Carl Linnaeus was one of the most important and influential scientists who ever lived. He invented a system for naming and classifying living things, which is still in use today, and went on scientific expeditions to remote parts of the world. Discover Linnaeus’s adventurous life and how his work has inspired scientists ever since.

• Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
• Text type – An information book.
• The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
• The glossary and index can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.

Liz Miles is an author and library campaigner. Her many publications include fiction and non-fiction for children, with subjects ranging from time travel and prehistory to biographies and the arts. She is passionate about children’s literacy and loves writing books that challenge readers’ expectations, inspire new thinking, and bring facts to life. Many of her publications have been sold around the world. She lives and works in the southwest of England, a stone’s throw from the sea.