You won’t find every single title I’ve published here, as many have been re-issued as bind-ups or with new titles – this page just lists what I’ve written, as it first appeared.  Searching on Amazon will reveal more editions, as well as some forthcoming titles.  I have also edited, rewritten, project-managed and contributed to quite a few other books, but I’m keeping this list to books I’ve written all or at least half of.

My specialist areas include:
Life science topics, such as the human body, genes and DNA, insects, plants and sea life
Other science topics, such as sound and light, matter, electricity, invention and discovery
Geography and geology, especially volcanoes and other natural disasters
Shakespeare, both as a non-fiction topic, and retellings of his works
Art, craft and “how-to” topics
Retellings of myths and legends, folktales and classic novels
History, especially ancient history, and ancient Greece in particular
Rhyming stories for young children

Book count! (as listed in this section) currently standing at:  133

The “100 Most…” series takes a terrifying turn, exploring scary sports and death-defying feats, hair-raising precipices, mysterious monster sightings, haunted houses and castles, ghastly graveyards and tales of ghosts and witches (with a sceptical eye!). Fabulous fun for those who like to scare themselves silly.

A new series written in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London and their EDGE programme for unique and rare endangered species. Besides lots of general info, the books explore life in the zoo and in the wild for these fascinating animals, with detailed explanations and examples of the threats that face them, and how we are trying to help. Find out how you transport a rhino by helicopter, raise a parentless baby penguin, catch an elusive nocturnal hippo on camera, or make the right noises to keep a gorilla calm.  I love these books!

There are six in the series:

Gorilla
Tiger
Penguin
Elephant
Rhino
Hippo

Full update of my earlier sharks book with Miles Kelly, with cool shark wall posters too.

Comprehensive introduction to life processes such as respiration, nutrition and growth. Scientific and detailed, but clear, friendly and practical, with lots of real examples from human, animal, plant and microbe life.

A funky four-part craft series:

Customise Your Clothes
Bedroom Makeover
Accessories For All
Cards, Wrap and Tags

World’s Deadliest Creatures  2012, Collins Educational
Muscles  2012, Collins Educational

… with more to follow.

A fascinating subject to write about. Not just how organ transplants work, but the latest techniques and inventions, alternatives, and headline-grabbing topics like face transplants and robot limbs.

Bhangra and Bollywood  2011, Wayland
Ice Dancing  2011, Wayland