The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions

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where the author tells the reader that science is about asking questions, it is clear this will become a treasured bedtime or indeed, anytime book. He delights in finding weird and wonderful connections and is skilled in thinking like an eight-year-old too! Friendships have been studied and it is found that we “Tend to make friends with people who are like us. Why,” asked six-year-old Sofie, my friend’s sharp-minded granddaughter, “don’t bees get sticky when they make honey?

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While it encourages this asking of questions, it also reassures readers that there’s no such thing as a perfect answer, and that some puzzles including, rather alarmingly, ‘how do aeroplanes fly?I am looking forward to finding out more truths about the universe, the world and all the creatures within it by continuing to make my way through this book. 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! In Ukraine the custom of putting fake spider webs on their Christmas trees arose from the story of a poor widow and her children who grew a tree from a pinecone, but then had no money to decorate it.

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There is one question that I've carried around on a Post-it® note since my eldest son was at nursery. Although it wouldn't fit in The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions, I'm pleased to say Bloomsbury has commissioned an entire book of its own, which I'm writing right now!With a toddler who asks me why, dozens of times a day, I'm relieved to have found the perfect book to satisfy her curiosity! Aaron loves illustrating non fiction books and was shortlisted for the Information Book Award 2021 for How Many Mice Make an Elephant? One of the most common misconceptions is that to be a scientist, you need to know lots of facts or get the right answers all the time. The range of topics and breadth of science covered is breathtaking, and the illustrations bring a beautiful warmth. First, I've had the honour of visiting dozens of schools, meeting thousands of children and answering hundreds of questions.

The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions by Isabel Thomas The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions by Isabel Thomas

Isabel read Human Sciences at Oxford University, before working in journalism and children's publishing.The five bears of the title are all different and are ‘proper’ bears – as opposed to the teddy sort. Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap. Nobody carries all this knowledge around in their head with them, and often I begin writing about a topic knowing nothing at all! The book is more like a compendium of short stories that you can dip into at random or choose depending on your mood.