Stuff

Stuff

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Discover mind-boggling facts about the stuff you use every day, and how these items are made, used and re-used. Do you ever wonder where your stuff comes from, and what happens to it when you’re finished with it? Did you know that you can make paper out of elephant poo? And plastic packaging out of seaweed? And did you know that if you throw away an old T-shirt, it can take 200 years to break down? Written and researched by Maddie Moate, the star of CBBC’s ‘Do You Know?’ and illustrated by Paul Boston, this book is full of mind-bursting facts and extraordinary stories of the ingenious ways people around the world, and across history, have made, used and re-used the stuff around them.

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Description

Do you ever wonder where your stuff comes from, and what happens to it when you’re finished with it?

From CBBC presenter Maddie Moate: a collection of incredible stories about STUFF!

Did you know that you can make paper out of elephant poo? And plastic packaging out of seaweed? And did you know that if you throw away an old T-shirt, it can take 200 years to break down?

This book is full of mind-bursting facts and EXTRAORDINARY stories of the ingenious ways people around the world, and across history, have made, used and reused the stuff around them.

Packed with incredible facts about everyday objects, this book will keep young readers busy for hours!

Read a sample here

Additional information

Weight 0,57 kg
Dimensions 29 × 23,8 × 1 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

53

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

670 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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