How the World Works - Know It All, From How the Sun Shines to How the Pyramids Were Built

Informationen zum Autor Clive Gifford is an award-winning writer for children whose first book was published at the age of seventeen. He has written over 80 non-fiction books including Robots , Spies , The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia , and T he Kingfisher Book of Living Worlds . He has received commendations from PBS and the Smithsonian Museum and received a Times Educational Supplement Information Book of the Year award. Klappentext Explore the wonders of everything you see around you and discover just how the world works. Zusammenfassung This essential title from award-winning author Clive Gifford provides children with all the information they need to know how the world works! We are surrounded by amazing things in the natural world, and we live in an age of exciting advances in science, engineering and technology. But do we really understand how and why things happen the way they do? This book explains all! - Witness the formation of Earth and the evolution of living things - See how animals and plants have adapted to live in every corner of the planet - Learn how ancient people lived and created their technology - Discover today’s incredible scientific and eco-friendly advances Covering a range of children's favourite subjects, including space, nature, wildlife, dinosaurs, volcanoes, technology and much more, How the World Works is guaranteed to provide the answers to a world of tricky How? and Why? questions!

Product details

• Authors: Clive Gifford
• Publisher: Kingfisher Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2023
• EAN: 9780753449165
• ISBN: 978-0-7534-4916-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 275 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Machinery & Tools, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc., JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / General, Natural history (Children’s/Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc