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Author_Susan Martineau
Author_Vicky Barker
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critical literacy
disinformation
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Fake news
misinformation
Product details
- ISBN 9781916851962
- Weight: 185g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 02 Apr 2026
- Publisher: b small publishing limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Take the anxiety out of 'breaking news'! It's a jungle out there - an information jungle to be exact. The critical literacy skills in this book will help you cut through the noise, find the facts and grapple with the stats. It's not just about spotting fake news either, there are sources to consider and clever words to understand. Learn about the world in a calm and safe way! Revised edition updated to include information about AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Vicky Barker is b small publishing’s creative director and a Blue Peter Book Award winning illustrator for Real-life Mysteries. Vicky Barker graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and has designed and illustrated for publishers such as Usborne, Egmont and Catnip. For b small publishing, Vicky has illustrated the STEM Starters for Kids series, Paper Toys, Infographics for Kids, FACTS, Geographics and many more. Susan is an author, editor and first-class fact finder who writes creative and educational books for children. Her book, Real-Life Mysteries, is the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2018. She has been writing information books for children for over twenty years, but began her career as a non-fiction books’ editor with the BBC in London. She has lived in several different countries, including France and Malaysia, but is now based back in Reading, UK. She was a kid who always wanted to know about everything, so researches and writes the kind of books she would have liked as a child!
