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In 2016 she published The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook, illustrated by Roger Simo, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize, [6] and in 2019, Politics For Beginners, which was shortlisted for the Children's Illustrated Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2019.
Boys into Books 5–11, a follow-up project funded by the DCSF, ran in 2008, also with a published reading guide. [ 7 ] A further DCSF-funded project in 2008, Book Ahead 0–7 , was aimed at children in Early Years settings to promote enjoyment in reading at an early stage, with a reading guide written by Julia Eccleshare.
Usborne Young Reading is a series of books from Usborne Publishing forming part of the Usborne Reading Programme. They are a collection of stories aimed at readers 5 years and above, covering Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 of the English National Curriculum. Series 1 is for beginner readers with simple sentence structure, whilst Series 3 is for ...
Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books. Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973, [4] Usborne Publishing uses an in-house team of writers, editors, and designers. One of its sales channels is Usborne Books at Home, a multi-level marketing operation founded in 1981. [5] [6] In the United States ...
Richard Alexander Usborne (16 May 1910 – 21 March 2006) was a journalist, advertising executive, schoolmaster and author. After the publication of his book Wodehouse at Work in 1961 he became regarded as the leading authority on the works of P. G. Wodehouse. He published or contributed to nine more books on the subject.
In 1951, Usborne set up the One World Trust (OWT) as an independent educational Charity to provide secretarial support to the Group, promote and disseminate knowledge on world governance. In addition to its ongoing support for the APPGWG, the One World Trust conducts independent research into the accountability of global organisations ...
Cecil Vivian Usborne (1880–1951), British Royal Navy vice-admiral, father of Henry Usborne; Henry Usborne (1909–1996), British MP and peace activist, founder of the All-Party Group for World Government; Jonty Usborne (born 1990), British radio engineer; Peter Usborne (1937–2023), British publisher and founder of Usborne Books
Thomas Usborne (30 May 1840 – 7 June 1915) [1] was an English Conservative Party politician. He was born in Limerick and studied successively at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge , where he obtained an MA degree.