As a child, did you have the tendency to ask a lot of questions which your parents couldn’t answer? Are you still looking for these answers? Search no more because Gemma Elwin Harris is here to set many a mind to rest.
Children between the ages of four and twelve from primary schools around England asked a hundred questions that almost every parent has trouble answering. With the aid of the NSPCC (the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) and Gemma Elwin Harris, scientists, authors, philosophers and more helped answer these questions to benefit the child, the parent and everyone in between.
Some quirky, some charming and some very deep, these questions will shed new light on many of life’s idiosyncracies, thanks to specialists like Noam Chomsky, Alain de Bottom, Gordon Ramsay to name a few.
If you want to know the answer to questions like “Why is the sky blue?” or “Where do the oceans come from?” then this compilation will satisfy your curiosity (it satisfied mine!) and will be a great gift to an inquisitive child.
Funny, educational and straightforward, this book is simply a great read. Who cares about your age? Indeed, I’ve spotted a couple college students carrying a copy, so I got one too! This book made me laugh, but it made me a bit sad, and it made me think about the universe: in its great and wonderful vastness.
Big Question from Little People Answered by Some Very Big People
By Gemma Elwin Harris
Faber and Faber, 2012
A review by Azza El Masri
