I Bet I Can: Sail a Boat by Tom Jackson - ISBN: 9781526325549
Paperback
Inventor’s wild boat-building leads to hilarious science lessons on sailing.

I Bet I Can: Sail a Boat

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  • Paperback

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    13 August 2024

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Summary

This series looks at how things work, such as how a plane can fly or a boat can float, through the comical endeavors of an inventor who tries to replicate what he sees without knowing the science, with hilarious results. We discover what went wrong and why through the scientific explanations that follow each attempt, making tricky concepts accessible and entertaining in equal measure.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526325549
ISBN-10:1526325543
Author:Tom Jackson, Pipi Sposito
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:Wayland
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:13 August 2024
Weight:130g
Dimensions:208mm x 240mm x 4mm
Series:I Bet I Can
About The Author

Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson (Author)

Tom Jackson has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. His specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at zoos. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing has also taken him to the Galapagos Islands, Amazon rainforest, coral reefs of Indonesia and Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.

Pipi Sposito (Illustrator)

Pipi was born in Buenos Aires in the fabulous 60’s and has always drawn. As a little child, he used to make plasticine figures too. He took them along to school as a hobby and at the age of 19 he found out he could earn a living by drawing. Pipi started designing humor magazines and was surrounded by the original drawings of many experimented artists. At the same time, he was encouraged to publish his own works. His curiosity lead him from then onwards. Pipi’s drawings are usually funny and expressive. He develops cartoons and children’s illustration in different artistic styles, and also 3D figures and puppets. He does some caricaturing as well, and he has done character design for animation, key animation and layouts. Pipi listens to music when he works. He loves Zappa, Bowie, Queen and he is fond of Progressive Rock.

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