PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Mike Barfield is a writer, poet, performer, songwriter, ukulele player and cartoonist. He has written extensively for TV and radio with credits as diverse as The Dennis the MenaceandGnasher Show and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? His cartoon drawings have been displayed in The Cartoon Museum, V&A Museum, Museum of London and beyond. When Mike isn't busy writing and drawing, he performs shows and humour-filled workshops at schools, libraries and festivals across the country. His website can be found at www.mikebarfield.co.uk.
An engaging comic-book format, managing to pack in an incredible amount of information ... a fun and entertaining introduction to space for young children. * BBC Sky at Night Magazine * It takes just 120 pages of humorous text and idiosyncratic cartoons to deliver a decent summary of our knowledge about space and the technology we use to investigate it. The science is comprehensive, sound and I learnt something new on every page... Barfield does not skip the difficult subjects (dark matter, speed of light) but gives us plenty of light-hearted detail as well: burps in space are quite the problem apparently! * Armadillo magazine *
