"A fascinating and fantastically funny guide to inventions that changed the world (and some that definitely didn't)"
Winner of the 2025 Lollies Best Laugh Out Loud Book - Non-Fiction
Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from the shops. I mean, who had the amazing idea of making video games or the annoying idea of building a school?
In the latest laugh-out-loud book from the record-breaking and extremely handsome Adam Kay and Henry Paker, you’ll learn about everything ever invented, from the daft to the disgusting to the downright dangerous.
You’ll discover all about:
- The queen who pooed on the first ever toilet
- How velcro was invented by a dog
- Why the Ancient Greeks wiped their bums on dinner plates
As well as 48,762,851,208 other facts. (Approximately.)
| ISBN: | 9780241540800 |
| Publication date: | 23rd May 2024 |
| Author: | Adam Kay |
| Illustrator: | Henry Paker |
| Publisher: | Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 429 pages |
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Winner of the 2025 Lollies Best Laugh Out Loud Book - Non-Fiction Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from the shops.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Kay’s Incredible Inventions and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Kay’s Incredible Inventions features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Computers and the Digital World, Science, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Kay’s Incredible Inventions was written by Adam Kay and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Kay’s Incredible Inventions has 429 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
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