Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World
- Author Molly Oldfield
- Narrator Molly Oldfield
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 6 November 2025
- Run Time 4 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity, Children’s / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage: Annuals.
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What to expect
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A wonderfully global collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world, based on the award-winning podcast by Molly Oldfield.
How were rollerskates invented?
How do boats float?
Do snails go upside down?
Where is the happiest place in the world?
Find out the answers to these curious questions from children from all around the globe.
Ponder about why we daydream with author and illustrator Lauren Child. Find out if people can mind read with magician, Derren Brown. Learn about everything from wormholes in spacetime to how frogs jump with expert scientists.
Praise for Everything Under the Sun:
'Trivia fans will relish Everything Under the Sun' - The Guardian
"A wonderful gift for families" - Evening Standard
"This is a book to treasure all year round" - My Baba
"As cute as it is educational" - Babyccino Kids
"A wonderful collection of 366 curious questions about everything from science to nature, dinosaurs to space" - Scottish Sun
"Simply mesmerising compendium" - Waterstones
"A beautiful gem of a book" - BookTrust
"Fascinating for anyone who opens it" - Red magazine
"The only thing better than the questions, in this delightful and informative book, is the answers" - Neil Gaiman
"This book is GLORIOUS. It's heart-and-soul fabulous, page after page" - Stephen Fry
"One of the best kids books I have ever had the pleasure of reading" - Pandora Sykes
"This book is heaven on a stick" - Sophie Dahl
© Molly Oldfield 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
| Author | Molly Oldfield |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Molly Oldfield |
| Duration | 4 hours and 23 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241812266 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity, Children’s / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage: Annuals |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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