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Alex Frith


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Children's


Alex Frith has been a children's non-fiction author since 2005. Working exclusively for Usborne Publishing, he has written over 50 books covering almost any subject you can think of, from the origins of the Universe to the meaning behind world religions, from extinct animals to prototype AIs, and from Japanese legends to Norse mythology. Two of his books have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young's People's Book Prize: See Inside Inventions (2012), and 100 Things to Know About Space (2017).

Alex grew up in a house surrounded by comics and graphic novels, and has a lifelong passion for the medium. Beyond the comics he photocopied and passed around the playground of his primary school, he wrote the 4-part series 'Digital Graffiti' with ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 4,170 ratings · 486 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors
Usborne Illustrated Norse M...
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4.23 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions
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Politics for Beginners
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4.45 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2018 — 22 editions
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100 Things to Know About Space
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4.47 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2016 — 21 editions
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What's Happening to Me?: Bo...
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100 Things to Know About Hi...
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The Usborne Big Book of Big...
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Lift-the-Flap General Knowl...
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Series by Alex Frith

See Inside Inventions See Inside Math See Inside Recycling and Ru... See Inside Science See Inside the Universe See Inside the World of Din... See Inside World Religions
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4.39 avg rating — 2,447 ratings

100 Things to Know About Hi... 100 Things to Know About Music 100 Things to Know About Sc... 100 Things to Know About Space 100 Things to Know About th... 100 Things to Know About th...
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4.41 avg rating — 1,607 ratings

What's Chemistry All About? What's Math All About?
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4.41 avg rating — 209 ratings

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