15 Questions. What’s The Earth Made Of? – vol. 14

Non-Fiction

A book that explains everything about matter

What are we made of? Why does work make us tired? How fast is an electron? What Is the World Made Of? takes young readers on an exciting journey into the world of matter, energy and the hidden laws of nature. With real-life examples (like coffee pots, bicycles and soap), clever metaphors and playful comics, chemistry and physics finally become clear, relatable… and fun!

  • Makes complex concepts like energy, atoms, physics and chemistry easy to grasp.
  • Packed with comics, curious facts, challenges and vibrant illustrations.

From the same series: What’s Money For?, What’s Inside My Head?, Is Today Already Yesterday?, Can Trees Talk?, Is There Anyone Up There?, How’s Our Planet Doing?, Are We All Gonna Become Robots?, Are We Perfect Machines?, How Long Is A Light Year?, What’s Under My Feet?, Why Do I Like You?, Do Fish Dream?, Do You Understand Me When I Talk?, What’s Beauty?

Publisher: Il Castoro
Target: 10+
Year: 2023
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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