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The Biggest Footprint: Eight billion humans. One clumsy giant.

(Hardback, Main)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Biggest Footprint: Eight billion humans. One clumsy giant.

Contributors:

By (Author) Rob Sears
By (author) Tom Sears
Illustrated by Tom Sears

ISBN:

9781838853495

Publisher:

Canongate Books

Imprint:

Canongate Books

Publication Date:

18th October 2021

UK Publication Date:

30th September 2021

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

363.73874

Prizes:

Winner of Wainwright Prize for Children's Nature & Conservation Writing 2022 (UK)

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

96

Dimensions:

Width 190mm, Height 258mm, Spine 14mm

Weight:

505g

Description

The mega human: colossal, clueless... And the biggest hope for life onearth.

There are eight billion of us humans.All breathing, eating, fidgeting and thinking deep thoughts.It's an unimaginably large number. Or is it

Say hello to the mega human: all the people in the world smooshed into onespectacular giant. Even though it's not the smartest of creatures, the megahuman is slowly beginning to understand the problems it has created forPlanet Earth's future . . . and how it might be able to fix them.Making use of brain-bending stats and smoosh theory, The Biggest Footprintis a journey of self-discovery suitable for anyone and everyone identifying ashuman.

Reviews

'Praise for The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump: A triumph' - Telegraph

'Hilarious' - STEWART LEE

Author Bio

Rob Sears has written comedy and fiction for McSweeney's and is the author of the hit humour titles The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin: Life Coach and Choose Your Own Apocalypse with Kim Jong-un & Friends. He lives in Finsbury Park with his wife Grace.

Of his writing Rob says, 'With my books, I plan to usher in a new era of sane political leadership. Failing that I would like to raise a weak smile on the face of a disillusioned knowledge worker, during a lull in the hellacious rollercoaster timeline we inhabit.'

Tom Sears is a London-based illustrator whose work has appeared in the Guardian, The Times, two zoos and on an ice cream van. He was the illustrator of Vladimir Putin: Life Coach.

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