Funny and fascinating, Terry Denton’s Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything is your one-stop-shop for fun facts, packed with maximum humour. Professor Terry Denton talks you through all you need to know about Earth, life, the universe and EVERYTHING.
The captivating blue hardcover and its sketched illustrations will get you inspired before you even read the first page. Each fact is boldly outlined as a heading and its accompanying text comes in small doses with lots of illustrations to match. Even as an adult, I paused to absorb each picture after reading something new, helping me absorb the information.
This book is a comical, enthralling whistle-stop tour of the history and science of the universe and life on Earth. You’ll learn the ins and outs of biology, geography, geology and the weather, how life evolved and how it works, and how people use chemistry and the forces of nature to create amazing things. There’s even a chapter on time!
You’ll be eager to share everything you learn and pass on your newfound knowledge to everyone else. I was fascinated to learn that the appendix used to have a job with the small and large intestine – but now all it does is occasionally burst. That’s under the chapter ‘Epic Evolution Fails’. And as a pet-owner, I discovered that the thicker an animal’s hair or fur, the warmer it will keep them. My cat’s got lots of fur, so I know he’s going to be fine in winter. Be prepared to learn about the parts that make you who you are, transport and even the life of a tomato – yes, really – and so much more.
Characterised by a devious sense of humour and inventive drawing style, Terry’s been creating children’s books for over 30 years. He’s known for his much-loved picture books – including the Treehouse series with Andy Griffiths – and junior fiction novels. He’s won more than 40 children’s choice awards and been shortlisted many times in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards.
This book is sure to engage anyone from the ages 8 to 80 (and beyond). The beauty of Terry’s facts is that they can be read in one go, in short bursts, and in any context – in classrooms and libraries, and to grandparents and friends. So step aside Einstein, because Terry Denton and everyone who reads Terry Denton’s Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything is about to know all there is!
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