{"product_id":"kids-encyclopedia-120000-whys","title":"Kids Encyclopedia: 120,000 Whys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn illustrated hardcover encyclopedia built around the questions children ask every day.\u003c\/strong\u003e Why is the ocean salty? How does a plane stay up? What happened to the dinosaurs? Each of its 174 questions gets a short, plain answer, and the book is arranged in six chapters so a child can browse from rockets to volcanoes to dinosaurs and back. It is the one to keep within reach for the years of constant questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e174 questions in six chapters — science, nature, history, technology, space and a closing section titled Explore, Discover, Learn. Topics you will find across those chapters include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpace and Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e — black holes, planets and rockets; volcanoes, earthquakes and how the Earth formed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnimals and nature\u003c\/strong\u003e — how animals survive and migrate, why the ocean is salty, how waves form, why leaves change colour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe human body and brain\u003c\/strong\u003e — why your heart beats, why you dream, how memory works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScience and technology\u003c\/strong\u003e — gravity, light, sound and electricity; how planes fly and how the internet works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistory and dinosaurs\u003c\/strong\u003e — ancient Egypt, the Romans and great inventions; why the dinosaurs died out and how we find them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it suits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAges 6–8\u003c\/strong\u003e — read together; pick one question a night and let the illustrations lead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAges 9–12\u003c\/strong\u003e — reads alone; easy to browse by picture and come back to with a question of their own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamilies who want one book on the shelf for the years of constant questions, rather than a phone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow families use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it where the questions happen — the kitchen table, the car, beside the bed. When a question comes up, look it up together; when one does not, the pictures give a child a reason to open it anyway. It is organised question by question, so it is a book to dip into rather than read in order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, illustrated. Text is in English.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e120,000 Whys is the title rather than a count; this edition holds 174 questions across six chapters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral-interest reference for children. It supplements school material rather than replacing a curriculum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wrenshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47483261550780,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/9569\/4524\/files\/kids-encyclopedia-120000-whys-120000-whys-cover.png?v=1789407477","url":"https:\/\/wrenshelf.store\/products\/kids-encyclopedia-120000-whys","provider":"Wrenshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}