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By (author) Brereton, Catherine
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The ultimate guide to understanding politics from multi-award-winning children’s magazine The Week Junior, perfect for helping children make sense of the world around them.
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The ultimate guide to understanding politics from multi-award-winning children’s magazine The Week Junior, perfect for helping children make sense of the world around them.
Who put politicians in charge? How do we organise our societies to be fair? How should we pay for schools and hospitals? And what do governments actually do anyway?!
Find the answers to all of these questions and more in this essential guide for any young reader wanting to get their head around politics – what it is, how it affects us and how we can get involved. The Week Junior Guide to Politics covers everything from what power really means to how governments work around the world, and from how you can make a change in your local area to political parties and divisive issues. Packed with colour illustrations and photographs, this is the ultimate child-friendly companion to current affairs.
The Week Junior Guides are written in collaboration with multi-award-winning children”s magazine The Week Junior and explain how the world works in a balanced, accurate and positive way. Full of colourful illustrations and photos, the Guides are ideal for helping children aged 8+ to make sense of the world.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1Types of Government
Chapter 2Political Systems
Chapter 3Elections and Voting
Chapter 4Change
Chapter 5Rights, Fairness and Equality
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Glossary
Index
Biographical note:
Catherine Brereton has written and edited over 100 non-fiction books for children, on a wide range of subjects from nature and famous women to geography and art. RSPB Nature Guide: Minibeasts was shortlisted for the 2022 ASE Book of the Year. She has been interested in politics since learning about the suffragettes as a young girl.
The Week Junior is an award-winning current affairs magazine for children aged 8+.It reaches over 80,000 subscribers every week and covers a range of topics including news, science, nature and sport. They are known for providing children with a way to explore ideas and form and voice their opinions. Find out more about The Week Junior and their Summer of Reading campaign on their website www.theweekjunior.co.uk or on social media @TheWeekJunior.
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The ultimate guide to understanding politics from multi-award-winning children’s magazine The Week Junior, perfect for helping children make sense of the world around them.
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Why did a Japanese company send a hamster to space? What’s the point of politics? And how can poo save your life? Children are full of questions and The Week Junior, an award-winning current affairs magazine, has the answers. Created by experts these brilliant books are perfect for helping children aged 8+ to navigate big, complex issues, dispelling anxiety and confusion with clear, age-appropriate facts and a balanced perspective.
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Published in collaboration with multi-award-winning weekly magazine The Week Junior, which has an amazing reputation for explaining difficult concepts to children in a balanced, accurate and positive way. The magazine has over 80k weekly subscribers in the UK, including schools and families
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Explains complicated issues in a way that is easy for children to understand, tackling politics, activism and human rights in a fair and balanced way
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