The Curious Kid's Big Book of Why: 300 Mind-Blowing Answers to the Why Questions Kids Really Ask, Ages 6-12 - Couverture souple

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ISBN 13 : 9798172098833

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

"But why?" Every parent knows the question. It comes in the car, at bedtime, halfway through dinner, and too often the honest answer is "I'm not sure." This book is for those moments.

The Curious Kid's Big Book of Why answers 300 real questions children ask, in ten chapters, with 310 drawings, one for every question. Each answer is about eighty words: long enough to explain properly, short enough to read aloud in under a minute.

The ten chapters: Cosmic Wonders. Creature Discoveries. Weird Human Body. Everyday Physics and Tech. Ocean Depths. Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Worlds. Weather and Extreme Earth. Food and Kitchen Chemistry. The Mind, Memory and Senses. Mighty Machines and Future Tech.

From why the sky is blue and why cats purr, to why you cannot tickle yourself and how a robot knows where it is, the questions are the ones kids actually ask, not the ones adults think they should.

Answers you can trust. Every answer was written against two published sources, then checked a second time by an independent fact-checker before it went to print. Where scientists have not settled a question, the book says so, because knowing what we do not know yet is part of how science works.

Built for reading, not testing. Open it anywhere. Large 7 by 10 inch pages, one or two questions per page, a drawing beside each. It works at bedtime, in the car, in a classroom, and on a rainy Sunday. Simple enough for a six-year-old to follow when it is read to them, and interesting enough that a twelve-year-old will read it alone.

A gift that gets used. For a birthday, for Christmas, for the child who never stops asking why. It is the kind of book that lives on the kitchen table instead of on the shelf.

What is inside:
300 questions across 10 chapters.
310 drawings, one for every question.
Answers written against published sources and independently fact-checked.
Where the science is unsettled, the book says so.
Fully illustrated 7 by 10 inch paperback, 224 pages.
Written for ages 6 to 12, and honest enough for the adult reading it out.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798172098833
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg