Emma Young

"I don't know anyone who can take complex scientific concepts and make them more accessible, stimulating and fun than Emma Young. It is truly a kind of genius." - Bill Bryson----Find out the answers to 33 crazy and laugh-out-loud questions about animals with science author Emma Young. Prepare to learn all about animals from sharks to spiders and bats to bears in this engaging question-and-answer book. What If... Pigs Could Fly? is not your average animal science book. Kids aged 7-9 will be drawn into each topic with one of 33 fun questions that are guaranteed to make kids think about the animal kingdom in a whole new way. Author Emma Young explains the answers with humour and plenty of science facts that kids will be racing to share with friends and family. This animal book for kids offers:Fun and engaging content by science author Emma Young. 33 laugh-out-loud what-if questions with key science facts woven into the answers. A mix of photography and cartoon-style illustrations that bring the questions to life. Curriculum-aligned STEM topics for primary age children, including animal types, food chains, habitats, and more. Children can dip in and out of bite-sized information on each page, filled with attention-grabbing photography and quirky illustrations. Even reluctant readers will find this Earth book entertaining, as they discover the answers to the wacky, bizarre, and surprising questions, making this the perfect science gift for any child. More in the seriesIf you liked this, you'll love What If... You Didn't Make Snot?, where you'll learn all about the human body, or What If... Every Volcano Erupted at Once? all about planet Earth.

Cara the Capybara can't help but get herself into trouble... The First book in the new Capybara Kingdom series by Emma Young The world is just so exciting! So when Cara is given some strawberry cake to look after for the family picnic it’s no surprise that – uh, oh! – a bite goes missing. Her dad takes her to Clover Creek Meadow, where there’s a cafe to buy more cake. If only Cara can find the cafe… Instead, Instead, she falls down a tree into ... Capybara Kingdom! It’s AMAZING. There are upside-down forests and a very special cafe, indeed. A capybara cafe. And, Cara has … WINGS! There’s so much to explore and new creatures to meet. When she meets new friend capybara Ava, she learns her birthday party is turning out to be a disaster. Can Cara use her newfound wings to help save the day and give Ava the Capybirthday of her dreams without causing chaos? This is the first story in the wonderfully magical new Capybara Kingdom series by Emma Young, for ages 5-7. Perfect for young readers who are just starting to read independently. Accessible and filled with beautiful illustrations on every page.

Find out the answers to 33 crazy and laugh-out-loud questions about the Earth with science author Emma Young.Prepare to learn all about the Earth from rocks to rivers and countries to climate in this engaging question-and-answer book.What If… Every Volcano Erupted at Once? is not your average science book. Kids aged 7-9 will be drawn into each topic with one of 33 fun questions that are guaranteed to make kids think about our planet in a whole new way. Author Emma Young explains the answers with humour and plenty of science facts that kids will be racing to share with friends and family.This Earth book for kids offers:Fun and engaging content by science author Emma Young.33 laugh-out-loud what-if questions with key science facts woven into the answers.A mix of photography and cartoon-style illustrations that bring the questions to life.Curriculum-aligned STEM topics for primary-age children, including geology, Earth science, ecology, and more.Children can dip in and out of bite-sized information on each page, filled with attention-grabbing photography and quirky illustrations. Even reluctant readers will find this Earth book entertaining, as they find out the answers to the wacky, bizarre, and surprising questions, making this the perfect science gift for any child.

Everything you thought you knew about your senses is wrong! How many senses do you have? I bet you said five. But you'd be wrong. You have THIRTY-TWO! This SENSE-ational human body book explores the thirty-two amazingly awesome, broccoli-hating, wee-sniffing senses that help you figure out the world around you. They tell you ... How some people can SMELL sickness, When you need to do a POO, And why words CAN actually hurt you! With bold and fun illustrations by John Devolle, this is the perfect book for kids that are curious about our bodies and how they work.

We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ? Why our brains can see into the future? Or why your eyes are back to front? Packed full of facts, big numbers (such as the amount of microbes that make you) and small numbers (the size of those very tiny microbes) all in full-colour.

How do you sniff out danger? What is a sense of direction or a gut instinct? You know about your five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. But recent research has shown that we actually have at least thirty-two. We take our senses for granted but what would be possible if we properly understood how they all work? Award-winning science writer Emma Young has spent over a decade finding out, and in Super Senses she takes us on an exhilarating sensory journey, revealing how we taste things without using our tongues, why swearing is good for us and why both chocolate and rollercoasters can help you fall in love. Using the very latest cutting-edge research, she explains the exploits of record-breaking freedivers, whirling dervishes, super-tasters, stock market millionaires, and many more. Discover how touch can ease pain, how taking your pulse can make you fitter and why Abba's Dancing Queen sounds different in Bolivia. Sharing surprising secrets from blind ballerinas, voodoo priests and even a nurse who can smell Parkinson's disease before it is diagnosed, Super Senses uncovers the science behind these abilities that make us human - and offers fascinating lessons in how we can all learn to use them better.

16 revealing stories about the human brain. Ever wondered how Scandinavians cope with 24-hour darkness, why we feel pain - or whether smartphones really make children stupid? Have you heard about the US army's research into supercharging minds? You need some Brainology. Written for Wellcome, the health charity, these stories follow doctors as they solve the puzzle of our emotions, nerves and behaviour. Discover fascinating and intriguing stories from the world of science.