Discover a host of surprising facts about science, animals, people, games and much more in an incredible journey through the world’s timeline.
Are pants older than socks?
Did flushing toilets come before toilet paper?
What’s older – Mount Everest or sharks?
Find out the answer to these questions, and much, much more in this book! Get ready for a journey through a series of mind-boggling questions you might never have thought to ask – and learn some surprising facts along the way.
Zoom out on history to see the world in a different way and draw connections between history, science, geography and more.
Including a timeline featuring many of the incredible events explored in the book.
By the illustrator of If The World Were 100 People, winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2022.
A new, fact-filled illustrated children’s non-fiction book for 2025
- Full of fascinating facts about our world – dinosaurs, space, animals, toilets, ancient Egyptians and much more!
- Full of engaging, colourful illustrations from Aaron Cushley, illustrator of Royal Society Prize winning book, If the World Were 100 People.
- Short, digestable question and answer format is perfect for reluctant readers
- Including a useful timeline of all the facts referenced
Competition: bedtime book of impossible questions;everything under the sun;really big questions for daring thinkers;I wonder why the sun rises;timelines of everything;science;nature;the big history timeline wallbook. isobel thomas;molly oldfield;dr stephen law;brenda walpole;DK;bill bryson;christopher lloyd
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Kit Frost is an author of picture books and non-fiction who loves finding out new things about the world. She enjoys going for long walks around her home in the south of England and looking out for interesting wildlife and birds.
Aaron Cushley is an illustrator from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He loves drawing and creating work that fuels his curiosity and adventurous side. Most of his work has been influenced by experiences and the world around him. When he's not out walking his dog he's scribbling down sketches of thoughts and images that come to mind.