Brilliant Biographies: Jules Verne

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Concept and editorial coordination: Stephanie Gay. Editors: Begoña Fuente and Stephanie Gay. Text: Deborah Spencer and Sienna Marín Spencer.

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Interiors design: Marta Gómez Peso.

Layout: Verónica De La Sierra.

Illustrations: Juan Manuel García Escobar.

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Contents Story......................... Page 4 Project..................... Page 14 My words................ Page 16 2

Hello! Welcome to this Brilliant Biography!

Who’s this?

It’s Jules Verne!

Jules Verne is a brilliant writer from France.

Let’s find out more! three 3

Jules Verne

Don’t write stories!

Work with me, son.

Hello! My name’s Jules Verne. This is my father.

He’s a lawyer. I don’t want to be a lawyer.

I like writing stories.

What’s your name?

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I want to write like my father.

I have a wife and a son. I write lots of books.

I like writing about machines and technology.

How many books can you see? five 5

I’m writing a book, 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'. In my book there is an electric submarine. Submarines travel under the water. 18 years later, a Spanish man called Isaac Peral invents one!

What is the name of the submarine?

Hello! Do you want to play?

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Don’t forget me!

And me!

In this book, Captain Nemo takes a photo of the bottom of the sea with a camera.

What can you see under the sea?

What is the octopus doing? seven 7

I write another book called 'From the Earth to the Moon'. In the story, a spacecraft flies to the Moon. Can you imagine flying to the Moon? I can!

Where is the spacecraft?

How many people are in the spacecraft?

The Moon

Bye!

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In my next book, 'Around the Moon', the spacecraft orbits the Moon. In my lifetime this isn’t possible. But I can imagine it, so I can write about it!

How many signs are there on the Moon?

Are there really signs on the Moon? nine 9

I also write about a flying machine in my book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. It goes up, up, up into the sky. Writing is fun!

What do the birds think about the flying machine?

Can you think of a modern machine like the Albatross?

That won’t fly!

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In my book, 'Paris in the Twentieth Century', I imagine Paris in the future, with future technology and machines. Do you like my ideas?

How many machines can you see? eleven 11

In this book, I also write about machines that communicate and share information with different parts of the world.

Look at the picture. Does it remind you of anything? What is it?

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I can travel anywhere using my imagination.

Even to the North Pole! In the book 'The Adventures of Captain Hatteras', I send the Captain to explore the North Pole.

Brrrr! It’s cold!

What does the polar bear have?

Thank you Jules Verne for writing fun stories about the future. Lots of your imaginary machines exist today!

Can you imagine a future invention? thirteen 13

PROJECT

Materials a washing-up liquid bottle modelling clay

My submarine Let’s make a submarine like the one in Jules Verne’s book!

a plastic tube a flexible straw waterproof tape

Ask an adult to help you make your submarine.

ten heavy coins

Step 1 Ask an adult to make holes in the plastic bottle in the position shown in the photo.

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Step 2 Tape five heavy coins to each end of the bottle. This makes the bottle heavy so that the holes face down.

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Step 3 Attach the flexible straw.

Use modelling clay to keep it in place.

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Step 4 Attach a plastic tube to the end of the straw so that it can go deep under water.

Step 5 The submarine sinks in water because the water enters the holes.

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Step 6 Blow through the tube to fill the submarine with air again. As the water escapes, the submarine rises.

With practice, you can make the submarine float at different depths.

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Now you have your own submarine.

Have fun!

Nautilus from 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'. fifteen 15

MY WORDS camera A machine that takes photos.

flying machine A machine that can fly, such as a helicopter or an aeroplane.

machine An object or tool that helps us to do work.

(the) Moon

The Earth’s satellite.

orbit The path of an object around another object in space.

spacecraft A vehicle that is used for travelling in outer space.

submarine A ship that can operate under the water.

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