Phone Smart

Phone Smart

by Tom Jackson and Emans
Publication Date: 08/01/2026

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Whether you've just got your first phone or had a new one, this book will lead you through how your phone works, how to look after it, and how to be safe and thoughtful as you use it. Your new phone is a computer, a camera, a sound system and communicator all rolled in to one-and small enough to fit in your pocket. But you knew all that already! So, what else do you need to know? Where to download apps? How to behave online? And what about phishing, trolling and bots? The answers to all this and more are in this handy guide.


Find out how to manage your phone settings and apps, have fun and keep safe. Learn how to take the best photos, play some games, do homework and get creative, as well as know how to control your privacy and avoid or deal with cyberbullying.


The advice is relevant for all phone users, whatever make or model you might have, and whether it's your first phone or not. Suitable for readers age 9+.


Written by expert author and father of two, Tom Jackson. The consultant, Dr Angharad Rudkin, is a child psychologist researching the role that technology has on children and family dynamics


Includes vibrant, modern illustrations from graffiti-style artist Emans.

ISBN:
9781445195650
9781445195650
Category:
Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Publication Date:
08-01-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Over the last 20 years, Tom has written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television on a wide range of subjects and has worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

Tom studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working in zoos and as a conservationist. He's mucked out the polar bears and fed the penguins, planted trees in Somerset, surveyed Vietnamese jungle and rescued wildlife from drought in Africa. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Today, Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children, and can be found mostly in the attic.

Available for download after 08/01/2026

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