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Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You


Mitchell Symons Trivia

No. of pages 320

Published: 2012

Great for age 9-12 years

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EVER WONDERED . . .Why we have tonsils?Is there any cream in cream crackers?Why is the sea blue?And if kangaroos keep their babies in their pouches, what happens to all the poo?! Mitch Symons answers all these crazy questions and plenty more in this wonderfully funny and addictive book for children from 8 to 80!And yes, eating bogeys is good for you . . . but only your own!

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Mitchell Symons Trivia .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published in 2012 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.

 

This book is in the following series:

Mitchell Symons Trivia

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Blue Peter Book Award - Best Book With Facts
This book was recognised in the Best Book with Facts category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

"Wonderful present idea for reluctant readers. Curiosity will overcome all resistance" * Glasgow Herald *

 

"This absorbing anthology of unlikely information is a real treat . . . The answers are explained expertly and entertainingly and leave your brain stuffed with absurd trivia" * Junior Education Plus *

 

"Answers some really tricky questions." * Sunday Express *