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A colorful, laugh-out-loud journey through the world’s most incredible discoveries by award-winning duo Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.
Dive into A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire, and Other Fantastic Finds and explore the amazing moments that changed our world. Told in a mix of graphic-style factual comics, this book is overflowing with fun facts and information, from the treasures found in Tutankhamun’s tomb and the launch of the James Webb telescope to how the first dinosaur fossils were uncovered and the accidental invention of superglue by an American chemist.
This book has four sections:
- Science and Medicine
- People and Places
- The Natural World
- Oops! Accidental Inventions
Kids will have fun exploring famous finds in the Day in the Life comics, learn exciting facts on the Bigger Picture pages, get the inside-scoop from the Secret Diaries, and can refer to the Glossary at the back for any new words they unearth. Readers will laugh and learn as they go!
PRAISE FOR THIS AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO:
“A delightful volume that deftly and wittily balances learning with humor and approachable perspective.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Fun and highly informational!” - Youth Services Book Review
"[A] helpful way to introduce concepts in the classroom." - School Library Journal
Mike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King’s College London where he gained a first class honors degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creating award-winning nonfiction for children built on his love of science and discovering things. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children’s Book Award 2021 in the "Best Book with Facts" category, the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2025, the Association for Science Education Children’s Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children’s Science Books (twice).
Jess Bradley is an illustrator and comic artist from Torquay. As well as writing and drawing for The Phoenix, she also writes for The Beano and illustrates a variety of children’s books. She has created puzzle and activity and comic books for various publishers, including contributing to Usborne’s bestselling Write and Draw Your Own Comics. Her work for Buster Books includes the Bright Sparks series, I Heart Cute Coloring, and the laugh-out-loud A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You.
INTRODUCTION 6
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 7
Bang! 8
Germs 9
Taste 10
Element 11
Element Hunter 12
Corpse 14
Curious Cures 15
Space Telescope 18
Polar Explorer 19
Crown 20
Wind 21
Nothing 22
Toilet Roll 23
Atom Smasher 24
Little Things Mean a Lot 25
Notebook 26
Glass of Milk 28
Take a Letter 29
Candle 30
Balloon 31
It's Elementary 32
Milkmaid 34
Self-Defense 36
PEOPLE AND PLACES 37
Boy King 38
Wonderful Things 39
Fire 40
Face to Face 41
Going Places 42
Explorer 44
Dead King 45
Continent 46
Giant 48
Cucumber 49
Piltdown Man 50
Ghost Ship 51
Total Wrecks 52
Sledge-Dog 54
Flag 56
Feud 57
Wall 58
Perfect Machu 59
Lost Properties 60
Iceman 62
Major Makeovers 63
Sherpa 64
Puffin 66
THE NATURAL WORLD 67
Octopus 68
Aquariophile 69
Animalcules 70
Big It Up 71
Insect Hunter 72
Virus 74
Fossil 75
Fossil Hunter 76
Tooth 78
Jigsaw 79
Three Skulls 80
Colossal Fossils 82
Animal Hunter 84
Letter 86
Penguin 87
Plant Hunter 88
Greenhouse 90
Genius 91
Christmas Present 92
Still With Us 93
Double Helix 94
Movie Star 96
Bouncing Back 97
Soybean Plant 98
Monarch 99
Chimpanzee 100
Glass Frog 102
Amazon Finds 103
Swallow 104
OOPS! ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN 105
Mosaic 106
Buried Treasures 107
Sheep 108
Animal Magnetism 109
Mould 110
Robot 112
Top Dogs 113
Head 114
Photograph 115
Happy Accidents 116
Coal 118
Mosquito 119
Apple 120
GLOSSARY 121
INDEX 126
ABOUT MIKE AND JESS ABOUT MIKE AND JESS 127