J. K. Rowling (Inspirational Lives)

Author: Cath Senker

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9780750269544
  • : Hachette Children's Books
  • : Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
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  • : 31 October 2012
  • : 270mm X 170mm X 5mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 22.99
  • : 01 March 2013
  • : 01 June 2023
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  • : books

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  • : Cath Senker
  • : Inspirational Lives
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  • : col. Illustrations, col. ports.
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Barcode 9780750269544
9780750269544

Description

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.

Author description

Cath Senker has spent most of her life in Sussex, but has also lived in Israel for 3 years, doing community work with both Jews and Arabs. She speaks 5 foreign languages. She has worked in children's books for many years and her main interests are history, politics, travel and popular science.

Table of contents

A flash of inspiration An imaginative child Town and countryside in Tutshill Teenage years A secretary's story Life in Portugal A day in the life of J.K.Rowling Difficult times Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Catapulted Harry on the big screen A quiet celebrity The impact of J.K.Rowling Do you have what it takes to be a fiction writer?