What Came First? – More Incredible Questions

Name: What Came First? – More Incredible Questions
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780008765040
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By Kit Frost

Series: What Came First

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Discover a host of surprising facts about science, animals, people, games, and much more in an incredible journey through the world's timeline. Are pet dogs older than pet cats? Did chocolate come before sweets? Is Triceratops older than crocodiles? Find out the answer to these questions,... Read More

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What Came First? – More Incredible Questions

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Discover a host of surprising facts about science, animals, people, games and much more in an incredible journey through the world’s timeline.

A fascinating new illustrated children’s non-fiction book for 2026 packed with questions and answers

Description

Discover a host of surprising facts about science, animals, people, games, and much more in an incredible journey through the world's timeline.

Are pet dogs older than pet cats?

Did chocolate come before sweets?

Is Triceratops older than crocodiles?

Find out the answer to these questions, and much, much more in this book! Get ready for a journey through a series of mind-boggling questions you might never have thought to ask – and learn some surprising facts along the way.

Zoom out on history to see the world in a different way and draw connections between history, science, geography, and more.

Including a timeline featuring many of the incredible events explored in the book.

By the illustrator of If The World Were 100 People, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2022.

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By Kit Frost

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008765040

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Red Shed

Contributors:

Illustrated by Aaron Cushley

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kit Frost Series: What Came First

About the Author

Kit Frost is a writer, editor and sports enthusiast who loves being outdoors and writing poems. She lives in London. Aaron Cushley is an illustrator from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He loves drawing and creating work that fuels his curiosity and adventurous side. Most of his work has been influenced by experiences and the world around him. When he's not out walking his dog he's scribbling down sketches of thoughts and images that come to mind.

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