Have you ever wondered how the wheel was invented or who created the first video game? Do you understand how the internet works and why vaccines save lives? Are you aware that fossil fuels not only power cars and planes, but are also used to generate the electricity that powers almost everything else? Do you know about alternative energy sources and how they work? Would you like to know more about robotic surgery, vertical farming or gene therapy? Then this is the book for you!

'Accessible and fun ... truly a kind of genius!' Bill Bryson ---- Everything you thought you knew about your body is wrong! How many senses do you have? I bet you said five. But you’d be wrong. You have THIRTY-TWO! This SENSE-ational book explores the thirty-two amazingly awesome, broccoli-hating, wee-sniffing senses that help you figure out the world around you. They tell you ... Why chilli peppers burn your mouth, How some people can SMELL sickness, When you need the loo, And why words CAN actually hurt you! Learn about the 32 senses that evolved before even the dinosaurs with this book written by award-winning science writer Emma Young and brought to life with vivid and quirky illustrations by John Devolle.

How do we make our bodies move? Where do all of our amazing ideas come from? How many brains does an octopus really have? Take a peek inside your head and discover all of the incredible things that your brain can do!

The perfect picturebook to introduce little minds to big ideas! Planets combines bold, colourful illustrations with jokes and incredible science facts to take young readers on a fun-filled journey across the solar system. On the way they will learn all about the planets, and find out the answers to such important questions as: Why does Venus smell so bad? Why aren't there many birthday parties on Neptune? and What would happen if you tried to eat your dinner on Mars?

What is an atom? Where did they come from? Were dinosaurs made of atoms too? Atoms is the perfect picturebook to introduce little minds to big ideas-from atomic theory to the Big Bang and the fact that you, your dog and everyone you know are all made up of these tiny particles!

The perfect picturebook to introduce little minds to big ideas! Why do grown-ups always tell you to wash your hands? Why How are antibodies like superheroes? Why Should you eat that old sausage you found in a coat pocket from last winter? Why Prepare to go on a journey through the mindboggling, yucky world of germs!