Alison Buxton – författare

Create fascinating gizmos from simple electronics and household items, from a gravity-powered car to a light-up backpack to a geodesic mini greenhouse. This highly practical handbook is packed with guidance, tips and inspiration for making simple but clever gadgets that will give kids a real sense of achievement, as well as impressing friends and parents with their skills. The perfect book for fun STEM projects to keep kids busy when they're stuck indoors, or for home-schooling inspiration. Page after page of makes allow budding engineers and inventors to pick and choose projects that suit their interests and skill level. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is easy and fun. Parents might learn something, too!Contents:Bionic Bots: Bug Bot; Hydraulic arm; Walking robot.Mega Movers: Rubber band boat; Gravity-powered car; Paper plane launcher; Remote-controlled car.Home Helpers: Solar night-light; Light-up greetings cards.Out and About: Glowing backpack; Light-up shoes.Mini-verse: Mini geodesic biodome; Mini basketball game; Mini motorised Ferris wheel.

This maker's handbook is packed with amazing projects that teach science, technology and design skills to help you come up with stylish, fun creations. Inside, you'll learn how to make light-up bags, create a speaker from a Pringles tube, design your own resin jewellery, and grow amazing crystal flowers. Other projects include a light-sensitive door sign, colour-changing bath bombs and self-watering planters. With craft concepts ranging from simple to advanced, there's something for every skill set. Each project comes with a short explanation of the science behind it, and every stage is heavily illustrated and photographed to ensure that following the instructions is simple for everyone.

HIGHLT COMMENDED for THE WEEK JUNIOR BOOK AWARDS 2023: CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR - STEMJOINT SILVER WINNER in the JUNIOR DESIGN AWARD 2023: BEST DESIGNED/ILLUSTRATED BOOK FOR CHILDRENA one-of-a-kind project book that turns into 30 incredible inventions.The Extraordinary Book That Invents Itself turns itself into rockets, code-breakers, bionic hands, balancing acrobats, demolition balls, constellation viewers and many more ingenious human inventions.Each invention is introduced very simply, with the scientific and engineering principles behind it, and all the templates, tips and instructions to create it yourself. A pull-out Inventors Handbook includes easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and clever hacks to help every young inventor achieve success.