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Richard Platt

Richard Platt began writing in 1983, and has since published more than 100 books specializing in children's nonfiction. His books have won the silver Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. He is the author of Eyewitness: FilmCastle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, and Eyewitness: Pirate, among others, and is the coauthor, with Stephen Biesty, of Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections.
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross Sections of Everything
Stephen Biesty's More Incredible Cross-sections
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle
DK Adventures: Galactic Mission
DK Readers L4: D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion
DK Readers L3: Spies!

Books

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross Sections of Everything
Stephen Biesty's More Incredible Cross-sections
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle
DK Adventures: Galactic Mission
DK Readers L4: D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion
DK Readers L3: Spies!

Books for Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month this February, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction for students, teachers, and parents to share and discuss this month and beyond. Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors and illustrators by exploring the titles here: BLACK HISTORY – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITLES Explore these

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