Impossible Things

Name: Impossible Things
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781526366382
Price: 29.99 NZD
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Cryptids, Ghosts, Aliens and Adventures in the Unknown

By Dan Schreiber

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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.... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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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

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dan Schreiber

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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