| ISBN |
9781838695231 (hardback) |
| Name |
Gifford, Clive author. |
| Title |
How everything works : explore the world around us, with loads of flaps to lift! / by Clive Gifford & illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock. |
| Published |
Dublin 8, Ireland : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 27 x 29 cm. |
| Notes |
Cover title. |
| Includes fold-out pages and flaps to lift. |
| Contents |
How things change -- On the farm -- Demolishing -- Staying in touch -- Driving -- Delivering -- At home -- At the office -- Entertainment -- Shopping -- At the factory -- Getting better. |
| Summary |
Featuring the beautifully detailed illustrations of James Gulliver Hancock, How Everything Works will take a close-up look at the world around us to examine well-known, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. Full-page gatefolds showcase large, dense scenes while smaller flaps can be opened to uncover the secrets of the latest gizmos and gadgets. Explore a home, a building site, a factory, a shopping mall, an office and a busy street; find out how a car, a computer, a conveyor belt and mobile phone work, and much more! Contents includes: A History of Things: watch as a street changes through time; Down on the Farm: from tractors to combine harvesters and wind turbines; At the Construction Site: mix cement, dig underground, and then look upward to cranes and skyscrapers; Staying in Touch: connect through mobile phones, wireless tech and satellite communications; Getting Around - local: hit the road with cars, buses, bicycles, motorbikes and even electric vehicles; Getting Around - long distance: jump aboard trains, planes and boats; In the Home: the inner workings of washing machines, lightbulbs and electricity; At the Office: computers, photocopiers, air con; Entertainment: from rollercoasters to video games; Shopping: scan barcodes and watch CCTV; At the Factory: from assembly lines to automation, robots and fork-lift trucks; At the hospital: uncover modern medicine. |
| Target audience note |
6+ years old. |
| Subjects |
Technology -- Juvenile literature |
| Technological innovations -- Juvenile literature |
| Genre |
Lift-the-flap books |
| Toy and movable books |
| Other Names |
Hancock, James Gulliver illustrator. |
| Series |
Lonely Planet kids. How things work |
| Lonely Planet Kids |
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