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Where Are You Really From?
Adventure Through Millions of Years of Human History - Winner of The Week Junior Children's Book of the Year: STEM 2024!
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See moreInspired by the bestselling A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived and the Sunday Times bestseller How to Argue with a Racist, award-winning geneticist, writer and broadcaster, Adam Rutherford takes children on an amazing adventure through million years of human history, teaching them all about evolution, race and the real human story.
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*Winner of The Week Junior's Children's Book of the Year: STEM 2024!**Shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2024!*'Laugh out loud funny - and you'll learn lots too!' - Adam Kay, author of Kay's Anatomy and Kay's Incredible Inventions.'If I had had such a book when I was 10 or 11, I might well have set my sights on becoming a geneticist or some kind of biologist...' - Stephen FryGo on an extraordinary adventure through millions of years of human history and learn the story of our species from evolution to dinosaurs to YOU! Along the way, you will meet kings and queens, Pharaohs and Vikings, and see just how far and wide humans have migrated around the world. You'll discover why we're related to a super cheesy man and that no matter what skin colour you have, language you speak or place you are from - we all share the same small pool of ancestors.Mind-boggling, entertaining and illuminating, this is the epic story of you and everyone who has ever lived!'A BRILLIANT book about biology and belonging. Packed to its covers with fascinating facts, science and joy; I have a ten year old son who will LOVE this book.' - Dr Alice Roberts, author of Wolf Road and The Incredible Human Journey'Funny, silly and utterly rigorous - a book that will inspire awe and wonder in all that read it. It stands a better chance of making the world a better place than any book I've read recently.' - Dr Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra Processed PeopleWinner: Children's Book of the Year: STEM - The Week Junior Book Awards, October 2024Shortlisted: Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, November 2024
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Where Are You Really From? by Adam Rutherford has been praised as an intriguing and informative study that delves into our shared ancestry, posing important questions about race and the history of racial stereotyping. The book combines scientific insight with engaging storytelling, making it both educational and enjoyable.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526364241
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 September 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wren & Rook
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Adam Ming
- With Emma Norry
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Adam Rutherford (Author)
Dr. Adam Rutherford is a scientist, writer and broadcaster. He has written and presented award-winning programmes for the BBC, including Radio 4's Inside Science and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry with Dr. Hannah Fry. He is the author of Creation, shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans and The Sunday Times' bestselling How To Argue With a Racist.Adam Ming (Illustrator) Malaysian born illustrator, Adam Ming, currently resides in Kuala Lumpur with his wife and daughter. His illustrations are energetic and witty with a comic sensibility. He started illustrating in 2001 for a monthly column in the Malaysia Airlines Magazine.Also by Adam Rutherford
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