Big Questions About The Body
By (Author) Rachel Firth
By (author) Ashe de Sousa
Illustrated by Amelie Videlo
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
1st June 2026
2nd July 2026
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Philosophy
Educational: Philosophy and ethics
611
Hardback
96
Width 222mm, Height 282mm, Spine 11mm
640g
This book asks and answers BIG questions, from how tickling works, to what happens when people die.
Children love to ask questions about their bodies that adults struggle to answer, about life, death and everything in between. This is the book to give those curious children!Not just a tour of the body, its organs, and how they work, this book takes the time to answer questions kids didn't know they were allowed to ask. That means fun questions, such as 'What's itching for' or 'What will humans look like a million year from now', and also serious questions, such as 'Can we slow down ageing' or 'Can we cure allergies'Clear diagrams and fun cartoons guide readers through complex answers about how genes work, how brains learn, how bodies build themselves, and all sorts of fascinating topics. Carefully selected photos show what cells and tissue and other body parts really look like - for kids brave enough to look.
Rachel spent 11 years studying and teaching philosophy at the universities of London and Oxford before joining Usborne. Since then she has written books on subjects ranging from knights, to food, to philosophy, as well as retelling folk stories, and writing children's versions of numerous novels.