The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions

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What do you think of the look of the finished book, with illustrations by Aaron Cushley. Are there any spreads that stand out for you?

The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions (Hardback) - Waterstones

Second, I have three children of my own, and I have always delighted in the way they come up with imaginative questions to delay bedtime indefinitely… A few years ago, I saw a quote that summed it up perfectly - 'At bedtime, my child turns into a dehydrated philosopher in need of a hug!' The book is more like a compendium of short stories that you can dip into at random or choose depending on your mood. Each answer is the perfect length to read at bedtime and written rather like a bedtime story too. It's a new approach to non-fiction and I hope that readers will love it! Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap...Asking everything from “How does gravity work?”, “Why am I me and not someone else?”, and “Do plants have feelings?”, to “How do we know Earth is round?”, “Are aliens real?” and “Could I swim in ice-cream?”, this book is fascinating and fun. What’s more, not only does The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions ask dozens of seemingly impossible questions that might keep you up at night, but it also shares answers, so readers can drift into thought-provoking dreams that’ll keep them curious about the world. We were thrilled that Isabel joined The LoveReading LitFest to share her real life adventures in curiosity. You can find a preview of this event and sign up to become a member. The LoveReading LitFest is a digitally native, all year round, online literature and books festival, with new content released every week is a free-for-all-users festival. As for Sofi’s bees, apparently the little fellows rarely get honey on them, but when they do they meticulously groom themselves. Another reason to admire them.

The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions by Isabel Thomas

If there is a lot in the world that puzzles you, questions like can you touch a rainbow, or why don't humans have tails?, then you need The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions, which holds the answers to lots of questions like these. Author Isabel Thomas has collected the questions from children themselves during her visits to schools around the country - and she decided to put them together in The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions, so we can all find the answers to these and more questions!

The joy of this book is that it's unorganized! There are no chapters, no neat categorization into areas of science. This better reflects science itself - some questions are so huge in scope, we need research from multiple areas of science to even begin to explain them! The story begins in the Savoy Hotel where Johnny Trott is a bell-boy. When a famous opera singer and her beloved cat, Kaspar, come to stay, it’s the start of a sequence of events which changes Johnny’s life and see him ending up on the ill-fated Titanic. Recommended by Nature Ecology & Evolution!“The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions is filled with interesting questions and engaging, science-based answers. There is plenty to appeal to curiosity about the physical and biological world and author Isabel Thomas takes every opportunity to introduce fundamental scientific concepts in an accessible way for readers over the age of 7.” WOW! This book is incredible! Do animals make friends? How many trees are there in the whole world? Could I ever touch a rainbow? The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions answers all these questions and a whole bunch more. You have been writing about science for some time now, but did you still need to research the answers?

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Other than some fascinating insights into our world, what would you like young readers to take from your book? Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his...Every question in the book comes from this collection, apart from one. Are cats liquid or solid? was asked - and answered - by a physicist called Marc Antoine-Fardin. I often use it in school assemblies to demonstrate the sheer joy of using science and mathematics to provide satisfying answers to bamboozling questions, so it had to have an honorary spot in the book! Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer and children’s author. She has written more than 180 science books about science and nature for young audiences. Isabel has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Awards and won the AAAS Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020. Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home > Why are bubbles always round? Could I ever touch a rainbow? Why can't I remember being a baby? Have you ever not been able to concentrate because there are SO many questions buzzing round your brain? The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions will offer answers to the most bamboozling questions and curious queries that you can think of. How many stars are in the night sky? Why don't animals wear clothes? Do plants have feelings? Can you tell us about your path into writing, and why you focus on writing books about science for children and young people?