15 Questions. Are We Perfect Machines? – vol. 8

Non-Fiction

The book that explains everything about bodies

What are we made of? Why do we fall ill, grow, heal… and eventually die? And above all: am I okay the way I am? This volume of 15 Questions guides readers through the wonders of the human body — how it works, how it changes, and how to take care of it. A unique, playful, scientifically accurate look at our most valuable companion: ourselves.

  • An inclusive and empowering approach to the human body, identity and health, with a strong focus on self-acceptance.
  • Created with the guidance of doctor Roberta Villa.
Publisher: Il Castoro
Target: 10+
Year: 2022
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario

Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.

 

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Author
Federico Taddia

A writer, presenter, TV author and populariser, Federico Taddia collaborates with Topolino, Rai, Radio24 and La Stampa. One of his passions has always been to use the right words to tell the youngest everything that scientists study, look for and discover. He has written books with Margherita Hack, Telmo Pievano, Elisa Palazzi and Antonella Viola. With Teste Toste he won the Andersen Prize for the best science series for girls and boys and with Virus Game he won the Piccolo Galileo prize.

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