and folklore (including Myths & Legends, 360 Degrees, 2017; An Atlas of Heroes, Templar, 2018 and An Atlas of Monsters, Templar, 2019) and quirky heritage (Paperscapes: Paris, Welbeck, 2019; Paperscapes: London, Welbeck 2019).

Sandra was shortlisted for GMG Journalist of the Year, 2018-19, for a series of three long-form essays in Hortus about the Victorian Kitchen Garden; she was also shortlisted for the SLA’s Information Book Award in both 2018-19 and 2019-20.

Violeta Noy is an illustrator from Barcelona who makes books, prints and websites. She studied Fine Art at Universitat de Barcelona and has an Illustration MA from Falmouth University. Her first picture book The Right One was published by Templar in 2018. Violeta collaborates with Núria Pla under the name of Tàndem.

She is also scared of outer space and the deep sea.