
The Book of How
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2007
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-8109-9342-6 (ISBN)
Description
How do plants grow in the desert? How does my foot fall asleep? How was music invented? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this clever book, follow up to "The Book of Why". This is a book perfect for curious kids, filled with the tough questions, for example how do rainbows form? How can I tell my parents that I get scared when they yell at me? How can we help the poor? How do broken bones heal? How can I convince my mother that video games won't make me stupid? How are babies made? How do we know what the future will hold? How do plants grow in the desert? These and 80 other burning questions are thoughtfully answered in this well-researched book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
cl93/bw/tt93 illustrations, cl/bw/tt photographs
Dimensions
Height: 19 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 323 mm
Weight
642 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8109-9342-6 (9780810993426)
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Persons
Martine Laffon has published numerous books for children and adults. She thinks that asking a million questions is the right way of being curious. She lives in Paris and Normandy, France. Hortense de Chabeneix has devoted herself to writing for the last few years and she regularly works in collaboration with Martine Laffon. She lives in Normandy, France. Jacques Azam works a lot in publishing and the press, particularly with Milan. He lives in Toulouse, France.