Everything under the sun

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Title:

Everything under the sun / Molly Oldfield ; [illustrations by Momoko Abe [and eleven others].

Author/Creator:

Oldfield, Molly, author.

Publication:

London : Ladybird Books, 2021.

Physical description:

255 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.

Notes:

"Based on the award-winning podcast by original QI elf, Molly Oldfield"--Back cover.

Summary:

A wonderful collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world. How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? Do aliens exist? What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads? Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more! 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. 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.

ISBN:

9780241433461

9780241433461 (hardback)

0241433460 (hardback)

Alternate Title:

Based on (work) Everything under the sun! (Podcast)

Subjects:

Nature -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Children's questions and answers -- Juvenile literature.

Informational works.

Other Authors/Creators:

Abe, Momoko, illustrator.

Record ID:

SD_ILS:1375036

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Summary

How much bamboo can a giant panda eat?
Do aliens exist?
What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister?
Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads?

Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more!
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.

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.

Illustrated by Momoko Abe, Kelsey Buzzell, Beatrice Cerocchi, Alice Courtley, Sandra de la Prada, Grace Easton, Manuela Montoya Escobar, Richard Jones, Lisa Koesterke, Gwen Millward, Sally Mullaney, and Laurie Stansfield.