Series:

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...

15 total works

Cover of You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Gravity! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) (Library Edition)
You don t really get a choice about gravity. If you live on Earth, you re going to have to live with it. If you become an astronaut, you might get to escape from gravity for a while, but it will be waiting for you when you get home. But gravity does a lot of useful things - such as keeping us on the Earth and holding the entire universe together! Learn how gravity was discovered and why it helps us to understand everything from how toothpaste comes out of the tube to the movements of the planets.

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Learn about gravity and all the useful things it does - such as keeping us on the Earth and holding the entire universe together! You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Gravity! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series.

Cover of You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Simple Machines!
Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. You might not even think of them as machines. Many are built into complex (compound) machines - but the simple machine is still in there, doing its job. Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, fix things together and break things apart.

Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed `How It Works', `Top Tip' or `You Can Do It' supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of `Did You Know?' facts.

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Cover of You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Immunisation!
Sticking sharp needles into small children doesn't sound like a nice thing to do - but sometimes you have to 'be cruel to be kind'. Since the 18th century, immunisation has saved millions of people from deadly diseases - and in future, as new techniques are invented, we might even be able to do away with that needle.

Cover of You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Numbers!
You might not like numbers when you have to do your maths homework, but it would be hard to live without them. Imagine how difficult life would be if you couldn't count things or be precise about time, distance or price. You wouldn't know how old you are, or how long you have to wait until it's the holiday. We couldn't build anything accurately, we'd have no computers and you couldn't even go shopping. You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Numbers! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn't Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them.

Cover of You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Vaccinations! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...)
Sticking sharp needles into small children doesn't sound like a nice thing to do. But vaccination is definitely a case of being cruel to be kind. This new title in the You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series relates the fascinating history of vaccination, and describes in simple terms how and why vaccination works. This simple technique has saved millions from deadly diseases--and in future, with new methods of delivery, we might even be able to do without that needle.

This book combines facts and humorous cartoons to describe how vaccines were developed and how many lives were claimed by diphtheria and polio before vaccines were available.

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Cover of You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Democracy!
You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Democracy! presents an accessible and engaging history of democracy, from its origins in ancient Greece and into modern history, as well as an exploration of how vulnerable it is to being corrupted or overthrown, and how oppressive and vicious life can become when democracy disappears.

Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make this book attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels, and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed 'How It Works', 'Top Tip' or 'You Can Do It' supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of 'Did You Know?' facts.