Get Connected

This is the fascinating story of communication, from hieroglypics to semaphore and body language to text messages, but it also shows how important connecting with others is for our mental health and wellbeing.
This bright and bold book for children aged 9+ covers the history of communication, such as writing, languages, senses, animal communication, public speaking and right up to the present-day technological advances.
Staying connected helps us to feel happier. But that's not all. Research has shown that connecting with others helps us to be healthier, too. Human connection can actually strengthen our immune systems, so we're better able to fight illness. So why not read more about getting connected now!
Supports the science and PSHE curriculums. For the IBACC, it supports 'Using technology to connect across cultures and regions'.
Graffiti-style artist, Emans' illustrations show vibrant, modern characters that communicate through gesture.

Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.