Large format, fully illustrated, many of the pages in cartoon strip format, this book is packed with information on a huge range of subjects, all of it presented in ways that are guaranteed to educate, entertain and inspire.
A look at the glossary gives some idea of the topics covered: words readers will come across include chromosomes, civilisation and coniferous, and that’s just the Cs, obviously. In four sections – Science and Medicine, People and Places, The Natural World and Oops! Accidents Will Happen! – readers learn fascinating stories of things humans have discovered.
These are explained via Day in the Life comic strips, followed by Bigger Picture pages with added facts. Occasionally, there are Secret Diaries too, with inside information from, for example, Marie Curie’s notebook, Obersten, a sledge-dog in the 1911 expedition to discover the South Pole, and mould (insight into the discovery of Penicillin).
It’s great to dip into, but readers will surely want to go from start to finish to avoid missing anything. A supremely accessible information book.
A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds Synopsis
The fourth title in the award-winning A Day in the Life series delves into some of the most amazing discoveries in history.
Created by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley, the book follows the highly successful format of the previous three titles, with a mix of graphic-style factual comics, as well as Secret Diaries, Bigger Picture pages, and Even Bigger Picture double-page spreads. Split into four sections, including “Science and Medicine”, “People and Places”, “The Natural World” and “Oops! Accidental Inventions”,
From the treasures found in Tutankhamun's tomb and Roald Amundsen's ground-breaking expedition to the South Pole to the uncovering of the first dinosaur, the accidental discovery of penicillin and the launch of the James Webb telescope, this is a fascinating guide to the world's most incredible and wonderful discoveries.
With plenty of fun and engaging characters to meet along the way this book will have both adults and kids both learning and laughing out loud!
Mike Barfield has been wild about the natural world from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honours degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning non-fiction for children built on his love of science and finding things out. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the ‘Best Book with Facts’ category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice). is an award-winning writer, cartoonist, poet and performer. Internationally popular, he writes and creates funny non-fiction and activity books for young people, published in over 30 different languages. His cartoon feature 'Apparently' has been running in the pages of Private Eye for many years, while his drawings have been displayed in the V&A Museum, London's Cartoon Museum, and Nigella Lawson's downstairs toilet.
When not busy writing and drawing, Mike performs family-friendly fun-filled shows at schools, libraries and festivals across the country. He has been wild about science and animals from an early age.
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