Kjartan Poskitt

Kjartan Poskitt (born May 15, 1956 ) is a British book author and television presenter.

Poskitt graduated from Collingwood College, Durham University . He has written science books in the "WahnsinnsWissen" series. He also wrote the series “Killer Puzzles book” as well as “The Magic of Pants” and “A Brief History of Pants”, which, however, have not been translated into German. Kjartan Poskitt has worked on a number of educational programs for children's programs, most of which are broadcast on the BBC , including The Maths Channel with David Sanford and Daniel Grosvenor .

bibliography

Children's and young people's literature

• On the trail of the phantom. An interactive adventure . Arena Verlag, 1998. ISBN 978-3-401-00335-1
• Amanda Babbel and the bursting Paula . Fischer Sauerländer, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7373-6368-6

Urgum series

with illustrations by Philip Reeve ; translated by Vanessa Walder

• Urgum the barbarian . cbj Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-570-13382-8 (Original title: Urgum the Axeman )
• Urgum: competition of the barbarians . cbj Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-570-13419-1 (Original title: Urgum and the Seat of Flames )

Non-fiction

• General knowledge for students. Math - Physics - Chemistry (with Nick Arnold as co-author). Arena Verlag, 2005. ISBN 978-3-401-02362-5

WahnsinnsWissen series

• Really galactic, the universe . Loewe Verlag, 1998. ISBN 978-3-785-53204-1
• Math, completely logical! . Loewe Verlag, 1998. ISBN 978-3-785-53304-8
• Math, simply excessive! Length, area and volume . Loewe Verlag, 2002. ISBN 978-3-785-54229-3
• The infinite world of planets . Loewe Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3-785-54676-5

Further literature

with illustrations by Philip Reeve

• The Magic of Pants . Scholastic, 2004. ISBN 978-0-439-96860-7
• A Brief History of Pants . Scholastic, 2005. ISBN 978-0-439-95398-6

with Steven Appleby as co-author

• Lassedasse. Kind advice . 1996. ISBN 978-3-931-87022-5
• The 99 Lassedasse. Activities that we can only warn against. A leader . Achterbahn Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3-928-95025-1
• The 122 turn-offs. A catalog of the most common disgust flukes . Achterbahn Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3-928-95043-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Kjartan Poskitt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Poskitt's private website