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. 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.

Why are dogs domesticated? Can whales fart? Why are sweets bad for you? Why can you remember your dreams on some days and not on others? These, and 362 other questions (including an extra one for a leap year), were sent to author Molly Oldfield for her podcast for children Everything Under The Sun, and are now answered in one extremely helpful book. How do skunks get their smell out? We learn all about how and why skunks release their famously stinky musk. But although this novel looks at first as if it is the antidote to the darker, more savage Amongst Women, this is not a pastoral idyll. Many of the life stories are appalling, like John Quinn's revolting treatment of his first wife and her elderly parents, or Bill Evans's childhood sufferings at the hands of the sadistic Christian Brothers. Would it be possible to transfer your body onto a computer? Answering this one we have Lath Carlson from the Museum of the Future! Thank you so much Lath. 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.Featuring illustration from 12 different illustrators: 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, this is a beautiful gem of a book that is great both for researching specific questions and just browsing through for fun. Why is garlic good for your heart? Answering this one we have nutritionist Tara Lee! Thank you so much Tara.

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. The surface of the water out from the reeds was alive with shoals of small fish. There were many swans on the lake. A grey rowboat was fishing along the far shore. A pair of herons moved sluggishly through the air between the trees of the island and Gloria Bog. A light breeze was passing over the sea of pale sedge like a hand. The blue of the mountain was deeper and darker than the blue of the lake or the sky.'

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Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? We find out about the oldest piggy bank in the world, from Java! A wonderful collection of 366 curious questions about everything from science to nature, dinosaurs to space”– Scottish Sun It may do more than we think and did you know astronauts often have them removed so they won’t get appendicitis in space? 🤭🚀)

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. The only thing better than the questions, in this delightful and informative book, is the answers." - Neil Gaiman Little happens, but everything that happens is 'news'. 'Have you any news?' 'No news. Came looking for news.' That's a running joke between the two couples living on the lake, Joe and Kate Ruttledge, who have lived and worked in England but returned to the place he knows from childhood, and Jamesie and Mary Murphy, natives of this country. 'I've never, never moved from here and I know the whole world,' Jamesie boasts. There is a strong, humorous affection and dependency between the four, but also reserve and distance.What are bones made from? It's a great answer all about the way our bones grow from babies to adults. Our bones are so so clever, I am so excited to tell you all about them.