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Impossible Things
Cryptids, Ghosts, Aliens and Adventures in the Unknown
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The perfect book for young curious minds who love to learn about monsters, cryptids, ghosts, aliens, and everything else that goes bump in the night! My children absolutely love this book! As do I. It takes you and your child on a journey through the bizarre....
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The perfect book for young curious minds who love to learn about monsters, cryptids, ghosts, aliens and everything else that goes bump in the night!
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The perfect book for young curious minds who love to learn about monsters, cryptids, ghosts, aliens, and everything else that goes bump in the night!
My children absolutely love this book! As do I. It takes you and your child on a journey through the bizarre. Brilliantly crafted with lots of humour... I wholeheartedly recommend it. - Online reviewer
Did dinosaurs beat us to the moon?
Is the Loch Ness Monster real?
Can imaginary friends come to life?
Should we all be learning to speak cat?
Want to impress your friends and family with some BANANAS but TRUE facts? Then discover the world of impossible things with fact detective Dan Schreiber. Impossible Things will tell you all about the supernatural world, from discovering if monsters are real to seeking out haunted sausage rolls, exploring the world's strangest curses to finding the truth about time travel. There isn't a stone left unturned when it comes to finding out about the weird, the wonderful, and the impossible in this mind-boggling book!
With hilarious illustrations and comic strips in every chapter, you won't want to put this book down!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526366382
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 July 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wren & Rook
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Dan Schreiber is a writer, stand-up comedian, TV presenter, producer and podcaster. He is the host of QI-derived comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which is a regular fixture in the top ten iTunes podcast charts, and the author of The Theory of Everything Else, a collection of mind-boggling and goosebump-raising theories, published by in October 2022. As an extension of the world of weird and wonderful, Dan's podcast We Can Be Weirdos launched in May 2023.
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