Ponder where ideas come from with award-winning illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef, Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum. Everything Under the Sun will be a high-level, fully sourced and footnoted analysis of the music of Pink Floyd (akin to Revolution in the Head by Ian Macdonald about The Beatles), and the first serious survey of the group’s work and achievements. As such, it will also be a cultural history of the UK, seen through the prism of the band.

Would it be possible to transfer your body onto a computer? With Lath Carlson. How do aeroplanes fly? How many eggs does an octopus lay?The only thing better than the questions, in this delightful and informative book, is the answers." - Neil Gaiman A brilliant book for any child, but particularly those who don't love reading stories" - David Walliams I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! What is an electron made of? We learn all about atoms, the little particles that make up everything in the world! Atoms and their electrons are such amazing things, I'm really excited to tell you all about them.

These imponderable questions are just a small sample of the 366 that are posed and answered in this fabulous compendium of information. Everything Under the Sun is fully colour illustrated by a host of illustrators and is a fascinating and unputdownable read. For each calendar month, there is a question asked. Why is garlic good for your heart? With Tara Lee. How do skunks get their smell out? Do seagulls and snakes sneeze? What happens in nature is also 'news'. 'Everything will have started to grow,' says Jamesie at the start of spring. 'It's all going to be very interesting.' What is the richest place in the world? It's a really interesting answer all about how we can calculate how much money each place in the world has, and about how that money is spread across different people.How do skunks get their smell out? We learn all about how and why skunks release their famously stinky musk.

Fascinating facts are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations making the perfect gift for Christmas. Whether you read a question a day, or dip into it whenever you are feeling curious, this is a book to treasure and share all year round. A collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world, based on the award-winning podcast by original QI Elf, Molly Oldfield. Also, what was the first library in the world? (It was built from an idea by an ancient king in 600+ BC and held 30,000 clay tablets.) Do seagulls and snakes sneeze? It's a great answer all about how birds and reptiles are adapted to getting rid of nasty things that enter their airways. Snakes are so brilliantly adapted to breathing, I'm really excited to tell you all about them.And Joe suggests to us how this intensely local story, sturdy with work and things, shining with the visible world, opens out into larger meanings and ideas. Helping the builder with the shed roof, he observes 'how the rafters frame the sky. How they make it look more human by reducing the sky, and then the whole sky grows out from that small space'. 'As long as they hold the iron, lad, they'll do,' the builder replies. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) A season.--The word is only found in later Hebrew ( Nehemiah 2:6; Esther 9:27; Esther 9:31), and in the Chaldee of Daniel and Ezra. Why is garlic good for your heart? Answering this one we have nutritionist Tara Lee! Thank you so much Tara. There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

I’d pitch this from 5+ if you’re reading with your child, but this’ll keep our lower to middle primary schoolers busy too! The art is AMAZING and is done by 12 illustrators ❤️🎨 How do aeroplanes fly? We learn all about how aeroplanes so cleverly use forces to keep them up in the air. Where will your curiousity take you next? I love how this book embraces the notion that there is no limit to what our minds can conjure.And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.