Can You Get Rainbows in Space?: A Colourful Compendium of Space and Science

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Keep reading to discover why leaves change colour in the autumn, why your veins look blue but your blood is red, and why the language we use shapes the colours we see…. She has written a series of books about exceptional female leaders as part of The Extraordinary Life Of… series, including Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart and Michelle Obama. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same. Colourful fonts, quirky captions and short, nicely divided paragraphs make the book lively and engaging to read and dip in and out of repeatedly.

As well as being a captivating read, it is the design, layout and illustrations that will get children picking up the book and delving in. Dancing through the colours of the rainbow (and beyond, through black, white, fluorescence, infrared and ultraviolet), each section explains how we see that particular colour and explores nature linked to it, including how some animals can see in the dark. The penultimate chapter answers the question in the book’s title, ‘So, Can You Get Rainbows in Space? Divided into the colours of the rainbow, each section explains how we see that particular colour, and explores nature linked to it. Keep reading to discover why leaves change colour in the autumn, why your veins look blue but your blood is red, and why the language we use shapes the colours we see .We'll talk about light (the most important thing) and waves (not the kind you see at the beach - though you will learn why the sea looks blue!

The content and ambition of the show remains the same: to give every pupil the opportunity to engage with authors and illustrators in their own classroom using the power of the internet. Puffin is an imprint of Penguin Random House, the world’s number-one publisher representing a vibrant community of publishing houses marked by unparalleled success. Established in 2004, CI's mission is to simplify the process of sourcing artists by offering commissioners a highly comprehensive and inspirational directory of portfolios. The facts are both fun and informative and illustrations by Liz Kay take the reader right through a vibrant colour palette and are so visually stimulating for a young reader.

Our mission is to inspire children to feel they can be and do anything, and to create readers for life. For example, at Indian weddings some brides wear red which symbolises love, commitment and strength and that in the early 1900s, purple was one of the colours representing Women’s Suffrage which stood for freedom and dignity.