Children have a knack of asking great but challenging questions: Why is the sea salty? How far away is space? Why cant I tickle myself? What makes me me? But how are we supposed to answer them? Imagine if we could turn to a leading expert & ask them to answer on our behalf. This book gathers over 100 real questions from children & puts them to some of our best-loved & most knowledgeable experts. Alain de Botton explores How are dreams made? Kate Humble explains Why do lions roar? & Heston Blumenthal answers Why do we cook food? Their answers to the Big Questions
- some complex some searching some surreal & some just plain cute
- make this an essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of life the universe & why cakes taste so nice.
Includes:: answers from Sir David Attenborough Dame Kelly Holmes Bear Grylls Derren Brown Noam Chomsky Dr Richard Dawkins Alain de Botton Annabel Karmel Jacqueline Wilson Jarvis Cocker Marcus du Sautoy Jessica Ennis Marcus Chown Tracy Emin Harry Hill Dr Christian Jessen & many more. For each book sold a minimum of 67 per cent of net royalty income is donated to the NSPCC (Registered Charity Numbers 216401 & SC037717).