Description
EVER WONDERED . . .
Why we burp?
What a wotsit is?
Whether lemmings really jump off cliffs?
Why vomit always contains carrots?
And why do farts smell like rotten eggs?
No subject is too strange and no trivia too tough for Mitchell Symons, who has the answer to these crazy questions, and many more.
No subject is too strange, and no trivia too tough for double Blue Peter Award winner, Mitchell Symons in his latest compendium of facts.
About the Author
Mitchell Symons was born in 1957 in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.
Reviews
Mitch knows more totally useless things about useless subjects than anybody on Earth * Chris Tarrant *
Totally on target -- Graham Marks * Children's Bookseller *
Book Information
ISBN 9781862307490
Author Mitchell Symons
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Red Fox
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Weight(grams) 215g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 126mm * 21mm