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Big Questions About The Body

Series: Big Questions
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Big Questions About The Body asks and answers BIG questions, from how tickling works to what happens when people die. Children love to ask questions about their bodies that adults struggle to answer, covering topics about life, death, and everything in between. This is the book... Read More
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Big Questions About The Body asks and answers BIG questions, from how tickling works to what happens when people die.

Children love to ask questions about their bodies that adults struggle to answer, covering topics about life, death, and everything in between. This is the book to give to those curious children!

Not just a tour of the body, its organs, and how they work, this book takes the time to answer questions kids didn't know they were allowed to ask. That means fun questions, such as "What's itching for?" or "What will humans look like a million years from now?", and also serious questions, such as "Can we slow down ageing?" or "Can we cure allergies?"

Clear diagrams and fun cartoons guide readers through complex answers about how genes work, how brains learn, how bodies build themselves, and all sorts of fascinating topics. Carefully selected photos show what cells, tissues, and other body parts really look like, for kids brave enough to look.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474998482

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Amelie Videlo

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 282.0mm

Weight: 640g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Rachel spent 11 years studying and teaching philosophy at the universities of London and Oxford before joining Usborne. Since then she has written books on subjects ranging from knights, to food, to philosophy, as well as retelling folk stories, and writing children's versions of numerous novels. Ashe wasn't born; she grew on a bush. She lived in Paris and Lyon for a bit, before coming back to London to finish her studies at King's College - writing about music, film and politics in the meantime. She's happiest in icy waters, on her bicycle and sleeping outside. She moonlights as a climber. At Usborne, Ashe writes books about the human body and stories of the Moon.

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